Posted on 12/06/2005 7:33:59 AM PST by DaveLoneRanger
Charlie Lee says he stood face to face with a man who was taking cigarettes and money from his convenience store, the Main Street Market in East Nashville.
"I started. What are you doing here in this hour? How you get in?” said Lee.
It was 2:00 in the morning, and he had come down to turn off what seemed to be a false burglar alarm. The doors were locked. Everything was okay, until he walked behind the counter and saw the man and the hole in the ceiling.
“There was hole in there, so I pulled out my gun. I shoot a warning shot once. Move! Don't move! If you move you get hurt. Don't move,” said Lee.
Lee says the man grabbed a knife, one he sells in the store, then he hit the man at least twice with a stick while his wife called police.
Police found a backpack along with an axe handle, a screwdriver, hammer, pliers, cutters and even some goggles, apparently every type of tool you need to commit a burglary when they arrested the suspect.
30 year old Dodrick Losame Houston is in jail. Police say he is a suspect in several other Nashville burglaries.
“Same mode of entry. The hole through the roof. Same items taken cigarettes taken. It was apparent he knew what he was doing and had did it before,” said Carney White with Metro Police.
Lee says this was his first experience, and he hopes it's the last.
Metro Police said the suspect they arrested is also wanted in Memphis for burglaries there. And officers say it is best to wait for police before going in to turn off a business alarm.
Notice, in this case, a warning shot worked.
I seem to recall an incident where I lived a long while ago in West Virginia, a man tried to climb through the roof into the closed-up pharmacy. He miscalculated; came through Kroger's roof. (Clean-up, aisle 5...)
**sniff**..I love a happy ending..
He should have been held at gunpoint until all repairs in the roof were made, then held until Officers arrived.
And yet again we hear the same line, "let the police handle it."
Well..... where were the police whwn this guy was breaking in???? Not there!!!!
It your want protection from thugs, rely on yourself not law enforcement.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em, but whatever you do, you better buy 'em first.
This is just a few blocks from my house. Note to perps: I don't do warning shots and when my gun is in my hand I don't plan to hit you with a stick if you come up with a knife. I'm surprised this guy is still alive.
Another mental giant on the police force.
"Well, I really really needed a Mr. Pibb and some Malomars."
Everyone involved seems to be grammar-impaired.
That's better than THESE guys:
July 20, 2000
Police believe skeletal remains found lodged in the chimney of an out-of-business store may be those of a serial burglar who got stuck when trying to rob the place years ago. Ironically, the man was attempting to burglarize a theft-prevention business in North Philadelphia, Detective Ramonita King said. "Workers had been knocking down the chimney Saturday when they smelled a foul odor. When they got closer, they noticed a pair of sneakers, jeans and a Philly's cap and what looked to be human remains," King said. "It appears that he got stuck trying to enter the place through the chimney to rob it." Police found a welfare card in the man's wallet and suspect he was a wanted burglar with many aliases. The medical examiner's office tentatively listed the cause of death as accidental compression asphyxia. King said the store had been closed for many years, and a construction crew had been renovating the property for its new owners. She said the remains may be as many as 5 years old. Exactly when the business was closed is unknown. (APB News)July 21, 2000
Police found a dead man in a chimney this week and may have solved a 4-year-old mystery. A local doctor contacted authorities after he detected a strange odor in a home he recently purchased that had been vacant for nearly 10 years. The doctor planned to convert the residence into professional offices. Police Chief Richard Parker said the smell grew stronger as the weather got hotter this summer, prompting the owner to investigate the source. The odor came from the chimney. When the owner looked up inside, he saw a foot. When police arrived at the residence on Monday, they climbed the roof of the brick house and looked down the chute, where they could make out the head of a man who appeared to be deceased. Rescue crews spent the next morning prying the corpse out. The body has been sent to the Dallas medical examiner's office for identification, but Parker said he's pretty sure it is the remains of a man who disappeared in January 1996 without a trace. Clothing and hair from the victim appear to match the description of the missing man, who was in his early 20s at the time he was last seen. There are no signs of foul play, Parker said, and speculation is wide open as to what motivated the man to shimmy down the chute four years ago. But he probably wasn't a thief, the chief said. "This is Mt. Pleasant; we don't have cat burglars," Parker said of the town of 14,000 residents. [Altogether everyone: "Yeah, right!" - despair] Parker said the missing man was last seen in an inebriated condition. He allegedly had argued with family members gathered in a small park that sits next to the house where the body was discovered, and then stomped off in anger. The man was never seen again. "There was a lot of speculation since there was absolutely no trace of him, no contact whatsoever," Parker said. "In retrospect, when you're in a chimney you can't make a whole lot of contact." (APB News)
There was also a case in South Carolina, in a boarded-up gift shop undergoing renovations . . . I think this is a good example of Don't Try This At Home.
THis is Tennesee, I think. THe food of choice would be Moon Pies.
"he had did it before". I hope Carney is better with a gun than with his English. Dave,this is the second straight ping that grammer police love.
Well, after that gun came out, I think he PUT some Mr. Pibb in his Malomars.
"In retrospect, when you're in a chimney you can't make a whole lot of contact."
Oh NO! Not Santa Claus!
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