Posted on 10/02/2004 6:24:15 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Man staged break-in to look like hero to wife
A man who tried to impress his wife by setting up a break-in at their home in Oklahoma, has been arrested.
It's reported that the man - a school teacher - recruited two students to break into the house in Edmond.
Kfor TV says the man may have staged the break-in to make himself look like a hero and salvage his marriage.
It's reported he'd planned to return from a late-night walk, confront the two intruders and beat them off. But it backfired when one of the students told his parents and they called police.
Police said they launched a major response after receiving reports of intruders in the man's house.
"We pulled out all the stops," said Glynda Chu, spokeswoman for the Edmond police department. "Officers from two shifts, the k-9 unit. This search took several hours."
Chu said of the man's actions: "A desperate attempt to salvage what appears to be a troubled relationship. He was going to great lengths to try and be her hero."
He now faces a misdemeanour charge of filing a false police report, while criminal charges could also be filed.
Police say the man may also have to pay for the cost of the police operation.
Was she impressed?
Should make for a good book. "Unfit for Marriage, How John Kerry Inspired My Life."
I feel sorry for the guy.
Did he swing in on a knotted rope wearing a cape?
Probably does happen often. I always use my cousins to do it then I return the favor a few weeks later. We're heroes in our families.
You know, I've seen this happen in other settings. For example, a passerby wakes up a family asleep in their home when he spots a nighttime fire. The only problem-- the passerby "hero" was the one who set the fire. And recall the security guard at the '96 Atlanta Olympics who was the FBI's prime suspect in the park bombing. I believe the theory was that he had planted the bomb so he could be perceived as a hero in the aftermath. Of course, the security guard was later exhonerated.
Me too. I clicked on the story for its comic value, but after thinking about it, I feel sorry, too.
Me three.
I'm sorry for the fellow's predicament, but not sorry that he's about to pay the price for this sham. He should be prosecuted.
This fellow staged a break-in. Now, just for the sake of argument, let's say this went horribly awry. Perhaps the wife decides to protect her family. She grabs a gun. She shoots the "assailant."
What we then end up with is a dead faux assailant, the husband charged with murder, an utterly destroyed marriage, the wife having to live with the fact that she has killed someone, and the police having to clean up after another idiot.
Some therapeutic incarceration would look to be in order.
"...confront the two intruders and beat them off."
Was this a same-sex marriage?
I want to know who he is. Why are they so secretive with his name? What's the big secret?
I bet you anything he's a democrat. But I can't check till I get his name.
http://www.newsok.com/article/1328191/?template=news/main
His name is Trent Stires Spencer.
Well, I can't find him at opensecrets.org, but I still bet he's a democrat.
;-)
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