Posted on 10/20/2022 12:10:00 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Wanting to stop sheriff’s deputies from carrying out a court-ordered eviction last week, Rorie Woods turned to a “dangerous weapon,” authorities said.
Woods allegedly pulled up to the home where the eviction was taking place, got out of her SUV and walked back to the flatbed trailer she had towed to the tony neighborhood in Longmeadow, Mass., a town of nearly 16,000 on the Connecticut state line.
Then, she unleashed hundreds of bees from the hives she had brought, according to the sheriff’s office.
Multiple deputies were stung before they could arrest Woods, officials said. She has since been charged with four counts of felony assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, three counts of felony assault with a dangerous weapon, and disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor.
Woods “put lives in danger as several of the staff on scene are allergic to bees,” Sheriff Nick Cocchi said in a statement. “We had one staff member go [to] the hospital and luckily, he was alright or she would be facing manslaughter charges.”
Woods, 55, has pleaded not guilty to all eight charges. She could not immediately be reached Wednesday, and her lawyer didn’t respond to a request for comment from The Washington Post.
About 9:15 a.m. on Oct. 12, deputies arrived at a five-bed, 5½-bath colonial valued at nearly $1.3 million to execute an eviction order, the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Several protesters had gathered at the apex of the cul-de-sac. Informed that the occupant was at the courthouse in a last-ditch effort to delay the eviction, deputies waited for him to return.
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Was the eviction a sting?
Mental illness is everywhere.
Deputies tried to swarm her, and she turned the tables on them.
I don’t want to wax poetic about this but lanlord/private property rights are at an all time low.
Here is what one of the more liberal contributors to a landlord forum stated:
“A couple of days ago, I attended a local “income property expo” for landlords. One of the speakers was a local attorney who handles only landlord-tenant cases (representing landlords-a large firm) who told about attending a white-house conference on this subject.
A white-house conference?
It seems that the white-house is developing a federal program to attack the “eviction crisis” in America. The attorney, bright, knowledgeable, makes his living by helping landlords, had some interesting things to say about the subject.
Landlords, as a group, are not realizing the problem. Other than some large, national housing firms, smaller landlords do not contribute money, take an active role in the politics of the problem, and, outside of California and some other areas where the landlord’s problem has already become a reality, don’t even recognize the problem and the future of the problem.
“The usual responses to discussions about this problem consist of diatribes against Socialism (never mind that the contributor doesn’t seem to even understand on even the high school level, what Socialism really is), complaints about C-level residents, about rules and homemade lease clauses, private property rights, and just plain complaints about interference with landlord’s right to greed.
My attorney lecturer points out in a very insightful way, that landlords are part of the problem, rather than part of the solution. They insist that their interests are in their right to make money without limitation, rather than seeing the problem as national one of providing shelter for all Americans and that their interest, including financial, lies in joining that cause.
He suggests a national movement, financed by landlords, and guided by landlords’ interests, to develop models for good landlording, including tenant relationships, proper maintenance, and avoidance of eviction as first remedy to problems, and including PAC type funding.
Who here contributes $100,000 yearly to the cause of preventing eviction control? Thats 27% of gross rentals, based on 10 properties @ $3,000 per month. I can afford it, and would, if I thought that there was enough enthusiasm for others to contribute, too.
Those who choose to ignore the problem will wait until it is too late, because they think that they are immune. Bur it is the wave of the future, and will ultimately prevail, and only those who participate in the winning side of the war will have any opportunity to shape the aftermath of the war.”
Hmmmm I object to the term “greed.”
She was wearing a Yellow Jacket, easy to identify her. But it turns out she was just another WASP.
Why didn’t the police officers try to shoot the bees? If there is a dog, that is what police officers routinely do. /s
Right. Try to "wing" them.
Assault Bees. Time to ban them.
The landlord was renting to her and her honey no doubt.
OK...this is one for my SHTF book.
Can you train Murder Hornets?
This liberal does realize that most landlords, like most people, are motivated by a profit motive? Therefore, it is best to let the market work for them without such interference as rent control, forcing hotels to take on homeless people, and so on.
And does this liberal also realize that most cases of homelessness are related to drug abuse and/or mental illness, rather than some people simply being down on their luck?
I’m fine with sheltering as many Americans* as possible, even if some subsidy is needed in certain cases. But for that to be successful, the people in need themselves have to meet certain metrics — get off drugs, get help for mental problems, find a job of some sort, make restitution or serve time for crimes committed, etc. — so that they simply don’t become a drag on the providers.
*U.S. Citizens, green card holders and LEGAL residents.
“ Woods allegedly pulled up to the home where the eviction was taking place, got out of her SUV and walked back to the flatbed trailer she had towed to the tony neighborhood in Longmeadow, Mass., a town of nearly 16,000 on the Connecticut state line.
Then, she unleashed hundreds of bees from the hives she had brought, according to the sheriff’s office.”
Give her points for creativity !
Then tase her….
“Buzz off, honey,” quoth the deputies
I asked him to define “greed.”
These are not the days of Robespierre nor Mr. Potter of “It’s a Wonderful Life” for that matter.
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