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TX: Man Grabs Gun, Stops Crime Spree
Gun Watch ^ | 9 July, 2015 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 07/12/2015 4:33:23 AM PDT by marktwain


On criminal can easily commit a large number of crimes.  Removing them from society does a great deal to lower the crime rate.   Often, it is an armed citizen who is on the scene and able to stop the crimes.  This recent example occurred in Perland, Texas.  A man in a close neighborhood stopped a minor crime wave by grabbing a gun and holding a burglary suspect for the police.   From thefacts.com:

PEARLAND — A man suspected of burglarizing several cars on one street was caught when a neighbor pulled a gun after finding the man rifling through his car.

Roman Cantu, 29, was arrested and charged with four counts of burglary of a vehicle after several cars were broken into in the 3000 block of CR 222 in Pearland just before 2 a.m. Thursday, Sheriff’s Investigator Clint Lobpries said.

One of the families who lives on the block heard a noise from outside their home, and the owner grabbed a gun and went outside to investigate, Lobpries said.
 
The man who confronted and caught Cantu, Mike Daniels, fired several shots in the process, but no one was hit.   Cantu slipped while dodging the gunfire.  Then Daniels ran up to him and held him for police.  At least while Cantu is in jail, he will not be committing more crimes.


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KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist; crimespree; texas; tx
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Texas law has not been weakened by liability decisions as most other states have. Deadly force is legitimate to protect property at night in Texas.
1 posted on 07/12/2015 4:33:24 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

The headline writer makes it sound like the good guy grabbed the gun from the perp.


2 posted on 07/12/2015 4:45:40 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Dr. Sivana

If the tattoo wasn’t written in English I’d almost think he was one of the new Unaccompanied Alien Child Program members that recently came to find their parents in the U.S..../s


3 posted on 07/12/2015 4:57:35 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

It’s a weird tattoo.....can’t make out the third word .....statey? salty? sate9? And ideas?


4 posted on 07/12/2015 5:07:39 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: jsanders2001

What’s the tattoo on his face, looks like UH ? I’m betting it’s not a college logo...


5 posted on 07/12/2015 5:11:31 AM PDT by PLMerite ("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
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To: Gaffer

Its probably some reference to something said by one of their Brown power icons like Che Guevera or something like that...


6 posted on 07/12/2015 5:15:31 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

I guessing it certainly isn’t a church choir tattoo....


7 posted on 07/12/2015 5:16:45 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

Looks like Stacy. Maybe an old girlfriend.


8 posted on 07/12/2015 5:22:02 AM PDT by Blennos
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To: Blennos

Possibly but “Loyal and Stacy” is “Loyal” his nickname?


9 posted on 07/12/2015 5:23:31 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

It’s a weird tattoo.....can’t make out the third
word .....statey? salty? sate9? And ideas?

***********

It looks like

Be Loyal and Stay ..... Can’t make out the last word either.


10 posted on 07/12/2015 5:26:51 AM PDT by deport
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To: marktwain
he will not be committing more crimes

Pffft.
Until he makes bail - or is released by the feds for some bogus reason.

11 posted on 07/12/2015 5:33:04 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Dr. Sivana

He’s got a strange look in his eyes.


12 posted on 07/12/2015 5:33:49 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (No punishment is too great for the man who builds his greatness upon his country's ruin.G.Washington)
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To: PLMerite
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13 posted on 07/12/2015 5:34:39 AM PDT by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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To: PLMerite

University of Houston.


14 posted on 07/12/2015 5:35:31 AM PDT by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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To: deport

Be Legal and stay

Aldo is that an Univerity of Houston logo under his right eye.

UH


15 posted on 07/12/2015 5:35:41 AM PDT by deport
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To: deport

Aldo

s/b

also


16 posted on 07/12/2015 5:37:22 AM PDT by deport
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To: marktwain

Held for disposal, would have been a better outcome...


17 posted on 07/12/2015 5:37:38 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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To: PLMerite
What’s the tattoo on his face, looks like UH ? I’m betting it’s not a college logo...

He's burglarizing cars for money to finish the tattoo. :)

18 posted on 07/12/2015 5:59:55 AM PDT by Does so (SCOTUS Newbies Will Imperil America...)
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To: marktwain

Any criminal with a tattoo on their face should stay in jail. Its not like they’ll be able to find a job and go straight looking like that.


19 posted on 07/12/2015 6:11:02 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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Any criminal with a tattoo on their face should stay in jail. Its not like they’ll be able to find a job and go straight looking like that.

Good computer programmers can get away with unconventional appearance. But, that career might not be one this gent is prepared or capable of following.

20 posted on 07/12/2015 6:14:48 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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