Friday morning feel good stories

Well, we made it through the week, which is more than we can say to people like Dillon Carmelo in California. Dillon was the subject of a police investigation of reports about someone (Carmello) who was acting rather strangely, as if he was on drugs. When police approached him, he acted as if he might have a gun and then made his escape. Police sent out a reverse 911 call to neighbors. Jennifer Doolittle heard the call and went to bring her dogs inside to avoid hindering the police when she saw Dillon enter her yard;

Doolittle told deputies he advanced on her and again acted as if he was reaching for a handgun. She said she feared for her life fired several shots at Carmelo striking him once in the ankle.

Doolittle was interviewed by detectives and released.

Carmelo was taken into custody after resisting arrest with deputies with the aid of Shasta County Sheriff’s Office K-9, Thor. Carmelo was transported to the Hospital with non-life threatening wounds.
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Dillon Carmelo will be charged with resisting arrest along with parole violations.

Then it’s up to Oregon;

Portland reported that an employee at one business shot at, but missed, a man he believed was an armed robber chasing one of his co-workers. When police captured the suspected robber, they found he was carrying a pellet gun, Sgt. Greg Stewart, a Portland Police Bureau spokesman, said.

Later Wednesday, police charged Eugene Alexanderov Bratkov with three counts of second-degree robbery, one count of second-degree burglary and two counts of menacing. Bratkov was also wanted on a parole violation, Stewart said.

From the blotter on that one since the news article isn’t exactly clear;

Officers responded and began an investigation. Initial reports indicate that employees had located a suspected burglar or burglars upon arriving at work. Some kind of altercation ensued with a suspect possibly chasing an employee with what appeared to be a rifle. Another employee at the location was armed and fired two rounds at the suspect. The suspect was not struck and was ultimately taken into custody and had to be treated for minor injuries. The rifle turned out to be a pellet gun.

The creeps were out in force on the West Coast, I guess, because the next one is from Washington state;

The 19-year-old man, who was known to the tenant, came by an apartment and wanted to come inside. The tenant told detectives the victim made threats to beat the tenant and shoot up the apartment. The tenant said he closed and locked the door.

When the 19-year-old began to kick and pound on the door and window, the tenant got his firearm and told the man to leave.

The 19-year-old forced open the door, damaging the frame, and the tenant fired once, hitting the man in the chest, a sheriff’s spokesman said.

Meanwhile, in Tennessee;

A homeowner shot a man who was reportedly trying to enter his Fayette County home.

According to the homeowner, the man broke his door. His wife said her husband did not know the intruder.

Fayette County Investigators say the suspect is a 26-year-old man with a criminal record.

“He has active warrants out of Shelby County, dealing with theft charges and violation of probation and I believe burglary charges,” said Ray Garcia with Fayette County Sheriff’s Office. “He’s also being looked at as a suspect with some possible warrants out of Marshall County, Mississippi.”

So, that’s two counties that are safer this morning.

Still in Tennessee;

Interviews with witnesses and the shooter, Doug Williams, said [Wallace] Hann had been breaking into vehicles in the North Knoxville neighborhood, according to KPD.

Williams said Hann threatened him, so he opened fire.

A neighbor had found a trail of blood leading from one home to the back yard of another house.

Officers found Hann behind bushes in the yard with several gunshot wounds. There was a child’s backpack next to Hann, one that had been reported as stolen.

Hann is in serious condition, if you’re wondering.

Thanks to Chief Tango for the links. He’s a machine.

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