{"id":83345,"date":"2018-12-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=83345"},"modified":"2018-12-08T09:30:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T13:30:40","slug":"saturday-feel-good-stories-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83345","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Feel Good Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"flag
\nThird time is the charm.<\/span>
\nProsecutors dropping case against Border Patrol agent who shot teenager<\/strong><\/p>\n

By John Bowden
\nFederal prosecutors will not pursue a third trial against a Border Patrol agent who fatally shot a Mexican teenager through a border fence in 2012.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press reports that prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday that they will not pursue a third court battle against Lonnie Swartz, who fired 16 shots at 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in October 2012, killing him through a border fence dividing the towns of Nogales in Mexico and Arizona.<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors and Swartz’s defense attorneys both argued that Rodriguez was involved in throwing rocks at border agents including Swartz to distract them from attempts to catch drug smugglers moving across the border illegally. Swartz’s attorneys argued that he acted in self-defense, while prosecutors said that he lost his cool and opened fire on the teen, who they said was not a real threat.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgent Swartz is relieved and looking forward to moving on with his life without the threat of criminal prosecution hanging over his head,\u201d Swartz’s attorney told the AP.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can guess the rest; to view it anyway go to The Hill<\/a><\/p>\n

Even a current Restraining 0rder only works on the law abiding.<\/span><\/p>\n

Man shot and killed in reported home break-in in Scioto County<\/strong><\/p>\n

By WSAZ News Staff
\nSCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) \u2013 A man from West Portsmouth died Thursday after being shot during a reported home break-in, the Scioto County Sheriff\u2019s Office says.<\/p>\n

The body of Michael Bashaw, 34, was found in the backyard of the home in the 3700 block of Mackletree Road, deputies say. That\u2019s in the Blue Creek area.<\/p>\n

A person in the home told deputies they shot at a man trying to break inside.<\/p>\n

Investigators say there was a previous connection between Bashaw and the resident. They say Bashaw was convicted in March 2018 of a domestic threat against the resident. There also had been a civil protection order against Bashaw that was terminated in September.<\/p>\n

Investigators say the case appears to be self-defense, but the Scioto County Prosecutor\u2019s Office will review it.<\/p>\n

Bashaw\u2019s body was taken to the Montgomery County Coroner\u2019s Office for an autopsy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article can be viewed here at WSAZ 3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Third time is the charm. Prosecutors dropping case against Border Patrol agent who shot teenager By … Saturday Feel Good Stories<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feel-good-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}