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Serial burglar shot by homeowner
krqe.com ^ | 19 March, 2012 | Kim Vallez

Posted on 02/03/2013 2:47:55 PM PST by marktwain

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Police say a serial burglar, who has been arrested 37 times, was shot by a homeowner in northwest Albuquerque Sunday morning.

Authorities say the homeowner heard a loud bang and then his alarm go off. After arming himself with a gun the homeowner says he saw the burglar at the top of his stairs and shot at him twice, hitting him once.

Police say the burglar will survive his wounds.

That burglar has been identified as Richard Garcia, 43, a man with a very long history of home and vehicle burglaries.

Court records show he's been prosecuted for four burglaries in the last year, the most recent on January 15th, 2012.

Albuquerque Police Officers call Garcia a menace.

"They release him back out into society and he continues to prey upon victims." says Commander William Roseman

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist; burglar; defense; guncontrol; nm; secondamendment
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I do not recall this being posted on freerepublic, even if it is a bit dated.
1 posted on 02/03/2013 2:48:00 PM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Nobody should get shot over cereal.


2 posted on 02/03/2013 2:49:43 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: marktwain

Caught 37 times. What does it take to get these creeps off the streets?


3 posted on 02/03/2013 2:50:09 PM PST by bgill
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marktwain,

Thanks for seeking out and posting these news stories here.

It is appreciated.

4 posted on 02/03/2013 2:50:43 PM PST by Washi (PUSH BACK! Encourage your legislators to introduce pro-second amendment legislation.)
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To: bgill

Well, in this case, more range time by the homeowner might have put a permanent end to the creep’s career.


5 posted on 02/03/2013 2:52:36 PM PST by Former Proud Canadian (Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
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To: cripplecreek

I think you misunderstand. He was stealing serials, not cereals. You know. like Downton Abbey.


6 posted on 02/03/2013 2:52:43 PM PST by Rocky (Obama is pure evil.)
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To: Rocky
He found a way to fence Brideshead Revisited? For money?
7 posted on 02/03/2013 2:58:33 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: marktwain

Chalk up another story that will never get air by the MSM.


8 posted on 02/03/2013 3:00:39 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools we will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: marktwain
Keeping track of how guns save lives and property. Armed citizens. We haz them.


9 posted on 02/03/2013 3:00:47 PM PST by MestaMachine (Sometimes the smartest man in the room is standing in the midst of imbeciles.)
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To: marktwain

“”Court records show he’s been prosecuted for four burglaries in the last year, the most recent on January 15th, 2012. “”

How’s that work???


10 posted on 02/03/2013 3:00:47 PM PST by CMailBag
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To: marktwain

I've heard of a Hamburglar.

But never a cereal burglar.

11 posted on 02/03/2013 3:00:58 PM PST by mountn man (ATTITUDE- The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It.)
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To: bgill

You’ll never hear good news like this from the anti-gun crowd.


12 posted on 02/03/2013 3:02:22 PM PST by mountn man (ATTITUDE- The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It.)
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What does it take to get these creeps off the streets?

...put them in the ground

13 posted on 02/03/2013 3:04:29 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: marktwain

Obama shoots burglars all the time.

14 posted on 02/03/2013 3:05:38 PM PST by Taxbilly
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To: bgill

Prosecuted 4 times last year and why he is still walking around?


15 posted on 02/03/2013 3:07:20 PM PST by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: marktwain

I still like this commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZv-UdLPqVg


16 posted on 02/03/2013 3:08:27 PM PST by kempster
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To: bgill

Three-strikes anyone?


17 posted on 02/03/2013 3:09:05 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: mountn man

Can’t you guys ever be sirius?


18 posted on 02/03/2013 3:11:08 PM PST by Rannug ("God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware.")
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To: marktwain

He’s not a burglar, just an undocumented house guest.


19 posted on 02/03/2013 3:12:23 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: marktwain

I hate it when the burglars come in and steal my Corn Chex.


20 posted on 02/03/2013 3:14:35 PM PST by Paladin2
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