Sunday Feel Good Stories Update

Suspected burglar crushed to death by 900-pound safe: police
A suspected burglar was found crushed to death by a 900-pound safe in an Indiana home this week, local authorities said.

By Bradford Betz
A suspected burglar was found crushed to death by a 900-pound safe in an Indiana home this week, local authorities said.

The Marion Police Department said they received a call on Tuesday from a man named George Hollingsworth who believed his garage was broken into. Hollingsworth told police that the door frame was damaged and the garage was so cluttered that he couldn’t tell what was stolen, according to a press release.

While cleaning out the garage on Wednesday to see what might have been stolen, Hollingsworth found a body underneath a 900-pound antique floor safe that had evidently fallen over, Deputy Chief Stephen D. Dorsey said.

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Read the rest of the article here: Fox News
Hat tip to Hondo for the link.

Police: Would-be robber dies after being shot by store owner in West Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The suspect in an attempted robbery in West Philadelphia has died after being shot by a store owner, police said.

It happened at a store near 54th Street and Wyalusing Avenue.

Police say a man in his 20s entered the store wearing a ski mask with intentions on committing a robbery.

That’s when he was shot one time in the abdomen by the store owner.

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The rest of the article may be read here: 6 ABC

Jury reaches verdict on motorcyclist claiming self-defense in neighbor’s fatal stabbing

By Tim Chitwood
Jurors found a Columbus motorcyclist not guilty of all charges Friday in a neighbor’s fatal Independence Day stabbing provoked by a confrontation over his driving.

The jury deliberated almost three hours before finding Antonio Brown not guilty of murder and aggravated assault in the July 4, 2017, stabbing of Pedro Carmoega on Columbus’ Big Creek Drive off Double Churches Road.

Though Brown also had been jailed on an unrelated aggravated assault charge in another incident, he previously was released on bond in that case before being indicted in Carmoega’s death, so he was to be released again Friday evening, said his attorney Stacey Jackson.

Citing Georgia’s “stand your ground” law that says someone in fear of bodily injury can respond with deadly force if attacked, Brown claimed self-defense.

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He rode back up Big Creek Place to Big Creek Drive to turn east, and that’s where a white pickup truck tried to cut him off, he said. Continuing east, he came upon a car parked along the road, and then a second car came up alongside it, blocking his path, the headlights shining in his face, he said.

As he stopped there and got off the bike, Michael Carmoega Jr. came running up to him, yelling, “What’s up? What’s up? What’s up?” Brown heard doors slamming and others approaching, so he pulled out a knife and said, “I’m not going to let y’all jump on me.”

Michael Carmoega Jr. ran off, Brown said. He then realized his bike was rolling away, and someone hit him as he ran to catch it, he said. Then Pedro Carmoega grabbed onto the bike, and hit a switch that cut the engine off, he said.

Brown restarted the bike, and began slashing backhanded at Pedro Carmoega with the knife as he throttled up to get away, he said. He did not know he had stabbed the man in the chest and cut his throat, but remembered slashing his arm.

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Read more here: Ledger-Enquirer

Well well, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes, a Sunday trifecta for your reading enjoyment. Three culled from the heard, and none inconvenienced or on the run. Nice way to start the week.

Since Hondo was kind enough to contribute to today’s FGS, I present this, er, whatever it is.

Thanks Hondo, all yours!

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