Posted on 08/23/2023 9:48:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
Accused killer refused public defender at arraignment
A Connecticut man decapitated his landlord with a sword during a dispute over unpaid rent, authorities said.
Hartford police responded to a 911 call the morning of July 25 from landlord Victor King, who said his roommate, Jerry Thompson, had been waving a Samurai sword at him, according to the Hartford Courant.
The pair was arguing about Thompson’s overdue rent, with King telling Thompson he had to move out if he couldn't pay.
The following morning, police received calls from King’s friends who were concerned for his safety after they couldn't reach him.
Officers forced their way into King’s home later that afternoon and found his body slashed and covered in bedding, with blood everywhere.
A medical examiner’s report observed injuries consistent with a large, edged weapon, noting “lacerations to the … right arm, upper chest and across the neck causing decapitation,” KTLA 5 reported.
“It was pretty brutal,” King’s cousin, Jim Banks, told the Courant. “I can’t imagine him doing anything that would provoke somebody. That just wasn’t in his personality.”
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Moorish sovereign citizens. Rather different, but just as daft.
My buddy is a landlord in SE Maine.
However, he uses a management company that actually collects the rents. Screens tenants. Gets those emergency calls, etc.
Right now the multifamily properties that come up for sale around here in southern NH go so fast it is stupid.
There was one about a month ago went up for sale that I actually considered, briefly. A three family in one of the suburbs west of Nashua. It had a three bd rm. A two bd rm and a single bedroom apartment. All long term tenants. Rents were below market. Total rent of $55K/year. It had over six full price offers. It went for almost $100K over asking price. They paid cash.
My grandfather was a landlord for decades—no issues.
Today the markets are much more volatile and there is always the risk that state or local regulators will decide on anti-landlord regulations.
Some folks make a lot of money doing it—but I didn’t and don’t have the stomach for it.
What makes you think he'll go to jail. Some dopey lefty judge will declare that it's reparations for slavery, and he was just trying to get ahead.
O G. the KI!!ER IS BLACK FOREIGNER!!! MUSLIM?
Trial, conviction, sentencing, execution by Labor Day, 9/4. Here? Of course not. That could only occur in a truly civilized country.
The US needs to take over an deserted island and send all the Sovtards there and they can do whatever they want. My favorite is their claim “I’m not driving, I’m traveling so I don’t need a license, registration, or insurance.” I don’t think they’ve ever won a case.
"Hartford police responded to a 911 call the morning of July 25 from landlord Victor King, who said his roommate, Jerry Thompson, had been waving a Samurai sword at him, according to the Hartford Courant."
Ah, so I guess they did respond, they just didn’t do anything about the guy waving the sword around.
He seems nice.
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