Wednesday morning feel good stories
A few weeks ago we talked about an off-duty cop who shot and killed a burglar in his home in Littleton, Colorado. Police were sure that Kerry Dean Hughes, the burglar had an accomplice. Turns out that accomplice was Jonathan Lowery who was out of prison on parole. Police locked down the case against him when his GPS ankle monitor turned him in – yes he wore his monitor to the burglary. Now he’s cooling his heels in the Arapahoe County jail on $100,000 bail.
From Yakima, Washington;
Police say an armed man entered the store demanding money. The clerk complied and the 25-year-old man fled in what was described as a Jeep Cherokee.
Minutes later, an officer spotted a vehicle that matched the description in a nearby alley. When the officer turned to investigate, the Jeep fled at a high rate.
Police pursued the Jeep for several minutes, and the chase continued on U.S. Highway 12. The driver, who was the sole occupant of the Jeep, began shooting at police, the release said.
The chase ended in the Tieton area, where the Jeep stopped near Beffa and Naches-Tieton roads and the armed driver got out to confront two officers, who fired at the man.
Aid was rendered after the man was struck at least one time, but he was pronounced dead. His name is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of next-of-kin.
Police say no officers were injured.
From Albuquerque, New Mexico;
Police found Serrano-Urais lying in the street with a gunshot wound to each leg.
During questioning at the hospital, Serrano-Urais told police a friend asked him for help robbing Warren Wild’s house and the two rode there on bicycles.
Police say Wild was alerted when he heard his dogs barking and, suspicious due to a recent robbery in which his bikes were stolen, went outside.
Wild told police he noticed the lock to the fence was cut and saw the bikes, recognizing them as the same ones stolen from him days before.
When Wild found the two men on his property, he fired a gun into the air before pointing it at both of them, according to the complaint. The two men ran, but Serrano-Urais tripped over some boards and fell.
Police say that’s when Wild “put the gun to his head” and told him “not to move or he would kill him.”
According to the complaint, Wild became distracted and Serrano-Urais fled, jumping over a fence as Wild fired at him several times.
Police say Wild planned to keep the gun on Serrano-Urais until officers arrived and only fired after Serrano-Urais stood up from the ground, scaring him.
After firing at him, Wild told police he heard additional gunshots and didn’t know he had hit Serrano-Urais in both legs until officers told him.
Category: Feel Good Stories
“…his GPS ankle monitor turned him in – yes he wore his monitor to the burglary.”
Perhaps this benighted soul should have obtained a degree at a local community college – something in ‘How To NOT Be Stupid’.
Nice start to the day re: those stories. Obviously, these are people with far too much time on their hands.
As well as fewer than 3 working brain cells.
The Albuquerque story is a hoot, too. Riding the bike you stole a couple of days ago back to the same place to steal more stuff isn’t exactly smart, either. Especially if the lawful owner has weapons.
Ah yes another case of a “Master Criminal”.
One making the journey to the great ghetto in the sky, one walking with a cane and left with two painful wounds and yet another just had his bail raised to $100K.
Not too bad for a Wednesday.
Perhaps, just perhaps, the fact that marijuana is legal in Colorado played a role in the memory-glitch of the perp.
As for the NM case, I guess that’s a case where some Wild shooting is justified.
Looks like Wild didn’t go too wild in this incident.
Happy the Jep in Washington was OK. Who the hell takes a Jeep on a high-speed chase?