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OH: 92-year-old Ohio homeowner guns down intruder
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A suspected robber is dead Monday morning after being shot by the 92-year-old man whose home he broke into overnight, according to the Boone County Sheriff's Office.
The identity of the deceased 24-year-old man has not been released, but police say he was one of three men who broke into the Verona home of Earl Jones shortly after 2 a.m. Monday.
Jones, 92, told police that he heard noise in his basement on Violet Road at 2:10 a.m. and armed himself with a .22 caliber rifle. At about 2:25 a.m., an intruder walked up from the basement and opened the door to the first floor. At that point, Jones told police, he fired his weapon. |
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jac
(9/4/2012)
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By shooting this miscreant the gentlemen no doubt made a greater contribution to society at age 92 than the total contributions to society made by the deceased.
He saved the taxpayers the cost of a trial and incarceration and prevented numerous future crimes that this ****would have committed. I say well done. The burglar had a negative worth to society and his death is no loss.
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| Comment by:
jac
(9/4/2012)
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(con't) Also, one should consider why the crime rate is so high. Criminals are not completely stupid and they consider the cost/benefit relation of their actions. The burglars know that the rate of solving burglaries and gaining a conviction is dismally low. Even when caught the burglar is generally released on bail, probation, or time served. Therefore, the cost (risk of serving time in jail) of burglary is low compared to the benefit (profit from stolen goods). Action like this increases the cost of burglary and has a definite deterrent effect.
The victim's parents should have raised him with to have better values. |
| Comment by:
theaton
(9/4/2012)
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I think the victim's parents did a wonderful job of raising him with good values. He has lived to the age of 92 and is still able to dispatch criminals.
On the other hand, the parents of the three criminals could have done a better job of raising their kids. |
| Comment by:
PHORTO
(9/4/2012)
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How is it that burglary of an occupied dwelling, wherein one of the perpetrators was killed in flagrante, is a second degree misdemeanor?
Something's wrong here. |
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