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Pool ball lays out would-be robber
The News Tribune (Tacoma) ^
| 9/17/09
| Stacey Mulick
Posted on 09/17/2009 7:50:02 AM PDT by llevrok
A 40-year-old man didn’t fare very well after a Kapowsin bartender refused to serve him more alcohol, according to Pierce County sheriff’s deputies.
As the man walked out of the Kapowsin Tavern on Saturday, he pulled a gun and pointed it at the bartender, deputies said. A witness threw a pool ball, hitting the man in the back of the head, court documents state.
Kevin J. Valentine now faces second-degree assault charges. Court documents gave this account:
The bartender told deputies Valentine got upset after she refused to serve him more alcohol because he was already drunk. She said he threw a glass into a cooler behind the bar and fell off his stool.
Valentine started to walk out but stopped at the door, pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at the bartender. The witness told deputies he saw Valentine pull the gun and then clocked him with a pool ball.
When deputies arrived, Valentine was lying on the ground in front of the bar, bleeding from a cut on the back of his head.
“Defendant claimed he had been shot in the head,” charging documents state. “He was slurring his words, reeked of alcohol and had very red watery eyes. He was obviously intoxicated.”
The deputies found a loaded gun on Valentine.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Washington
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The Mariners could use this ace!
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posted on
09/17/2009 7:50:03 AM PDT
by
llevrok
To: llevrok
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posted on
09/17/2009 7:53:03 AM PDT
by
DaveMSmith
(Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God)
To: llevrok
The deputies found a loaded gun on Valentine. You mean to tell me that after knocking him out, they didn't take his gun?
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posted on
09/17/2009 7:53:27 AM PDT
by
Defiant
(Hey socialists-- We're right, we fight, get used to it.)
To: Defiant
You mean to tell me that after knocking him out, they didn't take his gun?Heck why would they? They had plenty more balls to throw at him :0)
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posted on
09/17/2009 7:55:01 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
('We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press' Chesterton.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
09/17/2009 7:57:03 AM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: llevrok
Wow! I live not 5 miles from that Tavern!
To: llevrok
Was the billiard ball registered?
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posted on
09/17/2009 7:58:10 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Defiant
Everyone was in awe that the ball ended up in the side pocket called by the thrower.
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posted on
09/17/2009 7:58:26 AM PDT
by
posterchild
(Endowed by my Creator with certain unalienable rights.)
To: DaveMSmith
Behind the 8 ball! I was just wondering what color the pool ball was. After all, Everything is about Race now. So, if a non-Obamabot threw an 8-ball at a drunk ObamaBot, would that be racist? A hate-crime? Would the color of the pool ball thrown be an important factor in determining the length of the prison sentence of the thrower?
Don't snicker, people. These are very, VERY important questions in this 'Post-Racial America'. After all, Jimmy Carter knows what he's talking about.
/sarc.
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posted on
09/17/2009 7:59:09 AM PDT
by
kromike
To: llevrok
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posted on
09/17/2009 7:59:30 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(I could care less if you think I am a racist...really...just try to defend your position.)
To: Mama Shawna
You gotta get out more! Look what you missed!
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posted on
09/17/2009 7:59:41 AM PDT
by
paulcissa
(The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
To: llevrok
A witness threw a pool ball, hitting the man in the back of the head, court documents state. "Steeeeeeee-rike three! Yerrrrr OUT!"
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posted on
09/17/2009 8:00:34 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.)
To: posterchild
Everyone was in awe that the ball ended up in the side pocket called by the thrower. LOLOLOL!
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posted on
09/17/2009 8:00:52 AM PDT
by
TChris
(There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
To: llevrok
Dollars to donuts the perp sues the witness, and the DA muffs the prosecution.
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posted on
09/17/2009 8:02:20 AM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
To: llevrok
Wasn’t there a scene like this in a Chuck Norris film?
IIRC Clint Eastwood’s character throws the ball which knocks our hero out?
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posted on
09/17/2009 8:02:55 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
('We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press' Chesterton.)
To: llevrok
Never bring a gun to a pool ball fight.
To: Above My Pay Grade
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posted on
09/17/2009 8:06:07 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(Inside every father is a Bryan Mills waiting to get out.)
To: llevrok
A witness threw a pool ball, hitting the man in the back of the head, court documents state. Note to self: "Watch Six".
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posted on
09/17/2009 8:06:15 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: llevrok
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posted on
09/17/2009 8:07:01 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: kromike
I was just wondering what color the pool ball was Unless it was the cue ball (white) then by rule he committed a scratch and would lose his turn.
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