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Category: Feel Good Stories

  • Thursday feel good story

    Chief Tango sends us a link from Sumner County, Kansas, where a farmer encountered a known-to-be-armed fugitive on a relative’s farm;

    “The farmer had advised us that he had confronted the individual and had him at gunpoint and the individual took off running,” said [Sheriff Darren Chambers]. “At that point, the farmer did not feel threatened and allowed the individual to run away.”

    But as the man ran away, the farmer realized he was heading toward a relative’s home where a woman might be home alone.

    The farmer took his 17-year-old son and a shotgun with him to check the relative’s house east of the Kansas Turnpike about 5:30 p.m.

    The relatives were not home, so the farmer and his son decided to check the relative’s outbuildings.

    He found the man hiding in one of the buildings.

    “The individual jumped out from behind a pile of feed sacks, told the farmer he was going to kill him and attacked,” said Chambers. “As he attacked, the farmer shot him. The individual was deceased right there.”

    According to the Wellington Daily News, the farmer is not facing any charges.

  • Another Humpday feel good story

    Michael Oliva walked into a bank in Trimble, MO thinking that his toy gun would score him some big bucks, instead, he was shot in the face by a bank employee who happened to have a concealed carry permit, according to the Washington Times;

    Mr. Olivia pointed the “gun” at a bank employee and demanded she empty her teller drawer. Not knowing the gun was fake, she dropped to the floor and began crawling toward another bank employee shouting for help.

    The suspect pointed the fake gun toward the employee on the floor when another employee heard the cries. He retrieved his Smith & Wesson .357 revolver and fired two rounds at Mr. Olivia, hitting him once in the jaw.

    Oliva fled the scene trailing blood, jumped in his car and tried to flee, but he didn’t get far according to the Kansas City Star;

    After police used spike strips to stop the vehicle, a wounded Oliva emerged from the Dodge Stratus. His dispirited words to officers, recorded in the court papers, summed up the afternoon: “You guys going to let me die?”

    They shoulda.

  • Humpday feel good story

    WRCBtv.com | Chattanooga News, Weather

    Let’s start Wednesday with a feel good story about Sue Johnson, a retired widow who opened her door to find 26-year-old Nathaniel Leatherwood, the man who had ransacked her home earlier standing there with a stick (WRBCTV);

    “So I just pulled my gun out of my pocket and said I’m calling the sheriff’s office,” Johnson explains. “They’re going to come pick you up. I’m not going to let this happen to an old, retired lady who lives alone.”

    Sheriff Keith Lovin arrived on scene, relieved Sue was not harmed.

    “I hugged her neck and told her she’s my hero,” says Sheriff Lovin.

    Just a few weeks earlier, the sheriff taught a gun safety course at Sue’s church.

    He says all citizens should be prepared.

    “A medical emergency or whether it’s a fire, whether it’s an intruder, whether it’s a natural disaster, I think sometimes citizens sometimes get complacent,” says Sheriff Lovin.

    “Especially if you are a widow and live alone, you need to be taught to shoot and have something in your house to protect yourself,” says Johnson.

    Apparently, young Leatherwood picked the wrong county to become a criminal in.

  • Sunday morning feel good story

    In Hickory, NC, early Saturday morning, Paul Ohle was in a fight for his life when another man kicked in his front door. Ohle reached for his phone to call police, but the man knocked it from his hands. Next, Ohle reached for his shotgun, but the intruder wrenched it from his hands and began beating him with the long gun. Ohle had a revolver in his bedroom and finally got to it and ventilated the burglar;

    Ohle said he finally broke free and ran to his bedroom, where he grabbed a revolver and shot the man to death.

    “I hate I had to do it,” he said, “but I shot him.”

    Hickory Police have not released the alleged intruder’s name, saying they haven’t notified his family yet. They haven’t said whether charges could be filed in the case.

    Ohle said police took him to the hospital, and also searched his home and took his gun and cell phone as evidence.

    Neighbor Reggie Moore saw police at Ohle’s house, and heard what happened.

    “I hate it for the young man’s family,” he said, “but when you do something like that, you get what’s coming to you.”

    Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.

  • Feel good Thursday

    UpNorth sends us two links to make you make you feel good on this cold-ass day. The first from Lansing, MI in which a woman defends her family from a misled youth;

    It happened around midnight when an Ingham County woman opened fire on an intruder at her home on the 4200 block of West Holt Road, a few blocks from Cedar Street in Holt.

    The suspect was male and was shot multiple times. He had injuries to his stomach as well as his hands.

    Inside the home were a woman, man, and four children. At this time officials tell us that no one else in the home was hurt.

    In the second, an elderly Dallas man permanently ventilates an intruder and then has to defend himself again from the deceased man’s family;

    The homeowner, a repeat burglary victim, found 33-year-old Deyfon Pipkins attempting to climb in the house through the window and fired at least one shot at the criminal, hitting his target.

    Dallas police Sgt. Calvin Johnson told KDFW-TV that the homeowner is covered by the so-called “Castle Doctrine,” which provides legal protection to gun owners in Texas and other states who are forced to use deadly force against a home intruder.

    “It means they don’t actually have to retreat once someone comes in their home,” Johnson said. “You have the option of using deadly force if you believe your life is in danger.

    Dallas News | myFOXdfw.com

    Now, the last chapter of the 18-page criminal history of Deyfon Pipkins has been written thanks to a citzen who had been burglarized one too many times. Is my TV worth your life?

  • President’s Day feel good story

    In a link sent to us by Chief Tango from The Blaze, a father defended his home and family in Prince Edward County, VA yesterday when three men broke down his door. The man managed to kill two of the thugs and the third apparently escaped. From WWBT;

    This situation began unfolding at about 4:30 a.m. in the 5000 block of Prince Edward Highway, or Route 460. Investigators told NBC12’s Kelly Avellino three unknown men forced their way in the front door of the home, where a man was alone with a 2-year-old child.

    According to a press release issued by Sheriff Wesley W. Reed, that man called 911 to report a home invasion and said the suspects were armed. Reed also said gunfire was exchanged between the suspects and the caller.

    Authorities said two suspects were pronounced dead at the scene, while the third managed to escape on foot.

    We’re told the homeowner and the child were not harmed.

    NBC12.com – Richmond, VA News, Weather, Traffic

  • Sunday feel-good

    UpNorth sends us a link from MyFoxPhoenix in regard to a story about a homeowner who had the opportunity to make Phoenix a little safer for the rest of us;

    Authorities say the homeowner came home to find four men ransacking the property around 11 a.m. Friday. Two men ran out of the house through the carport door and two came out from the bedroom area, according to Phoenix Police.

    One of the suspects came at the homeowner and the homeowner fired one round at him, from a handgun he had in a holster in his waistband, police say.

    The suspect was transported to an area hospital where he later died. He was identified as 16-year-old Mario Barcenas.

  • This Week’s Friday “Feelgood” Story

    For a change, this one doesn’t involve firearms.  But I think it still qualifies.

    Poor guy.  He was unable to work, and unemployed.  He said it was due to his injuries while in the military.  He had a bad back and a “mental condition” that prevented him from working.

    So he went down to the VA and applied for disability.  The VA took care of him – to the tune of about $200,000 in benefits.

    There was only one problem:  after a while, the VA checked up on him.  And it turns out the guy was . . . well, lying.

    While “unemployable” and drawing VA bennies, it turns out he had been working for a wreath manufacturer, as a fisherman, and as a painter.  Oops.

    Yesterday, Richard Ramsdell Jr, age 38, pleaded guilty in Federal court in Bangor, ME.   He’s facing a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and full restitution.

    Hope you’re reading this, Joe Cryer.  And I hope you’re looking over your shoulder.

    You should be.