Category: Feel Good Stories

Another morning of slim pickins – I found nuthin’ but Chief Tango found one in Denver, Colorado where three intruders dressed in orange vests, like the road crews wear, tried to break into a home, but the owner ran them off with gunfire. It doesn’t look like anyone was injured.

In Bakersfield, California, an ambitious youngster sought to turn his life around by sticking up a local convenience store, but his dreams were dashed when the clerk had his own gun and forced the young man to un-ass the AO with his accomplice who waiting in an automobile outside. The Bakersfield PD is hoping that you have information on the crime.

Pickins are slim this Saturday morning but in Howard County, Maryland some home invaders tried to kick in the door of a drug dealer who fired at them as they came through the broken door. The invaders un-assed the AO, and one was found a short distance from the scene of the crime with a gunshot wound. Police found drugs, money and more guns in the apartment, so, you know, who do you cheer for in this instance?

Chief Tango sends us another one from Augusta, Georgia, where Jefferson Clement went shopping for an apartment by prying off the screens and trying to push open the windows. After a few tries, he finally found a window, but unfortunately for poor Jefferson, the resident had a .380 pistol bedside and lobbed a round at him, striking him in the thigh, so he scurried home, went to the hospital where he now has police protection.

In Memphis, Tennessee, a man was filling up his vehicle at a local gas station when he was approached by another fellow who was turning his life around. The second person pulled a gun and demanded cash, the first fellow pulled his gun and the second fellow was DRT. Then the first fellow left the scene and called police from another location because he didn’t feel safe at the gas station. Of course, the local media wants you to feel sorry for the second man;

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In Sacramento, California, an employee of the Fantasy Gentleman’s club responded to a alarm at the business where he encountered a burglar and shot the fellow. Emergency crews took the recently-perforated fellow to the hospital.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a fellow tried to kick down an apartment door, but the residents decided that he wasn’t welcome, so they let loose with a few rounds through the door, ending the intruder’s enterprise. Instead of turning his life around, he was taken to the hospital in stable condition.

In New Orleans, Louisiana, a daughter called the police after she barricaded herself in her bedroom closet to hide from some burglars. Then she called her father, and being a father, he arrived before the police and shot young Imani Smith who un-assed the AO, but he was found by police nearby when they finally got there.

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In Dallas, Texas, a homeowner interrupted an industrious young burglar while he was hard at work. The interruption included some gun fire which perforated the youngster and left a trail from the home to the location of his still-living body that the police easily followed and scooped up the fellow who was in critical condition.

Thanks to Chief Tango and Bobo for the links.

In Hartford, Connecticut, convicted felon Marcus Torres tried to turn his life around with the tip jar at the Barranquitas Mini Bakery. He took off running with his ill-gotten booty and the owner of the bakery was hot on his heels. There was an altercation wherein Torres made a motion that led someone with a legal gun to believe that Torres was reaching for a gun, so the gun owner shot Torres in the leg. Then, Hartford police arrested Torres for the 28th time.

In Knoxville, Tennessee, James Burch and Kelly Ramsey tried to turn their lives around by robbing the local coin-operated car wash, but owners Richard Mitchell, and his 72year-old mother Ima saw them in the act on their surveillance system which sent the images to their cell phones. When they showed up, the two thieves tried to un-ass the AO, but Ima and her revolver were faster and she shot Ms. Ramsey in the arm, which slowed the pair enough that the police caught them.

In Montebello, California, two fellows on the street tried to turn their lives around with the stuff that belonged to a local business owner, when they pulled ther firearms, he showed them his and shot them, One was DRT and the other went a block away and he was DOT. The business owner was also shot, but has non-life-threatening injuries.

In Oklahoma City, Jacob Jarvis went car shopping in someone’s driveway and when the car’s owner didn’t see the benefit of giving Mr Jarvis the car he made Mr Jarvis DRT when Jarvis tried to run him over with his own car. Apparently, Mr Jarvis has done time in prison for his previous car-buying techniques.

In Hancock County, Mississippi, a fellow thought that he could get his ex-wife back by romancing her with threat of violence. The ex-wife called her current boy friend and an ex-boy friend who came over to the apparently one-of-a-kind woman’s new home and waited for the ex-husband. When he showed up, they exchanged words and eventually, that turned into an exchange of gun fire, an exchange that went badly for the ex-husband who was shot twice, but survived.

Thanks to Chief Tango for the links.

In Corpus Christi, Texas, Robert Smith thought, for some reason, that a homeowner was holding a woman as a prisoner and tried to force his way into the home that wasn’t his to search for her and he grabbed the homeowner by the throat. When Smith wouldn’t leave, Mr Homeowner threatened him with a gun, which didn’t deter Mr. Smith on his quixotic quest to rescue a non-existant woman. Two warning shots fazed him not in the least, but the final round into his leg seemed to do the trick.

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A crutch and nature took out a criminal in Peoria, Illinois when a fellow tried to turn his life around with a brick through a homeowner’s window. The homeowner awoke at the sound and bopped the crook on the noggin with a crutch. Police found the criminal on the front lawn chattering incoherently. They tossed him in an ambulance and he was DOT down the road from cardiac arrest.

In Choctaw, Oklahoma, an off-duty cop went to check on a relative’s home while the relative was off on vacation. The home had been broken into and was in disarray, so the off-duty police officer entered and encountered an armed burglar who was made DRT on the spot.

In Mesquite, Texas, a convenience store clerk was confronted by three armed and energetic youths who tried to turn their lives around by stealing lottery tickets and cigarettes, but when they demanded money from the clerk, he fought back, wrested the firearm from the youngster and then shot him in the shoulder. The crooks took their weapon back and struck the clerk with it, unassing the AO. The wounded youngster was found in a field nearby and taken to the hospital while the search for his friends continues so they can be housed by the taxpayers.

The folks at Military Phonies send us their work on this guy, Joe Hemingway who claims that he served for eight years in “the Rangers”. He also claims that he earned a Purple Heart. Hemingway claims that he earned his Purple Heart at the failed Iran embassy hostage rescue on April 24th, 1980, commonly known as Desert One;

Well, he’s the first one we’ve had from that particular mission. Eight were killed and five were injured. Unfortunately for Mr. Hemingway, his name isn’t among the wounded;

* Airman 1st Class William V. Tootle, 21 from Fort Walton Beach, FL
* Air Force Staff Sgt Joseph B. Beyers III, 37, of Charleston, SC
* Marine Maj Leslie B. Petty, 34, of Jacksonville, NC
* Air Force 1st Lt Jeffrey B. Harrison, 26 from Warron, OH
* Marine Major Jame H. Schaefer Jr., 36, of Los Angeles, CA

He was in the Army at the time, but he was at Fort Campbell, KY, and they didn’t need a Specialist Four wheeled vehicle mechanic to go along with them to Tehran.

Andy11M sends us our first story this morning, where, in Steele Creek, North Carolina, young Tarion Deshawn Henley tried to turn his life around by pistol-whipping some hapless apartment building residents in the stairwell. He struck them both on their noggins and demanded their cash. The two victims turned the tables on Tarion, took his weapon and held him until the police arrived.

Reader “Ohio” sends us link from Charleston, West Virginia where a man, determined to win the love of a good woman he had met on a dating website, beat and strangled her at gun point. I guess he was really getting into it because he laid the gun down and the woman retrieved it for him and gave it back to him one bullet at a time and the fellow was DRT.

In Dekalb County, Georgia, a homeowner asked a relative to check on his home while he was out of town. The relative encountered a squatter in the home who was only trying to turn his life around. Still waiting on details, but Terrance Medina, the relative has been charged with murder, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

In King County, Washington, a 70-year-old man defended his 65-year-old roommate when the roommate was assaulted by a gentleman who, I’m sure had just begun to turn his life around. The 70-year-old shot the gentleman at least twice and the police found him at the local hospital with his newly-acquired orifices. The officers are currently making long term arrangements for the gentleman at the expense of the taxpayers. Elderly homeowners had better shoot as many criminals as they can while they still have their guns.

A homeowner in St. Louis County, Missouri got off easy when he confronted David Banks who had broke into his house with a gun and then got into an altercation. Banks wrested control of the weapon from it’s owner and then used the gun to threaten the homeowner’s wife. Banks didn’t harm anyone thankfully, but he ran off and he was picked up by police. But, damn, people, if someone breaks into your home and gets close enough for you to wrestle with them, shoot ’em, damn it!

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In Mascotte, Florida, a couple of fellows broke into a home where they pistol whipped and shot the residents before they were able to call 9-11. The police arrived quickly enough to arrest one of the criminals. While they were involved in the cuffing and stuffing of that guy, a reporter on the scene found another of the fellows, Chacarion Avant, and pointed him out to police. Avant stood from his hiding place and pointed a rifle at the officers who had no problem making him DOT (he went to the hospital before he expired).

According to his cousin, Avant’s rifle jammed and the police shouldn’t have killed him. Have you criminals ever noticed how in the movies soldiers are always cleaning the weapons before the battle? There’s a reason for that. And, oh, by the way, Avant deserved to perish in a hail of gunfire for thinking he was in the movies.