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Woman Accused Of Firing Bottle Rockets At Sheriff's Helicopter
Local6.com ^ | May 26, 2006

Posted on 05/27/2006 9:55:51 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Authorities in Orange County, Fla., arrested a 44-year-old woman who was apparently angry at a sheriff's helicopter flying over her house and allegedly shot fireworks at the aircraft in an effort to get it to move, according to police.

Sheriff's deputies were in an Orange County neighborhood near 36th Street searching for a car theft suspect late Thursday when they called for help from a sheriff's helicopter.

As the helicopter flew in the area, homeowner Emarjorie Thompson allegedly ran out of her house with a bottle rocket launcher, investigators said. Police said Thompson then shot bottle rockets at the aircraft.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bottlerockets; helicopter; orangecounty; thompson
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To: No Blue States

In such a situation, you don't need to run faster than the bear...just faster than your buddy. Your buddy can worry about being faster than the bear.


41 posted on 05/28/2006 8:54:26 AM PDT by JRios1968 (In memoriam...)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; albee; Alice au Wonderland; Amityschild; andie74; Andy'smom; Augustus McCrae; ...

No amateurs, please.
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42 posted on 05/28/2006 1:19:27 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

Her sentance should be a FOD walk everyday for a year at the police landing pad.


43 posted on 05/28/2006 1:31:34 PM PDT by Delta 21 ( MKC USCG - ret)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

I say arm the Sheriff's helicopters with mini-guns.

Rain down death and destruction, call it a new urban renewal program.


44 posted on 05/28/2006 1:34:23 PM PDT by Cap'n Crunch
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To: ConservativeMind
"Thompson allegedly ran out of her house with a bottle rocket launcher..."

Presumably, a bottle!

"Thompson is facing a felony charge of shooting or throwing a deadly missile into an aircraft."

That seems a stretch, especially that it went *into* an aircraft. If so, she's a great shot, though.

45 posted on 05/28/2006 1:37:58 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Delicacy, precision, force)
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To: Sam Cree

Whoops, I see that the launcher has been well described, sorry!


46 posted on 05/28/2006 1:41:18 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Delicacy, precision, force)
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To: No Blue States

"I dont buy it. Its like shooting a bear with a bb gun."

Actually the principle is called the "Golden BB," the idea that no matter how armored and invicible you think your aircraft is, that one absolutely lucky shot will find your weak point and bring you down.

If the bottle rocket went in the engine intake and exploded that certainly could cause it to stall.


47 posted on 05/28/2006 1:44:14 PM PDT by PLMerite ("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
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To: Robe

Good thing she wasnt a member of this club.
She might have posed a (minute) threat.


....and the rockets red glare.....
48 posted on 05/28/2006 1:48:33 PM PDT by Delta 21 ( MKC USCG - ret)
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To: atomicpossum
Relative of Cynthia McKinney?

Whats up with her? I guess she got away with assaulting a Police officer..

49 posted on 05/28/2006 1:54:04 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Kerry-Mcarthy-Gore-Clinton-Feingold-Murtha- Pelosi-the true Axis of Evil...)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; atomicpossum; Larry Lucido; MeekOneGOP; ...

IDIOTS like this get fireworks outlawed so those of us with common sense can't use them either. If you're facing a bottle rocket coming AT you, you don't know WHAT it is. A tracer round or antitank grenade might look similar. Evasive action in a helicopter could cause a wreck and loss of many lives.

She deserves to have the BOOK thrown at her.

NINCOMPOOP!


50 posted on 05/28/2006 2:02:19 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Defend the Constitution! Represent LAWFUL Constituents! SEAL THE BORDERS NOW)
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To: martin_fierro
Something tells me the lady had a problem with helicopters; perhaps her tin foil was loose fitting that day?



51 posted on 05/28/2006 2:06:50 PM PDT by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

She's lucky as hell to still be alive.


52 posted on 05/28/2006 2:15:31 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: E.Allen

A piece of pipe works a lot better, you get better aim and don't get burned.


53 posted on 05/28/2006 2:18:13 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Stupid move ,but I am not sure how many people would not feel a sense of paranoia about a helicopter hovering lowly over their house.


54 posted on 05/28/2006 6:36:41 PM PDT by after dark (I love hateful people. They help me unload karmic debt.)
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To: wolfcreek

I used plastic 1/2 pvc pipe till a rocket stayed and melted the top after it did not launch!!!!


55 posted on 05/29/2006 6:33:34 AM PDT by GregB (Give Pottsville,Pa their NFL Championship back!!!!!!!!)
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