Maybe next time you'll buy the cookies.
Posted on 02/04/2014 11:20:06 AM PST by Uncle Chip
A girl scout selling cookies was left traumatised after a customer pulled a gun as he opened the door.
The seven-year-old and her father were fundraising on Strawberry Tree Lane in Temecula, California, with a tin of baked goods on Sunday morning.
But at 11.30am she knocked on a door and was met with a deadly weapon.
The pair scarpered, horrified, and called the police. John Michael Dodrill, 59, has been arrested and charged with the offence, and is due to appear in court tomorrow....
Her father, who witnessed the alleged offence, called the police.
Two handguns and two rifles have been seized from Dodrill's home, reports claim.....
[And don't you just love the way this article ends with a commercial for Girl Scout Cookies]
The girl is a member of the San Gorgonio Girl Scouts, which will join its sister groups in celebrating National Girl Scout Cookie Day this weekend.
The sale of Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, and other favorites bring in $790 million each year.
The trade is also touted as a way to give young girls invaluable life experiences, and to teach them about the values of business ethics and people skills.
Girls are encouraged to get out and 'spread the word' to potential customers this Friday and Saturday.
Scouts spokesman Jua-Nita Houston said the girl was shaken by the incident but would not be deterred from fundraising.
Ms Houston said: 'She set very strong goals for herself, and she’s going to meet those goals.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I'm sure there has to be a special merit badge in there for her somewhere from the GSA.
It was probably the scarpering that traumatized her...
Yep. I learned a new word today.
>>>> Two handguns and two rifles have been seized from Dodrill’s home, reports claim.....
Not only the guy was arrested then charged with ‘assault’, his properties also confiscated.
Next time I’ll use Joe Biden’s advise: 12 Gauge shotgun through the door.
That sounds ominous.
"You have been charged with The Offence.
You have been tried for The Offence.
A jury of your peers has found you found guilty The Offence.
I hereby sentence you to The Punishment".
The author certainly won’t get a merit badge for “spilling”.
Britishology? “scarpered”?
Someone I don’t know comes walking and knocking on my door, I’d be armed up, too.
Wouldn’t actually SHOW my weaponry until threatened, though.
“Online jail records reveal Dodrill had been in custody less than two hours before the girl arrived on his doorstep.”
That’s either great police work or poor writing.
Are there a lot of home invasions in Temecula?
Hey! That HAS to be prior restraint, or something...
...time travel, perhaps.
Besides how does a homeowner to know the guy tag along the ‘girl scout’ not her “accomplis”????
So...did the perp threaten the child? Or, is it now illegal to answer the door with a handgun? Granted, his photo looks rough, but that alone doesn’t make him a criminal.
The article seems to indicate that he had been in custody a couple of hours before this ‘incident’.
Must be more here than I’m seeing. Of course, I’m old, so...
Bindun last week...on this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3118377/posts
We have a mini-fan-club for the word. :)
What was the charge?
Maybe next time you'll buy the cookies.
Probably just a lot of girl scouts selling cookies —
Well sign me up! I love the word.
It sounds like something out of “Jabberwocky”.
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