Posted on 04/03/2013 6:50:24 AM PDT by Utah Binger
MANTI -- For six years Troy James Knapp eluded authorities, moving from cabin to cabin across the Utah mountains, taking food and weapons and leaving notes to brag about it.
It all ended Tuesday as lawmen made what they called a surprisingly easy capture outside a remote cabin after the suspect fired off a few harmless shots.
"He was laughing with our guys. He said, `Boy, you really snuck up on me,'" said Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis. "He threw his rifle down in the snow and said, `You got me.'"
The 45-year-old survivalist is suspected of burglarizing dozens of Utah cabins and leaving taunting notes for owners - "get off my mountain" - and for sheriffs across several counties - "gonna put you in the ground!" Now he faces multiple felonies in at least four counties, including for shooting at a police helicopter and officers on the ground.
The self-styled "Mountain Man" looked sullen as he was walked into Sanpete County jail late Tuesday, already in jail garb from a quick stop at another county jail. Sanpete County prosecutor Brody Keisel said Knapp will have his first court appearance in Manti within days on a number of felony charges.
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If that is all there is to it, it’s OK.
I was thinking something more sinister.
Merle ! from Walking Dead
Don’t go where the huskies go....
(I am part Inuit, and I really LOVE that song! LOLOLOL!)
The thieving Sucker was no mountain man. He was a thief who was barely surviving.
That was my first reaction to the photo, too!
Wannabees that play at it during the day then go home to bed at night. All those tickets they write bring in lots of cash to play with. Asked a local cop just the other day why he had 7 flashlight on his belt. noanswer just a dirty look. Makes them look more like Batman
While I will be the first to say that most police officers are decent people just doing a dangerous job, I can’t put them in the same category as our Military.
I want cops to look like cops,
And soldiers to look like soldiers.
Perhaps I am just too old-fashioned for this present day.
The standing army our Founders feared.
The standing army our Founders feared.
I don't know the formal definition of "survivalist", but my definition doesn't include parasitic thugs that live by stealing other people's property.
Parasitic Target!
Target needs to be just barely right of the ear cannel....a little above the bottom of the ear lobe for a dorsal angle.....just sayin’.
If you’re in the hurry, general area is good, but keep an eye open for the need of a follow-up round.
Kinda looks like that machine in War of the Worlds...
If I creep up on him with my 870 pump....POOF! Course my Ruger 10/22 would need an exact spot as you describe. Thanks!
We called that the “apricot”.
Yepper. Lots easier than saying (or spelling) medulla oblongata.....
Uh Huh.
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