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Home invasion rocks peaceful neighborhood
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | Thursday, February 26, 2004 | Jennifer Brett and Lateef Mungin - Staff

Posted on 02/27/2004 4:31:28 PM PST by citizen

Home invasion rocks peaceful neighborhood

Jennifer Brett and Lateef Mungin - Staff

Thursday, February 26, 2004

Lawrenceville's Oakland Walk community, scene of a home invasion robbery Wednesday morning, just isn't the type of place where crime comes knocking, one of the subdivision's residents says.

"Very quiet," said Dee Hodges, who has lived there nearly five years. "Nothing ever goes on."

The tranquility she cherishes was shattered when five men burst into a home around the corner from Hodges, tied up two women and a 6-year-old girl who live there, and demanded money, jewels and CDs. The suspects, armed with handguns, entered the two-story house through a back entrance, and fled in the residents' white 1997 Plymouth minivan, police said.

Three other children living in the home were not harmed, police said.

One of the women told police that she was sexually assaulted during the attack, Gwinnett police Sgt. Richard Long said.

Police have not identified the women or children, but say it's possible the victims know their assailants.

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To: citizen
The leftist AJ-C won't report that the perps are Latinos, probably gang members that have been active for some time in Gwinnett County.

Amazing how the truth is now relative...everywhere. My wife at work heard one woman mention something about the Catholic priests accused of sexual misconduct. Several other Catholics jumped her and asked her if it actually happened to her, if she was actually there, etc. The truth has become what people want to hear.

Mene mene tekel upharsin.

21 posted on 02/29/2004 5:51:55 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
I've been reading the threads "The Nation-State Is Finished" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1087311/posts?q=1&&page=101

and "America's 'Palestinians' " http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/571303/posts?page=18

We are diversifying ourselves into oblivion, internally and by external forces.

22 posted on 02/29/2004 6:35:53 AM PST by citizen (Write-in Tom Tancredo President 2004!)
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To: citizen
The crime comes on the heels of two home invasions that rocked the nearby Lilburn community... (a father and son) were shot and killed during a robbery at their Lilburn home on Jan. 13. Chum Luong, a 75-year-old grandmother was shot to death during a robbery at her Lilburn home six days before Christmas.

I guess locking yourself in your bedroom and dialing 911 isn't working out too well in the Atlanta area, is it?

23 posted on 02/29/2004 7:31:50 AM PST by Gritty ("Carrying a gun doesn't make you safe. But it can make you safer"-Tucker Carlson in Iraq)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
The truth has become what people want to hear.

Indeed. Less partisanship, more comity, which the Pubbies try to provide to a fault sometimes.

Not that I'm real happy with the state of the Republican Party. I read these outsourcing, NAFTA/FTAA and loss of sovereignty threads with great concern.

24 posted on 02/29/2004 11:43:59 AM PST by citizen (Write-in Tom Tancredo President 2004!)
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To: Gritty
I guess locking yourself in your bedroom and dialing 911 isn't working out too well in the Atlanta area, is it?

No, no worse than anywhere else. The establishment police and press defintely question the actions of citizens to use force to defend life, property and the rule of law.

This has to change.

25 posted on 02/29/2004 3:00:00 PM PST by citizen (Write-in Tom Tancredo President 2004!)
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To: citizen
The leftist AJ-C won't report that the perps are Latinos, probably gang members that have been active for some time in Gwinnett County.

A high school coach, his kid, and grandmas getting shot to death in similar crimes in the area, and not word about the description of the bad guys. Strange.....

26 posted on 02/29/2004 3:10:45 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: citizen
Stay armed - stay safe !

27 posted on 02/29/2004 3:14:12 PM PST by traumer (Even paranoids have enemies)
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To: traumer
Actually, I'm not armed - but the way the area is trending I think I should get armed, and soon.
28 posted on 02/29/2004 4:21:04 PM PST by citizen (Write-in Tom Tancredo President 2004!)
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To: navygal

At my house, Messrs. Mossberg, Smith-Wesson, and Ruger would have given the perp a hot reception. And another, if my 14-year-old had her gun handy (it normally lives in our under-bed quick-access gunsafe. . .)


29 posted on 12/16/2004 10:34:33 AM PST by Salgak (don't mind me: the orbital mind control lasers are making me write this. . .)
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