Posted on 07/10/2012 10:44:31 AM PDT by rawhide
What would you do if you found a burly county agent in your bedroom, demanding that you cut your grass?
Erica Masters of Martinez in Columbia County,near Augusta,captured such an encounter recently on her home surveillance camera when code compliance officer Jimmy Vowell entered her bedroom to demand she come out to sign a summons.
"He let himself in and actually came through the house and into my bedroom and yelled at me to wake me up to let me know that I needed to come back outside and sign the violation notice," Masters told WJBF-TV News Channel 6 station in Augusta.
"I woke up, I didn't have my glasses on or my contacts in and all I see is this big burly figure standing in my doorway," she said. "A big huge guy with a grey shirt. It scared the mess out of me."
The video shows Vowell at the front door, then moments later walking slowly through the home and peering into rooms. Moments later Masters is seen nervously walking through the home.
Vowell, who first denied he'd entered Master's home, was fired Monday over the incident.
In a Facebook posting, Vowell said he called out to Masters several times before entering after he said he smelled something, according to the Columbia County News-Times.
"It was a violation of policy as it relates to entering a house without permission and making a false statement to a supervisor," Columbia County Administrator Scott Johnson told the News-Times. If a code compliance officer found cause to enter a home, a law enforcement officer would have to accompany him or her, officials said.
Masters, who plans to sue, said she called 911 after the incident but the operator did not alert the authorities after she found out Vowell was a compliance officer.
(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...
His buddies need to be sent a message.
Sure you can.
TSA Agents
IRS Agents
ATF Agents
All of these scum have a god complex and love nothing more than to "lord" over the great unwashed.
"Columbia County Administrator Scott Johnson...says Vowell use to work at the Richmond County Sheriff's Office.
"In 2004, he resigned from the Richmond County Sheriff's Office after he admitted that he took a computer from the property room."
The poor woman is planning on moving out. I can't say that I blame her. It's not like she could get any help. 911 basically refused to intervene. If she hadn't had those cameras, this creep would have skated away scot-free...and she would have been open to reprisals. She probabaly still is, anyway.
There's a flamewar at the Augusta Chronicle. Some folks apparently feel that his former LEO status entitled him to "check up on her". One knucklehead even presents a detail not found in ANY online story "she had mail stacked up". Either that poster is the erstwhile Mr. Vowell himself, or someone very close to the situation.
Damn straight. If a big man wakes me up, I shoot first and sleep with Mr colt under the pillow.
He'd make a good poster boy for pension reform.
You forgot
DMV workers
This lying fat slob was casing the house to see what he could steal and was surprised to find the lady at home. This is probably not the first time he did this.
I keep a loaded gun within reach in bed and I would have blown his head off. Then I would go after the cops that violated my right to protect myself. Next would be the judge if it got that far. CWII is near.
I stand corrected. I was thinking of local government types.
Kind of redundant description isn't it. He's apparently one of the 90% that give the other 10% a bad name.
He walked nervously through the house, and he smelled something?
Not retired...forced to resign. A real peice of work.
I'm pretty sure Dogzilla wouldn't have let him past the front door...
lol...the trick is to NOT GET CAUGHT...he was so dumb he got caught by people who were likely looking the other way as hard as they could. Epic fail.
And you better have instant offsite backup, as well,
or your video capture media will “malfunction” as well.
If he was union he would be suspended (forever) WITH pay. On the other hand, I suppose he could have been fired and will enjoy a pension amounting to 100% of his normal pay.
“...Why is he not dead?...............”
The lady either didn’t have a gun or couldn’t get her gun.
Yes, I just saw that. A real piece of work indeed.
Amen to that!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.