[xrmusn]

he returned to his neighbor’s house to alert police.
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PLUS

to alert police — AFTER having a few beers to ‘settle down’, taking a nap and charging the cell phone.
They then had a discussion of what to tell the police.

Excellent move on the part of the gentleman - hard telling what a jury will do...of course dependent on the who, what, why and where...

If this in a modern inner city:

If Johnson be White, perp Black, he be gone

If Johnson be Black, perp White, he will get Mayors Medal for ingenuity.

We can pretty much be rest assured that both are not of the same sex, race or ethnicity...I say that because it made the paper and has reached a ‘national level’.

Seeing as from WashPost the whole story is suspect and it will be because Trump had made a statement(sometime in the last 50 years) about how ‘good’ ‘Duck Tape’ is and the wrapper would never have thought of using it in this manner had Trump not mentioned it.

[Menehune56]

The homeowner is black. Not sure about the alleged perp but probably black too.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3716397/Police-Suspected-burglar-dead-hes-tied-tree.html

[rockrr]

Both black.

Perp 31, homeowner 68.