http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/homeinvasion/ en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:25:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050090/posts ARLINGTON -- Two gunmen who forced their way into a southeast Arlington home Tuesday afternoon “blasted through the back door” with shotguns, tied up a couple and their adult son and took the woman’s jewelry, a 911 audio recording says.The female victim, who has asked Tuesday that her name not be used because the suspects are still at large, told the 911 dispatcher that the home invasion about 1 p.m. Tuesday was “unreal.”She said she was sitting reading in her home in the 500 block of Lemon Drive, her son was on the computer and her husband was getting ready... FWST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050090/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:25:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2036863/posts KFYI Radio in Phoenix is reporting an incident that took place this past Monday morning in a Phoenix residential neighborhood. Former Congressman turned talk radio host, JD Hayworth, reports that three suspects were captured in an attempted ambush on Phoenix Police which may have turned deadly. The three suspects were captured with two AR-15 assault weapons, full body armor and dressed in black assault gear impersonating a Phoenix Police Tactical Team. All American Blogger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2036863/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:49:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999647/posts      Connecticut Is For Lovers – And Murderers April 10, 2008 In a game of one-upmanship, Connecticut has decided that it is a state for both lovers and murderers.  But, please, hate crimes need not apply. Connecticut and its Democrat controlled Judiciary Committee, which “has been at the helm for 22 years and...has written all the laws governing crime and punishment” never saw a hate crime bill they didn’t love. The Democrats have seen to it that if someone even “intends to intimidate or harass a person...because of their actual or perceived race, religion, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity... dansargis.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999647/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:11:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989132/posts HICKORY, N.C. - Police say two suspects are dead after an attempted home invasion. Catawba County sheriff’s deputies say two men dressed in black and carrying pistols forced their way into a home on 33rd Avenue in Hickory around 11:00 last night. According to a sheriff’s official, the homeowner was armed with his own gun, and shot the suspects. Both suspects were pronounced dead at the scene. Major Coy Reid with the sheriff’s office said both men were wearing masks and latex gloves. At this time, no arrests have been made. wcnc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989132/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:09:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940320/posts Close Slideshow SimpleViewer requires Macromedia Flash. Get Macromedia Flash. If you have Flash installed, click to view gallery. Image 1 of 2 | Click for more Dawn Weiss was hit at close range by five bullets. One grazed her kidney and spleen, and another fractured two vertebrae and damaged her spinal cord. (Rich-Joseph Facun/The Virginian-Pilot) Audio Slide Show: The peace of Dawn 2 more teens sentenced in shooting that paralyzed young mother By Michelle WashingtonThe Virginian-Pilot© December 16, 2007 Each move to or from the wheelchair begins with a ritual.One, two, three.Dawn Weiss counts off, each numeral propelling her... The Virginian Pilot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940320/posts#comment Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:42:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940249/posts Authorities say a grandfather -- who was trying to protect his grandson -- shot and killed a home invasion suspect on Saturday. A spokesperson for The Knox County Sheriff's Office says Tilvis Coffey kicked his way into a home on Copeland Road in North Knox County just after 12 o'clock. A 14-year old was home alone at the time of the invasion. The boy told deputies he called 911 and his mother, while his mother called her father, Harry Smith. Authorities say Smith and his wife drove to the home and confronted Coffey. Smith told detectives Coffey started running toward... WBIR TV News Knoxville, TN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940249/posts#comment Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:27:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1939915/posts BATON ROUGE, La. — Two students were found shot to death in a home invasion at a Louisiana State University apartment, and officials decided to keep the campus open Friday while police searched for three suspects. The victims, Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam, both doctorate students from India, were found inside an apartment at the Edward Gay complex late Thursday night after authorities received an emergency call. Police patrols were increased on the 30,000-student campus Friday and students were told to be cautious, but the university was not locked down. Students were taking the last of their final... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1939915/posts#comment Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:15:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939817/posts The police on Saturday said it was looking for three or four "young black males" in connection with the murder of two Indian doctoral students in Louisiana State University campus at Baton Rouge on Thursday night. Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma (31) and Krian Kumar Allam (33) were found shot dead in the apartment of Allam, the police said. Sgt Don Kelly of Baton Rouge police department said the police are looking for "three black males" who were seen hurriedly leaving the vicinity of the apartment where the murders occurred. "The men got into a small to mid-size four-door car, possibly occupied... Rediff http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939817/posts#comment Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:46:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939546/posts CNN) -- Two graduate students were found shot to death Thursday night in an apartment on the edge of the Louisiana State University campus, a spokeswoman for the school said. No suspects have been identified in what police are investigating as a double homicide, LSU spokeswoman Kristine Calongne said. The bodies of Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam, both Ph.D. candidates from India, were found inside an apartment of the Edward Gay Complex. The complex is near the LSU band's practice field, Calongne said. -snip- The Associated Press reported that Allam's pregnant wife found the bodies and called 911.... cnn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939546/posts#comment Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:35:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939485/posts A southwest Harris County homeowner shot and killed a man he discovered climbing into a window of his house at about 2:15 a.m. today, investigators said. Steven Dunbar, 44, died in the window of the home in the 3400 block of Cascadia, Harris County sheriff's homicide Det. Rolf Nelson said. Nelson declined to name the homeowner but said the man, 32, was asleep in the house with his wife, a son, 6, and an infant daughter when he heard a loud noise. "The homeowner says he heard a loud noise, possibly a gunshot, that startled him out of bed," Nelson... The Houstron Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939485/posts#comment Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:34:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928946/posts A 31-year-old east Coachella Valley resident was killed early Monday morning when he was shot in what Indio police are calling a home invasion attempt on Hamilton Court in Indian Palms Country Club in Indio. He was shot by the owner of the home. Genaro Chavez Munoz, 31, died of gunshot wounds at about 1:46 a.m. Monday at a home in the 82600 block of Hamilton Court, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department coroner. Police found the body lying partially in the front window of the residence. Police say Munoz was from Indio, his family say he lived in... Desert Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928946/posts#comment Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:59:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926765/posts LAKEPORT, Calif. — Three young black men break into a white man's home in rural Northern California. The homeowner shoots two of them to death — but it's the surviving black man who is charged with murder. In a case that has brought cries of racism from civil rights groups, Renato Hughes Jr., 22, was charged by prosecutors in this overwhelmingly white county under a rarely invoked legal doctrine that could make him responsible for the bloodshed. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926765/posts#comment Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:18:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926197/posts San Francisco (AP) -- Three young black men break into a white man's home in rural Northern California. The homeowner admits to fatally shooting two of them — but it's the surviving black man who's facing murder charges in a trial that begins Thursday in Lake County Superior Court. With an explosive mixture of race, death and a rarely used legal doctrine, the case of Renato Hughes Jr. has brought unprecedented attention to remote Lake County, where wine country aspirations overlay a long farming tradition. The case has taken on racial overtones in part because of the sparsely populated county's... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926197/posts#comment Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:00:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916333/posts GATLINBURG — Sevier County sheriff’s officers charged two men who allegedly impersonated police officers and wore camouflage clothing during a home invasion attempt that prompted a gun battle with a homeowner, according to authorities. Robert Joel Hawkins, 21, and Isaiah Ray Kemp, 22, both of Sevierville, were charged with attempted aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and six counts each of reckless endangerment, according to a release from Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals. The pair are accused of attempting to enter the home at 429 King Branch Road. Authorities were alerted at 11:13 p.m. Tuesday of the incident, Seals said in the... Knox-news sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916333/posts#comment Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:06:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901710/posts Vass — Three teens were charged with murder Monday night in connection with the slaying of a 12-year-old girl in her Moore County home last week. Authorities arrested Van Roger Smith Jr., 16, and Sherrod Nicholas Harrison, 19, Monday afternoon. After a search, the Moore County Sheriff's Office took Michael Graham Currie, 18, into custody Monday night. . . Twelve-year-old Emily Elizabeth Haddock was shot to death Friday in her home on Marks Road outside of Vass, authorities said. The girl had stayed home from school with strep throat and was alone WRAL TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901710/posts#comment Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:47:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1871256/posts The woman killed in a horrific home invasion Monday in Cheshire was strangled and her daughters died of smoke inhalation, the state medical examiner's office said tonight. Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and her daughters, Hayley, 17 and Michaela, 11, were killed in the attack. Their deaths were ruled homicides. A fourth family member, Dr. William A. Petit Jr., was beaten but survived, stumbling to safety as the home was consumed by a fire allegedly set by the suspects. Two recent parolees who apparently met at a halfway house for nonviolent offenders were arraigned Tuesday. Joshua Komisarjevsky, 26, of 840 North Brooksvale... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1871256/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:33:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889871/posts A Wayne County homeowner shot an killed one of three people who broke into his home early Friday, authorities said. Three armed men broke into the home at 2546 Old Mount Olive Highway at about 12:30 a.m. while the family slept inside. The intruders held two adults and four children, ages 4, 5 and 8, at gunpoint and ransacked the house, authorities said. During the robbery, one of the suspects fired a shot, prompting the man who lives in the house to grab a gun and shoot back, authorities said. Antione Logan Chestnut, 19, of 109 Evelyn Circle in Dudley,... WRAL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889871/posts#comment Sat, 1 Sep 2007 15:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886880/posts Two killed in New Orleans home invasion NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The slaying of two members of a family and wounding of another five is the latest in a spike in home invasion attacks in New Orleans. Seven relatives had been meeting at a home in the city's Village de l'Est neighborhood Friday when gunmen forced their way inside, robbed them and then opened fire without warning, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reported Sunday. A man in his late 20s and a woman in her late 30s sustained fatal wounds, making the incident the second double-homicide in the area... Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886880/posts#comment Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:30:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886784/posts <p>Resident reports 14-year-old with gun kicked in door, opened fire, and homowner shot back.</p> <p>PINE BLUFF — A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed Thursday night by a man who told police the teenager broke into his home and started shooting.</p> Arkansas Democrat Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886784/posts#comment Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:13:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870745/posts CHESHIRE - Police have identified a 26-year-old Cheshire man and a 44-year-old Winsted man, both with long criminal histories, as suspects in a horrific home invasion in which a mother and her two daughters died Monday. Hartford Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870745/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:18:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871291/posts No guns please, we're liberals . . . As soon as today's "Good Morning America" began to tease an upcoming how-to segment on protecting against home invasion, I immediately suspected the show wouldn't discuss one obvious measure: obtaining fireams and learning how to use them. And sure enough . . . GMA ran the segment in the wake of the horrific home-invasion in Connecticut in which the the wife and two daughters of a prominent doctor were killed and the man badly beaten. An expert was brought in to discuss various measures, and Chris Cuomo added some suggestions of his... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871291/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:51:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870702/posts CHESHIRE, Conn. — Three people were killed after thieves broke into their home, held them hostage for several hours and ultimately set the house ablaze before being nabbed by police while trying to flee the scene.. Connecticut State Police said in a statement issued Monday that officers went to the residence after bank officials notified them of a "suspicious withdrawal." Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870702/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:00:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1865668/posts Woman finds intruder on her toilet July 13, 2007 - 10:40PM An elderly American woman who stepped out to buy a newspaper returned home to find an intruder had made himself comfortable - on her toilet. The man apparently cut a screen and unlocked a door after the woman, in her 80s, went out, police said. She had noticed the man outside when she went out, they said. On her return, she noticed the bathroom door was closed. When she opened the door, she saw him perched on the toilet. "How long are you going to be?" she asked. When... smh dot com dot au slash news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1865668/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:13:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859698/posts HAGERSTOWN - A 32-year-old Hagerstown man is dead and a 21-year-old man faces 18 charges after an apparent attempted robbery early Sunday at Youngstoun Court turned violent, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's deputies were called to an apartment on Youngstoun Court shortly after 3:30 a.m. Sunday for a report of a shooting, according to a news release. Deputies found James Michael Conely, of 329 Central Ave., dead in a bedroom, allegedly shot and stabbed by one of the apartment's residents during a struggle. Michael John Watkins, of 42 East Ave., has been charged with first-, third- and... Hagerstown Herald-Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859698/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jul 2007 17:17:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854720/posts Cop Holding Baby Kills Home Invader June 22, 2007 HAYWARD – An off-duty police officer was holding his infant son when he shot and killed a man who forced his way into his parents' home, authorities said. The rookie San Leandro officer was at his parents' house in Hayward when a man fleeing police knocked on the door Wednesday afternoon. The suspect, accompanied by a woman, stormed into the home and got into a fight with the officer. Holding his 7-month-old baby, the officer shot the man, who later was pronounced dead at a hospital. The baby suffered bruises. The... SignOnSanDiego.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854720/posts#comment Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:41:21 GMT