Hilarious! Crook caught

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I loved this story, now these people have it right!

Couple make burglar clean up at gunpoint
Thu Oct 18, 9:03 PM ET



MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A burglar in Montgomery chose the wrong family to mess with, literally. Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon returned home on Tuesday after a week away to find that thieves had emptied almost everything the family of five owned, Tiffany McKinnon said through tears.


"Tears just rolled down my face as I walked in and saw everything gone and piles of trash all over my home," she said.

Adrian McKinnon sent his wife to see her sister while he inspected the piles left behind. As he walked back into the sunroom, a man walked through the back door straight into him, Tiffany McKinnon told the Montgomery Advertiser in a story Thursday.

"My husband Adrian caught the thief red-handed in our home," she said. "And what is even crazier, the man even had my husband's hat sitting right on his head."

Adrian McKinnon held the suspect, 33-year-old Tajuan Bullock, at gunpoint and told him to sit on the floor until he decided what to do.

"We made this man clean up all the mess he made, piles of stuff, he had thrown out of my drawers and cabinets onto the floor," Tiffany McKinnon said.

When police arrived, Bullock complained about being forced to clean the home at gunpoint.

"This man had the nerve to raise sand about us making him clean up the mess he made in my house," she said. "The police officer laughed at him when he complained and said anybody else would have shot him dead."

Capt. Huey Thornton, a police spokesman, said police arrested Bullock at 2 p.m. Tuesday on burglary and theft charges. He was being held in the Montgomery County Detention Facility on a $30,000 bond.

"The victims were lucky in this case to be able to catch the suspect in the act and hold him until police arrived," Thornton said.
 
That is funny. :cool:

Pretty sure though that I would not order the guy to move around -- if I had him at gunpoint, I'd prone him out & wait for the cops. Just too much bad and dangerous juju possible with him moving around.

Glad it worked for them though. :D

pax
 
Yes, I'm afraid I am a lawyer.

Forcing anyone to move from place to place at gunpoint is, technically, kidnapping. If you accidentally shot the subject dead while doing this, you would, technically, be guilty of felony murder, which is the same as first degree murder.:eek:

Not a good idea, IMHO.
 
Ledbetter I agree with you, not a good idea, and your are right. Moving a person just a few feet against their will constitutes kidnapping. However in your own residence you can move the subject/suspect anywhere you deem safe, to protect yourself/ family. Additionally I don't think anyone could/would be charged with first degree murder since first degree requires premeditation. If you just walked into your house and shot and killed a burglar, I am not saying you would not be charged. However walking in your home and being" surprised" by a burglar,dismisses premeditation hence first degree murder charge.
 
"Felony murder" is most any homicide committed during the commission of a felony, like kidnapping. Unless you're doing it for safety, don't order anyone to move around cleaning your house at gunpoint.

A lot of things that some people think are "cool" might be illegal or stupid or both.
 
why not just shoot the guy

For goodness sake...........

How about because the criminal complied with the homeowner's demand to surrender. And because shooting someone sucks, even when legally justified. You get blood all over your house. Then you have to explain everything to the police. Then you have to deal with an investigation. And pay a lawyer. And deal with an awful memory of killing another human being, albeit a criminal.

This ain't Hollywood, folks. We don't just shoot people just because it is fun. Even with the castle doctrine. Shooting someone is the absolute last resort. If you don't think that shooting someone is the absolute last resort, then you shouldn't possess a firearm.

Flame suit on, but somebody needed to explain the (seemingly) obvious reason not to "just shoot him."
 
Since they turned him over to LE there is (a) at least a chance he will roll over on his pals if he wasn't a lone ranger and (b) he may cough up the location of what ever of their property he hasn't already traded for crack.

Still, pretty funny.

Best,
S-
 
WTF? Just shoot him.

Sometimes you guys worry me. I sure as hell wouldn't want that statement to turn up in court if I were ever in trouble for shooting a home invader. Almost anything you say on the internet is public and saved, and saying something stupid isn't all that smart.
 
Shoot to kill

Realistically, a burglar caught red-handed in a home is most likely armed, be it handgun or knife. Once the burglar is subject to a future pick up by the police, the burglar will do anything to avoid jail. He will cut you open to get past you, to the door, in the slightest of hesitation from you, or draw his handgun when you look away. Even the policeman in this story said that any normal home owner would have killed the burglar. You are in the green. Shoot to kill. Or die your self.
 
WTF? Just shoot him.

Seriously?

Because an opportunity to kill someone is not a valid reason to kill someone. I'm all for self defense and the castle doctrine, but posts like this are irresponsible, and a large part of the reason that firearm owners get a bad rap.

Whether your post was in jest or not (and I hope that it was) is irrelevant.
 
I agree that "just shoot him" was a bit glib, and probably just kind of a trolling statement.

However, there are good reasons for "shoot first" attitudes in the home. Suppose there were two guys.. you've got your gun on one and the other sneaks up behind, konks you over the head, then kills you with your own weapon.

The strike teams they sent in to Afghanistan caves to rout out the enemy back in 2002 didn't take prisoners. Too dangerous. They killed everyone they found.

I'm not saying that your own home is like a cave in Afghanistan where a BG could pop around the corner and hose you down with automatic fire any second while you're tying up a prisoner, but I think if I "bumped into" some dude in my house at night who was obviously robbing the place I'd be very very likely to shoot him, make sure nobody else was there to harm me, then call the cops.
 
The point is that shooting the criminal CLEARLY wasn't necessary in this situation.

Deadly force isn't something you do just because you CAN, just because you're justified in doing it, just because you can legally get away with it in the situation you find yourself in, it's something that should be looked upon as a last resort.
 
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