Sunday morning feel good stories
From Nashville, TN
A man has been charged with aggravated burglary after he was found hiding in a homeowner’s closet wearing clothes belonging to a visiting relative. Officials said the residents returned to their home on 4th Avenue North before 6 p.m. Friday and smelled cigarette smoke.
They found Herbert Arwood in an upstairs closet. He was wearing clothes that belonged to visiting relatives of the residents.
Police said Arwood also had a debit card belonging to the family in his pants pocket.
The residents escorted him out of their home and waited for police, and he was taken into custody.
Officials said they spoke to a neighbor who told them Arwood had at first entered his home, but Arwood reportedly left when the neighbor called out to him.
According to police, Arwood stated the blame was all on the residents for leaving their doors unlocked. He reportedly threatened to go back there when he’s released. Further details were not available.
From Carrollton, TX
A Denton County grand jury will decide what charges a man should face for shooting and critically injuring another man at a JV football game in Carrollton Thursday night.
Police say the shooter and witnesses claim the shooting was in self-defense at the JV game between Hebron High School and Irving Nimitz
The injured man is in critical condition. Police expect the shooter to at least be charged for having a gun on school property.
The man who was shot did not want to press charges, but Carrollton police say the case may go forward anyway.
“It makes me a little leery tonight, so I’m glad I came early to calm my daughter’s fears,” she said.
“Everybody was obviously shaken,” said Hebron fan Jenny Reynolds. “But everybody’s been kind of reassured. There’s been counselors at their school.”
Police had extra presence at Friday night’s varsity game in Irving to calm everyone’s concerns.
Police aren’t releasing the men’s names. From witness accounts, it appears a 47-year-old man from Carrollton feared for his life and shot a 31-year-old Fort Worth man in self-defense. It started inside the stadium at the JV game but escalated when it spilled out into the parking lot.
“We do have several witnesses who say the man who ended up shot was the primary aggressor in the stands and was causing disturbances for a lot of people in the stands,” said police spokesperson Jolene DeVito. “And it ended up focused on this one man.”
Police haven’t said what started the argument but say the men didn’t know each other.
The police department will leave it up to a grand jury to determine if the shooter should be charged for the shooting or be cleared. But according to police, he’s expected to be indicted on one of two other charges for having a gun at a high school game. Unlawful carrying of a weapon or carrying a weapon in a prohibited place. One is a felony while the other a misdemeanor.
“They are somewhat in conflict the way the laws are written,” DeVito said. “So we, in consultation with the district attorney’s office, decided in this case with these facts it’s best to take it to the grand jury to decide what to do in that case.”
Lewisville ISD says guns are not allowed on any school property, according to state law.
JV games typically have a smaller crowd and don’t always have officers present, but that could be re-evaluated in the future.
Category: Feel Good Stories
High school football is serious business in some places, particularly in Texas. It is telling that the guy who was shot does not want to pursue charges… as if he has anything to say about it.
The Nashville story doesn’t mention anything about an Elvis imitator so I’m guessing that the Bernathian freak was just upgrading his wardrobe and needed the debit card to get some Nikes to go along with his new outfit.
“Suuuuure, we’ll leave the door unlocked, just for you, com’on in……”
BOOM!
“Police? Could y’all com’on over? And bring your meat wagon? No hurry, he’s not goin’ anywhere.”
Small correction – if you are a licensed carrier and wind up on school property your gun is legal if appropriately secured, ie. locked in the trunk of your vehicle.
I think he tossed that exception into the crapper when he ventilated the other guy.
I suppose a sharp lawyer might argue that a firm and effective shooting grip is “secure”.
teh stoopid is strong and wide ranging today.
On this day in history:
30 September 1954 – The USS Nautilus SSN-571 , the world’s first nuclear submarine, was commissioned by the US Navy.
The Nautilus was constructed under the direction of US Navy Captain Hyman G. Rickover, a brilliant Russian-born engineer who joined the U.S. atomic program in 1946. In 1947, he was put in charge of the US Navy’s nuclear-propulsion program and began work on an atomic submarine. Regarded as a fanatic by his detractors, Rickover succeeded in developing and delivering the world’s first nuclear submarine years ahead of schedule.
In 1952, the Nautilus‘ keel was laid by President Harry S. Truman, and on January 21, 1954, first lady Mamie Eisenhower broke a bottle of champagne across its bow as it was launched into the Thames River at Groton, Connecticut. Commissioned on September 30, 1954, it first ran under nuclear power on the morning of January 17, 1955.
Much larger than the diesel-electric submarines that preceded it, the Nautilus stretched 319 feet and displaced 3,180 tons. It could remain submerged for almost unlimited periods because its atomic engine needed no air and only a very small quantity of nuclear fuel. The uranium-powered nuclear reactor produced steam that drove propulsion turbines, allowing the Nautilus to travel underwater at speeds in excess of 20 knots.
In its early years of service, the USS Nautilus broke numerous submarine travel records including the first voyage under the geographic North Pole. After a career spanning 25 years and almost 500,000 miles steamed, the Nautilus was decommissioned on March 3, 1980.
Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1982, the world’s first nuclear submarine went on exhibit in 1986 as the Historic Ship Nautilus at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut.