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Man charged with attacking neighbor
(yanked off a neighbor's prosthetic leg and beat him with it)
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| 2/20/04
| KARI PUGH
Posted on 02/20/2004 4:07:00 PM PST by mylife
Man charged with attacking neighbor
Police charge Fredericksburg resident with assault, theft
By KARI PUGH
Date published: 2/20/2004
A Fredericksburg man has been charged with yanking off a neighbor's prosthetic leg and beating him with it during an argument.
Authorities say the fight started when the victim, Michael Clapp, 38, discovered a bottle of medicine missing from his Townsend Boulevard apartment Wednesday night.
Clapp suspected his neighbor, 27-year-old Rodney Prophitt, and went next door to confront him around 7:15 p.m., city police spokesman Jim Shelhorse said.
When he did, police say, Prophitt knocked Clapp to the ground, then pulled off his artificial leg and struck him with it several times.
"At some point, Mr. Clapp was able to grab his leg back, get back to his apartment and call 911," Shelhorse said.
Police charged Prophitt with felonious assault and petty larceny.
Clapp was treated at Mary Washington Hospital for a broken nose and other facial injuries. Shelhorse did not know what type of medication was taken or why Clapp has a prosthetic leg.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: fredricksburg
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Damn!
1
posted on
02/20/2004 4:07:00 PM PST
by
mylife
To: mylife
Shelhorse did not know what type of medication was taken or why Clapp has a prosthetic leg.
Even I could answer the second part of that question...
2
posted on
02/20/2004 4:13:44 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(Gay marriage is for suckers...)
To: mylife
Nice to see that the man finally put his foot down!
3
posted on
02/20/2004 4:13:55 PM PST
by
Arpege92
To: mylife
Prophett's defense doesn't have a leg to stand on.
< /the obvious >
4
posted on
02/20/2004 4:18:32 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Love the music. Hate the lyrics.)
To: mhking
serious JD alert...
To: ErnBatavia
Even I could answer the second part of that question...
;^)
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posted on
02/20/2004 4:24:52 PM PST
by
mylife
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Just damn.If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
7
posted on
02/20/2004 4:27:38 PM PST
by
mhking
(My gravely throat feels like it's been attacked with a rusty rasp....)
To: mylife
Shelhorse did not know ... why Clapp has a prosthetic leg.???!!!????
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posted on
02/20/2004 4:30:05 PM PST
by
mhking
(My gravely throat feels like it's been attacked with a rusty rasp....)
To: mhking; Eaker; Flyer; stevie_d_64; bobbyd; dix; Allegra; RikaStrom; Xenalyte; PetroniDE
This is why concealing weapons inside prosthetics pays off...
Can anyone say "niche market"???
Yank my leg off, enjoy a nice surprise. I need engineers, here....
To: humblegunner
Yank my leg off, enjoy a nice surprise. I need engineers, here....I need a scope of work, performance standards, caliber, etc. Feed me info and send me a check. We can make it work!!!
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posted on
02/20/2004 4:44:44 PM PST
by
Eaker
("Do I feel your pain?? Hell, I caused your pain!!!!" - Tom Eaker, 2004)
To: mylife
So the one legged bozo goes over to the two legged bozo's house, accuses him of thieving his drugs and didn't expect to get his arse busted up?? Ding! Wrong!
They both sound like real winners.
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posted on
02/20/2004 4:51:47 PM PST
by
JoeSixPack1
(POW/MIA Bring 'em Home, Or Send us Back!! Semper Fi)
To: mylife
Reminds me of the great Ty Cobb baseball player story. After getting heckled in the outfield for 7 innings by a someone who was not one of his fans, Ty Cobb jumped the centerfield wall, ran up the aisle to where the heckler was seated, pulled him out of his WHEELCHAIR and began beating the sh*t out of him.
12
posted on
02/20/2004 4:53:01 PM PST
by
moonman
To: Eaker
We can make it work!!! Brother, I have no doubt.
To: mylife
Don't bring a one legged man to an a$$ kicking contest.
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posted on
02/20/2004 5:01:28 PM PST
by
dware
(GET ACTIVE NOW! ---> http://www.davidwareonline.com)
To: mylife
Shelhorse did not know what type of medication was taken or why Clapp has a prosthetic leg. He added, "This one has me stumped."
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posted on
02/20/2004 5:11:13 PM PST
by
Ken H
To: humblegunner; Squantos
I think we need Squantos.
I heard that he tore a guys leg off!! Maybe it was one of his Rotts!!!!
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posted on
02/20/2004 5:39:43 PM PST
by
Eaker
("Do I feel your pain?? Hell, I caused your pain!!!!" - Tom Eaker, 2004)
To: mylife
Michael Clapp, 38, discovered a bottle of medicine missing...OxyContin (or lack thereof) makes people do crazy things...
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posted on
02/20/2004 7:09:21 PM PST
by
Born Conservative
("Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names" - John F. Kennedy)
To: humblegunner
This is why concealing weapons inside prosthetics pays off...
Actually, it's already been done.
The guy who built my first leg was telling me how when he first got in the business, he worked in CA. They build prosthetics with compartments in them all the time. But he had one patient that he refused to do.
Seems the guy was a double amputee, and lost both legs to shotgun blasts (shoulda paid his suppliers I guess). He would never make an appointment, and always paid in cash (didn't want anyone to know where he would be). He wanted his prosthetics built with secret compartments to aid him in transporting his 'product'.
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posted on
02/20/2004 7:10:07 PM PST
by
yhwhsman
("Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small..." -Sir Winston Churchill)
To: mylife
I believe the Second Amendment applies only to arms...
To: Billthedrill
I believe the Second Amendment applies only to arms...LOL! Wh00p! Wh00p!
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posted on
02/20/2004 7:16:52 PM PST
by
mylife
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