Thursday morning feel good story

Top Kone sends us our first story this morning from Kentucky;

Jeffersontown Police Chief Rick Sanders said the video shows 30-year-old William Brandon Sexton walk into the store and order the clerk to the back.The clerk refused and that’s when Sexton pulled out what the clerk thought was a loaded gun.The clerk then pulled out his semi-automatic weapon and the two were gun to gun before the clerk shot Sexton in the hand, sending the bullet into his chest.

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Investigators said the gun used by Sexton was a fake and a note threatening to kill two clerks was found in his pocket but not used in the attempted robbery.

Police also said all four of the suspects are heroin addicts and they believe the robbery was fueled by their need to get money for drugs.

From Chief Tango comes three more stories. The first is from Florida, where Jeffrey Tyrone Smith tempted lured his victims with a cheap Dodge pickup on Craig’s List and tried to rob them;

Upon arrival at the Sunoco, Smith approached the victim and stated that he would take them to the truck, but he need a ride.

As with the first robbery, Smith got in the back seat behind the driver.

Smith then directed the victim to the Ocala Ridge Subdivision.

According to the victim, Smith directed him down several dirt roads and they made numerous turns. The victim stated that he started to get a gut feeling that something was wrong and became suspicious.

The victim told deputies that Smith eventually led them to a residence located at 5375 Northwest 6th Place.

The victim stated that he saw cars parked on the side of the house, but did not see a pickup truck.

He said at that point he really felt something was wrong.

According to reports, once Smith exited the vehicle, the victim grabbed his gun and stuck it in the front of his pants.

The victim with the gun stated that his friend then exited the vehicle and walked toward the backyard with Smith.

The victim stated that all of a sudden he heard his friend yell, “Son of a b***h.” He said that is when he saw his friend bending over in pain, like he had been punched in the stomach.

At this point, the victim did not know that his friend had been stabbed.

The victim told deputies that Smith then turned and ran toward him, at which time he drew his gun and fired a single shot, striking Smith.

According to the victim, Smith fell to the ground, but continued to try and get up to come at him. The victim said he told Smith to stay down.

The victim stated that he and his friend then retreated to their vehicle, because they did not know if Smith had friends in the house that would try and harm them.

The victim said he called 911, and it was at that time he realized his friend had been stabbed in the abdomen.

It wasn’t Smith’s first attempt at robbery using this ploy, but it’s likely his last.

Next stop is California;

At approximately 11:30 a.m. Monday a man entered a home in the 8200 block of McCourtney Road in Lincoln, where the 65-year-old victim was staying while the homeowner was away at work.

The intruder, later identified as Smith, entered an unlocked door carrying a crowbar. When he was confronted by the homeowner’s friend, a fight ensued. The victim grabbed a shotgun that the homeowner kept in the house. The pair struggled with the gun, which discharged into the front porch. The fight continued down the home’s exterior stairs, where Smith beat, choked and kicked the victim.

Smith was able to get away in a waiting vehicle, but not before the victim was able to get a description and the license plate number of the car, which was driven by Daniel.

The two were arrested after an 11 mile chase. The down side of using a shot gun is that it has to be pointed at the target when the firearm is discharged.

The next story comes from Wisconsin where a crime spree (three burglaries) ended at the barrel of a shotgun;

The third and final break-in happened at about 10 a.m. in the 7100 block of Gladstone Drive.

“A woman call 911, telling the dispatcher she had locked herself in a bathroom after her husband went to investigate the sound of a garage door being kicked in,” DeSpain said. “She heard a gunshot and didn’t know who fired a gun or if someone had been shot, so she took refuge in the bathroom.”

Arriving officers didn’t know what to expect at the scene, a homicide or something else, while at the same time, the car seen at the Anthony Lane burglary was spotted on Piedmont Road.

“Some officers executed a high-risk traffic stop on the car, and others continued on to the Gladstone address,” DeSpain said.

At the Gladstone house, officers found out the husband, armed with a handgun, had confronted the two burglars in the garage, with Scott fleeing the garage and Harrison getting into a struggle with the homeowner, the homeowner’s gun discharging during the struggle.

Nobody was hurt, and Harrison dropped his handgun after the gunshot, being held by the homeowner until police arrived.

Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/woman-had-gun-put-to-her-head-during-robbery-police/article_740c029e-b446-56ee-a62b-82d8ef6b05e3.html#ixzz3Wks83qdd

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