[tallhappy]

"I've been harassed by him and his parents for five years. Today just blew it up."

[xzins]

Someone called Iraq chaos.

Ohio's been more than a political battleground lately. It's like an on-going mini-riot.

[beyond the sea]

Man Killed Teen for Walking on Lawn

Mom and dad always said to stay off the grass.

[al baby]

already posted

[TXBubba]

The guy is a loon. It would be interesting to find out what he considered "harrassment" if he considered crossing his lawn a fatal offense.

[Joe 6-pack]

Sounds like a scene at the beginning of a Stephen King novel.

[Toddsterpatriot]

A man who neighbors say was devoted to his meticulously kept lawn was charged with murder in the shooting of a 15-year-old boy who apparently walked across his yard.

This guy sounds like some of the lawn-Nazis in my neighborhood.

[TXBubba]

Ping.

[ElkGroveDan]

There's one in every neighborhood.

[TXBubba]

Assistant Public Defender Lauri Viney told the judge that Martin was a retired employee of the Ford Motor Co.,

Okay, now I'm not surprised. Glad we got out when we could honey. (directed to Blastus!)

[The Worthless Miracle]

I hope this nut gets the death penalty. Geez, I love my lawn SO much, I'll kill for it, then go to prison for the rest of my life...makes sense to me. Jeez.

[thoughtomator]

Clearly the only solution is to make grass illegal.

[deport]

Martin's call to 911

  Listen to Martin's 911 call

Martin: I just killed a kid.
Dispatcher: You just killed a kid?
Martin: Yes ma'am.
Dispatcher: Okay, what happened?
Martin: It's been going on for five years.
Dispatcher: What's going on?
Martin: I've been being harassed by him and his parents for five years. Today just blew it up.
Dispatcher: What is your name, sir?
Martin: Charles Martin.
Dispatcher: Okay, what happened, tell me what happened, Charles.
Martin: Kid's just been giving me a bunch of sh**, making the other kids harass me and my place, tearing things up.
Dispatcher: Okay, so what'd you do?
Martin: I shot him with a 410 shotgun twice.
Dispatcher: You shot him with a shotgun? Where is he?
Martin: He's laying in his yard.

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[Retired Chemist]

Did you hear his 911 call reporting that he had shot the kid?

[PLMerite]

Maybe some of this guy's screws weren't as tight as they should have been, but what part of "don't walk on my lawn" don't people understand?

[Bear_Slayer]

Hey, hey, you, you get off of my lawn!

[King Prout]

1. in Louisiana, what this nutter did would be perfectly within the law.

2. folks should stay off other folks' property unless invited... and *definitely* stay off if they've been ordered off the property before (as this kid had been by the nutter not 4 hours previously)

3. that said... a warning shot or a load of rock salt would have been a better option.

4. THAT said, holding the kid at gunpoint and calling the cops (in order to give the kid and his parents a serious heads-up) would have been an even better option.

5. THAT said, forcing the kid at gunpoint into restraints and then taking a few stripes off his back would have been an even better option.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Sad. Just very sad. I heard the audio of the 9/11 tape several times today. I think the man finally snapped. It's not just about the damn lawn, because I've occasionally had neighbors from hell. The parents might be asked some hard questions about why they allowed their son(and themselves) to harass a neighbor until it came to this.

[Old Landmarks]

A terrible story to say the least.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Stories like this are why I could never be a cop.

I'd be way too tempted - in answering the 911 call - to pull up, see the kid dead and put a bullet in the "man's" head.