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Man allegedly fires shots, kidnaps cab driver
Fairbanks Daily News Miner ^ | November 14, 2007 | Chris Freiberg

Posted on 11/14/2007 1:44:33 PM PST by Friend_from_the_Frozen_North

A Fairbanks man faces several charges after police say he held a cab driver at gunpoint and fired two shots at an apartment complex...

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fires; kidnaps; shots
We have weirdos and criminals at the top of the world too.
1 posted on 11/14/2007 1:44:35 PM PST by Friend_from_the_Frozen_North
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To: Friend_from_the_Frozen_North

Isn’t it a tad early for cabin fever?


2 posted on 11/14/2007 1:46:43 PM PST by JennysCool (Don't taze me, Bro!)
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To: Friend_from_the_Frozen_North

Bush’s fault.


3 posted on 11/14/2007 1:51:03 PM PST by Slapshot68
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To: Friend_from_the_Frozen_North

Hmmm... aims at apartment building, hits a van.


4 posted on 11/14/2007 1:55:13 PM PST by tennteacher (Duncan Hunter '08)
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To: Friend_from_the_Frozen_North

Maybe he just wanted his drivers license.


6 posted on 11/14/2007 2:05:44 PM PST by RedCell (Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi)
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To: Friend_from_the_Frozen_North
In Breaking News, this is the REAL Fairbanks man


7 posted on 11/14/2007 2:20:46 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Friend_from_the_Frozen_North; Admin Moderator

Breaking news? A cabbie got robbed.


8 posted on 11/14/2007 2:28:29 PM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35; Admin Moderator

I think this does qualify as “breaking news” in Fairbanks, Alaska, however, I will defer to the Admin Moderator. If there’s something I need to do, please let me know...


9 posted on 11/14/2007 2:35:16 PM PST by Friend_from_the_Frozen_North (If you are, as Rush would say, "A Glittering Jewel of Colossal Ignorance" don't waste my time...)
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To: Friend_from_the_Frozen_North

“Breaking News - Not every story is breaking news. Breaking news should be news that affects most of us.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569660/posts

In places like New Orleans, a cabbie getting jacked probably wouldn’t even make the front page of the local paper.


10 posted on 11/14/2007 2:55:14 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Friend_from_the_Frozen_North

A drunk, violent, heavily armed Alaskan.

In other news, the sun will rise in the East.


11 posted on 11/14/2007 3:54:19 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (“If a tax cut increases government revenues, you haven’t cut taxes enough.” –Milton Friedman)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi; Friend_from_the_Frozen_North

That’s Douglas Fairbanks, by the way.


12 posted on 11/14/2007 3:56:24 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: FormerACLUmember
A drunk, violent, heavily armed Alaskan...

Two things - a 38 caliber revolver is not considered particularly heavily armed in Alaska and shooting a firearm while under the influence of alcohol is still a criminal act - at least in Fairbanks.

13 posted on 11/14/2007 4:12:04 PM PST by Friend_from_the_Frozen_North (If you are, as Rush would say, "A Glittering Jewel of Colossal Ignorance" don't waste my time...)
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To: Friend_from_the_Frozen_North; FormerACLUmember

>Two things - a 38 caliber revolver is not considered particularly heavily armed in Alaska ...

Hell, thats kids stuff in Philly. - even for kids, its light stuff compared to the gats out on the streets.


14 posted on 11/14/2007 4:54:57 PM PST by bill1952 ("all that we do is done with an eye towards something else." - Aristotle)
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