Sunday morning feel good stories
From Southworth, Washington;
Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of someone trying to break into a home on SE Scatterwood Lane, off Southworth Drive, at about 2 a.m. Thursday.
The caller reported hearing a loud banging sound on windows on the lower level of his home, according to a statement from the Sheriff’s Office. The homeowner, who had a handgun, also reported hearing yelling outside the house.
When he opened the door, the 28-year-old man allegedly charged at the homeowner and pushed him. According to the statement, the homeowner fired one shot at the 28-year-old man, who continued to try to enter the home while yelling “Let me into your house.”
The man eventually collapsed at the threshold of the door, where Sheriff’s Deputies found him, according to the statement. Deputies reported that the man was soaking wet, shaking and had scratches on his face and arms.
The suspect was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma with non-life threatening injuries, according to spokesman Scott Wilson.
Good news in Yakima, Washington;
No criminal charges will be brought against three Yakima residents involved in a violent home invasion that led to the death of two suspects last weekend.
“It is clear that the homeowner in this horrific event was defending himself and his family from intruders who had unlawfully entered his home and were attempting to rob him at knifepoint,” Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Brusic said in a news release Friday evening.
From Charleston , West Virginia;
A man was confronted by a homeowner when he broke into their home on Smith Road in Charleston Thursday afternoon, and police say Joseph Buckland didn’t stop there.
Charleston Police say that once Buckland took off from the first home he hit on Smith Road, he broke into two more homes while the residents were inside.
Officers eventually found him hiding at a home on Birch Tree Lane.
Anthony Whitlock was home when he heard a commotion.
“I kept hearing this thudding noise so I wasn’t sure what was going on,” Whitlock told WSAZ.
He armed himself and started to check out the house.
“I came down the basement steps onto the landing and there was a guy trying to get into our basement door here,” Whitlock said.
Whitlock described coming face to face with Buckland as he wrestled with the door.
“The first thing that runs through my mind is, I don’t know this guy from Adam so I don’t know what he’s doing trying to get into our basement, I don’t know if he’s whacked out on anything, I don’t know if he’s armed,” Whitlock said. “I don’t know if maybe he knows the tenants that lived here before me and is trying to come find them … I don’t know what’s going on.”
Whitlock yelled and scared Buckland off.
Charleston Police say he was found hiding in a closet inside a home, also on Smith Road.
Police say the homeowner fired shots. Buckland escaped and ended up at a house on Birch Tree Lane.
“All of these other homes are all families, you know. Everybody up here has kids of different ages, there’s a couple of older people that live up here, and that’s another reason we thought this neighborhood was going to be a lot safer and apparently it’s not,” Whitlock said.
Category: Feel Good Stories
“attempting to rob him at knifepoint”
Gee, an honest to god knife fight.
The longer blade prevailed.
Sounds like two of today’s reports were on some powerful stuff. They’re fortunate to be alive.
And NO, I DON’T want to know where to get some or how much it costs.
‘Whitlock yelled and scared Buckland off.
Charleston Police say he was found hiding in a closet inside a home, also on Smith Road.
Police say the homeowner fired shots. Buckland escaped and ended up at a house on Birch Tree Lane.’
Sister Mary Grace gives the reporter a smack on the head with her 12-inch ruler and condemns the reporter to six hours of practicing Spencerian penmanship and six hours of reading the Chicago Manual of Style.
In regard to Mr. Whitlock’s ‘thought it was safe, and no, it’s not’ observation: there is no safe place anywhere now. Period. You have to be more alert than ever. Even morning commuter traffic is ten times worse than it was 5 years ago.
Gadzooks, what a start for a Sunday morning.
Consider if you will: How many high crime areas are within 25 miles of your home? For probably 95% of the population, that answer is at least one and more likely several. Now consider that 25 miles is probably no more than 40 minutes by car in those same areas.It’s a wonder we don’t have MORE stories like this. There are no safe zones.
And, also consider, when you call 911, the officer(s) assigned to the area you live in, and those areas adjacent to that area are probably:
a. taking an accident report
b. arresting, transporting and/or booking and processing a drun driver.
c. tied up on a loud party, domestic, trespassing, shoplifting, fight, burglary arrest or report, neighbor trouble, or any one of many different calls for service.
One should plan for their own defence.