{"id":71999,"date":"2017-05-12T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=71999"},"modified":"2017-05-12T07:22:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T11:22:37","slug":"friday-morning-feel-good-stories-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=71999","title":{"rendered":"Friday morning feel good stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theledger.com\/news\/20170510\/winter-haven-teen-gets-15-years-for-his-role-in-friends-death\">Winter Haven, Florida<\/a>, David D. Irvin, 18, pleaded no contest to a lesser charge of manslaughter for the death of 24-year-old Chevez Antwann Faison, his accomplice in a failed burglary attempt at Reuben Bailey&#8217;s house. When Bailey ordered the pair to freeze after they entered his home, instead of freezing, Irvin, AKA  T-money, fired at Bailey, who returned fire, killing Faison. T-Money was sentenced to 15 years the other day.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/tucson.com\/news\/local\/crime\/blood-links-dead-man-to-tucson-home-invasion\/article_4e0ea10e-35c6-11e7-b349-7b837a31b110.html\">Tucson, Arizona<\/a>, 25-year-old Miguel Ballestero was found DRT (dead right there) a few blocks from a failed home invasion where as many as four criminals got into a shoot out with their intended victims.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/abc7.com\/news\/suspect-shot-wounded-after-brandishing-gun-at-mid-city-marijuana-shop\/1979859\/\">Los Angeles, California,<\/a> a security guard shot and injured a fellow who tried to rob a marijuana shop, because decriminalizing pot will lower the incidence of drug-related crimes.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotsr.com\/news\/2017\/may\/11\/two-men-shot-after-forcing-way-into-mot\/\">Hot Springs, Virginia<\/a>; <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The four suspects allegedly forced their way into a room at the Econo Lodge, 1204 Central Ave., occupied by a man, 59, and his wife, 58, both of Newark, Texas, and knocked the male victim down. He had answered the door armed with a handgun and fired one shot, which struck Folsom in the torso. The bullet reportedly exited [Brandon] Folsom&#8217;s body and struck [Bobby Jack] Smith in the area of his upper chest and shoulder.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ammo conservation is important.<\/p>\n<p>Bobo sends a link from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox4now.com\/news\/local-news\/turning-the-tables-cape-coral-couple-holds-intruder-at-gunpoint?utm_source=fark&#038;utm_medium=website&#038;utm_content=link&#038;ICID=ref_fark\">Coral Gables, Florida<\/a>; <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Michael McGuire was asleep when his wife woke him up after discovering her screen and front doors open. When McGuire checked the house, he noticed something strange behind the door of the bathroom: [35-year-old Michael] Rogoff was crouching down and hiding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tried to slam the door up against him. Told my wife to call 911,&#8221; McGuire said.<\/p>\n<p>His wife called and then handed McGuire a gun.  &#8220;She hands me her pistol and I held him at gunpoint until the police  arrive,&#8221; McGuire said. &#8220;He was actually sitting in the tub like he was going to be taking a bath until the cops arrived.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His wife took photos of McGuire holding Rogoff at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p>McGuire said Rogoff was after his wife&#8217;s prescription pills. At one point, Rogoff tried to escape through a window, and asked McGuire to let him go and forget the whole incident.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The thief was a pest control guy who had fumigated the victims&#8217; home weeks before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Winter Haven, Florida, David D. 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