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Rochester Hills man who fired at teen asking for directions found guilty by jury
Click on Detroit ^ | 10/12/18 | By Nick Monacelli - Reporter, Dave Bartkowiak Jr., Derick Hutchinson

Posted on 10/12/2018 12:43:01 PM PDT by Blue House Sue

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. - A Rochester Hills man seen on video firing a gun at a teenager who was lost and looking for directions was found guilty by a jury Friday on two counts.

Jeffrey Zeigler was charged with assault with intent to murder and felony firearms violations. The jury found him guilty of the lesser charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and possession of a firearm in commission of a felony.

The 14-year-old boy said he got lost while walking to school April 12 and was looking for directions. He knocked on the door to a home in the 2200 block of South Christian Hills Drive. The homeowner told police he came out with a shotgun because he believed his home was being broken into.

Deputies responded to the home about 8:20 a.m. that morning after the man's wife said someone was trying to break into her home.

"The caller reported that a black male was trying to break into her house and her husband chased after him into the yard. Upon deputies' arrival, it was determined that the husband chased after the male with a 12 gauge shotgun and fired a round toward the fleeing male. No injuries were reported," reads a statement from the Sheriff's Office.

(Excerpt) Read more at clickondetroit.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: jeffreyzeigler; localnews
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To: dragnet2

“That’s why it’s the direct responsibility of the cops to investigate all the evidence.”

I would not advise anyone charged with a crime to rely on a the police to exonerate them.

I would strongly suggest that one leave that up to their attorney.


41 posted on 10/12/2018 1:38:46 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: dragnet2

Not even the perp says that the kid was breaking into the house.


42 posted on 10/12/2018 1:39:41 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: TexasGator

agreed


43 posted on 10/12/2018 1:41:09 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BenLurkin

yes


44 posted on 10/12/2018 1:42:00 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Blue House Sue
I would not advise anyone charged with a crime to rely on a the police to exonerate them.

No one said it's up to the police to exonerate anyone because it's not. But it is up to the police to investigate all the evidence regardless. Especially what appears to be real obvious evidence. If this is the actual video used as evidence in court, I'd be seeking an appeal and another trial.

45 posted on 10/12/2018 1:43:41 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Blue House Sue

hmmmmmmmmm…………...it’s been awhile but I NEVER got “lost” walking to school...….?????

I also would expect something VERY BAD to happen to me for firing a shotgun at a 14 year old kid, or anybody, that was running away from me...……..

mans a dumbass!


46 posted on 10/12/2018 1:44:36 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: Blue House Sue

But the door knocker himself said the homeowners wife who came down the stairs asked him why he was breaking into their home.


47 posted on 10/12/2018 1:47:16 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: BenLurkin

Agree, I’m not buying he was lost either. If he were 10 years old maybe. But 14? I was riding my bicycle 20 miles from home at that age.


48 posted on 10/12/2018 1:52:52 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

After the fact, the perp said he and the wife were mistaken, and it does not seem that the perp, while on the stand, said that the kid attempted to break into the house.

It’s a bad shoot and the perp was convicted.


49 posted on 10/12/2018 1:53:58 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: Blue House Sue

I could be a bad shoot as I mentioned in my original post. But the fact remains, if this is the actual video evidence then there is something going on with the most critical piece of evidence. Hard to believe, in fact I find it flat out bizarre no one else in the trial mentioned it.

Maybe the actual video evidence was complete. Who knows.


50 posted on 10/12/2018 2:03:34 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Keyhopper; All
Most burglars don’t knock on you door

I believe you are mistaken.

Most burglars knock, repeatedly, because they want to be sure no one is home.

51 posted on 10/12/2018 2:04:16 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: dragnet2

Even if the kid knocked on the door to find out if anybody was home he was walking away. How does that justify walking out and shooting at him as he was walking away?


52 posted on 10/12/2018 2:10:49 PM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as wll say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!"to)
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To: raybbr

But that’s not what happened. And no one here said in that scenario it would be justified.


53 posted on 10/12/2018 2:16:54 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Keyhopper
Sure they do.

They want to know if someone is home.

If someone answers you say you were lost and you need directions.

54 posted on 10/12/2018 3:55:19 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Wayne07

trayvon was just walking home with skittes and watermelon soda.


55 posted on 10/12/2018 5:31:02 PM PDT by cherry (official troll)
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To: All

I will tell you how he didn’t know his way to school. Because he had his face in his phone or a book every time he got on the bus. I really hate to say, it but my second child had one or the other literally every time we got in the car. Thankfully mostly a book. But I didn’t realize how bad it was until time came for the child to get their drivers license and literally had no clue how to get anywhere.


56 posted on 10/12/2018 5:37:59 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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To: Blue House Sue

So, the kid had his backpack on but no cell phone? Something doesn’t add up.


57 posted on 10/13/2018 3:35:28 PM PDT by equaviator (`)
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To: Wayne07

“Is he retarded?”

I guess it’s possible he has a disability of some kind.


58 posted on 10/13/2018 3:37:21 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Do not discount anything in which Donald Trump is involved." - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Blue House Sue
Become a USCCA member.

Anyone who carries that doesn't carry a USCCA card too is asking for a prison cell.

59 posted on 10/13/2018 5:06:23 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again.)
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To: Lazamataz

A lot of those bus routes are very long.

Especially if they are bringing you away from where you belong to where you don’t.

Bad, bad shoot. The shooter is damn lucky nobody got hurt.


60 posted on 10/13/2018 5:10:11 PM PDT by Jim Noble
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