Saturday morning feel good stories
From Hamblen County, Tennessee;
The Hamblen County Sheriff’s Office arrested Derrick Logan Jefferson Thursday, who’s suspected of attempted first degree murder, aggravated assault and aggravated burglary.
Deputies said they were called out to a burglary on Oak Lane. The homeowner said the suspect had went upstairs and state he had a gun. Officers said the homeowner fire a shot into the wall and then ran from his home before calling 911.
When officers arrived and made contact with the suspect in an upstairs bedroom closet, they said the suspect fired a single shot at them and tried to fire again when his firearm malfunctioned.
Officers said Jefferson told them he intended to kill them. Officers were able to arrest him without injury and booked him into the Hamblen County Jail.
From Dallas, Texas;
It happened around 12:40 a.m. Friday at a Race Trac gas station in the 18500 block of Marsh Lane. Police said a man opened fire when he saw someone trying to drive off in his black Honda.
The man wounded the suspect, who turned out to be a teenager. The teen got out of the car and ran about a mile before asking for help.
He was taken to Children’s Hospital under guard and is expected to face charges for unauthorized use of a vehicle.
His wounds are not life-threatening, police said.
From Bountiful, Utah;
One person is dead after a shooting at a pawn shop in Bountiful Friday morning, police said.
Two armed individuals attempted to rob Bountiful Pawn and Sales at 135 S. 500 West when it opened around 10 a.m., according to Bountiful police Lt. Dave Edwards. A scuffle between the two men and the pawn shop store employee ensued, and one of the men was shot and killed.
The other man fled from the store and police are asking for the public’s help in locating the man.
Category: Feel Good Stories
Ok, ex-PH2, time to bring out the spirit of Sister Mary and her 12″ ruler on the writer of the Tennessee story.
“……the suspect had went upstairs and state he had a gun. Officers said the homeowner fire a shot into the wall….”
Huh? I’m sure there’s more, but that jumped out and grabbed me by the throat.
It’s a new program, Deplorable. Some papers, to cut costs, are allowing suspects in cases like this to write the stories themselves. That’s how we get gems like you just pointed out.
English, MF’er, do you write it?
Sister Mary Grace has a 36-inch yardstick make of solid oak to smack this one.
Lord, what a hot mess that article is!
What the hell happened to editors? Did they all get fired for costing too much money? Nice to see that no one thinks being illiterate is a detriment in this kind of work.
And I’d bet a case of cold beer that the “reporter” of that story has ambitions as a novelist…or something.
Looks like another Obama “Dreamer” just trying to live that dream. He owes is life to the man who tripped him and ought to be kissing his ass in gratitude. A split second later and he could have been deader than disco.
That trip & fall looked as though it might have hurt a little bit. I hope so.
I can dream, can’t I?
Makes you wish that he had clothes-lined him with his cane, doesn’t it?
Sorry, I Fat-fingered the Report button accidentally.
You mean like a two-handed baseball bat grip, delivered right under the yute’s chin? That would have made great video, not that this was bad.
From Tennessee, “When officers arrived and made contact with the suspect in an upstairs bedroom closet, they said the suspect fired a single shot at them and tried to fire again when his firearm malfunctioned.”
Where I live, had a perp shot at officers, especially close range, they would not have known his gun malfunctioned on a second attempt to shoot them, because he would have been full of lead from ass hole to appetite.
I wonder where the memo got lost about trying to hold up a pawn shop? I could have swore that the one I saw said it was a bad idea since the vast majority of the people there not only carry, but they know how to use them effectively? As far as to following the other man, chances are they can follow the stains on the ground since he most likely crapped himself when his buddy got shot.