Saturday morning feel good stories

From St Louis, Missouri;

A St. Clair County man fired shots at a truck thief who drove at the owner in his driveway early Tuesday morning.

Melvin C. Benson, of East St. Louis, was charged with burglary after allegedly attempting to steal a truck near Belleville early on July 10, 2018.

No one was injured in the shooting, and the thief ran off after crashing the truck into another vehicle, according to the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department.

An East St. Louis man, Melvin C. Benson, was later arrested and charged with burglary in the incident, police say. Benson, 52, was being held in the county jail in lieu of $75,000 bail.

From Charlotte, North Carolina;

The incident happened just after 1:00 Friday morning.

Police said the male suspect entered the gas station and robbed the store. They said the suspect threatened to shoot the employee during the course of the robbery, but a gun was not seen.

Witnesses said a customer in the store ran outside. When the suspect came outside, police said the customer fired at the suspect.

The suspect took off on foot toward West 10th street, according to police.

From Joplin, Missouri;

Jeremy J. Angel, 24, told police that he heard someone breaking into the back of his home about 6 a.m. and grabbed his rifle.

Police Capt. Trevor Duncan said Angel told police that he fired a single shot in an effort to ward off any intruder. Since he was uncertain if anyone was still in his home or not, police performed a sweep of the residence without finding anyone still there, Duncan said.

Officers subsequently determined that the shot Angel fired traveled out of his house and passed through the foundation of the house next door into a crawlspace. Nothing was reported stolen from the residence, Duncan said.

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