Posted on 09/24/2010 10:21:42 AM PDT by MissTed
An 82-year-old Wheat Ridge homeowner who was charged after police said he shot at two men stealing a trailer from his property, was sentenced Friday.
Robert Wallace was given two years of unsupervised probation and he can't own a gun.
Wallace agreed to a plea agreement in which charges were reduced to criminal attempted manslaughter and illegal discharge of a firearm, instead of the initial four charges of attempted first-degree murder.
"No one won," said Wallace as he left the courtroom.
Wallace agreed to let the state destroy the gun that was used in the shooting. Other guns he owns will be sold with the money possibly going to pay his legal fees.
Jefferson County District Attorney Scott Storey said, "It is illegal to shoot someone who is stealing your property."
Storey had taken heat from the community following the initial charges of attempted first-degree murder as information concerning the two suspects immigration status surfaced.
"Immigration status did not play a role in this decision," said Storey.
Storey said Wallace "was not overcharged" with the initial charges of attempted first-degree murder. He said charges are based on the law.
Storey said a disposition was reached before public outrage on this case.
One of the suspects, 28-year-old Alvaro Cardona-De Lorea, was shot through the eye, leaving him with brain damage and a disfigured skull. Cardona has undergone a competency evaluation which showed he may not be competent to stand trial. His case has been continued.
The second theft suspect, Damacio Torres-Ochoa, 32, was arrested by federal immigrant authorities at his Boulder workplace on an immigration violation, authorities said. Torres is charged with theft of an at-risk adult. His next court appearance is Oct. 4.
It should be entirely legal to shoot thieves. Front or back.
They are scum.
Jefferson County District Attorney Scott Storey said, "It is illegal to shoot someone who is stealing your property."Time for Scott Storey to meet the unemployment line. Thanks MissTed.
“The DA suffers from brain damage for dragging an honest citizen through court for defending his property when the government chooses to look the other way at illegal immigrants (who I often have nothing against if they are just working).” Amen, Freedom!
The gentlman should be pardoned. And as for illegals?
“A person’s private property can make the difference between life and death sometimes.”
Absolutely. Criminals are the real materialists. Use of property is a much higher calling than theft of property.
It ain’t illegal in VA, either. And we can smoke in bars. How about TX?
“The Jefferson County DA’s office said that neither Torres nor Cardona have been charged with anything at this point, even though Torres confessed to the crime.”
If I lived in this area, I'd make it a part time career to make sure District Attorney Scott Storey never works again in the legal field.
Nothing but contempt for these SOBs...
Spit*
Aw, that's a shame. Shoot the SOB to put him out of his misery.
It’s every day, every where you look. Always the same...the perp had been arrested before....
TAMPA - A Tampa woman died late Sunday after she was attacked by her boyfriend with a machete while her daughters looked on, police say.
Officers were called to 2202 East Thrace Street around 8:30 p.m. They found the victim, 50-year-old Danzita Fonseca, inside the home. She was taken to Tampa General Hospital were she died.
The victim’s two daughters and one of their boyfriends witnessed the attack, police said. At one point the suspect, 39-year-old Alexander Cote-Ferrer threatened the witnesses, with the machete. They fled and called 911.
Cote-Ferrer was arrested and charged with Second-Degree Murder and three counts of Aggravated Assault.
He was arrested and released earlier this year on charges of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_tampa/tampa-woman-dis-after-being-attacked-with-machete
Machette — MS-13?
“What else has one to lose at that age?”
How about an interview circuit in talk radio? That would serve our nation well!
Ping.
“It should be entirely legal to shoot thieves. Front or back.”
Right, so long as the shooter realizes he gets the death penalty if he misjudged an innocent.
I mean thieves the household or business owner or robbed person witnessed thieving. Not just random people running around.
I’m serious.
The death penalty is way underused. Prison sentences are way, way over used.
Public canings and executions are the way to go. And making lethal force to defend oneself, one’s dependents and property legal.
I was essentially agreeing with you. There would need to be some serious accountability to discourage frivolous shootings [of course]. The problem is our culture of accountability is stinked up by the left.
How 'bout we start with DC and the State Capitals? That works for me!
Crushing RINOs was an excellent and important step. They have been holding the balance of power. The next step, the month of October, is to crush the DNC!
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