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Judge Advises Crime Victim To Arm Herself After Attack
June 27, 2008 - From: www.chattanoogan.com
General Sessions Court Judge Bob Moon said Friday that crime in Chattanooga "has become so rampant that it is no longer possible for the police department to protect our citizens."
He told a woman who had been pulled from her car and beaten in the head that she or her mother needed to "purchase a weapon, obtain a gun permit and learn to protect yourself." The woman moved back in with her mother after the May 4 incident on E. 17th Street.
Judge Moon said, "The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that all citizens have a right to purchase a weapon to defend themselves, their families and their homes - unless there is some disqualification that prevents them from owning a weapon."
He said, "All area of our city are subject to crime, and some areas have very high crime rates and need to be 'overpoliced.'"
Judge Moon said Coolidge Park is one area that needs to be "overpoliced." He said, "I frequently hear of break-ins, thefts and robberies to tourists and citizens in that area. Having a high police presence there is one way you are going to abate it."
Judge Moon raised the bond for Dewayne Beard from $65,000 to $130,000 on especially aggravated robbery and from $15,000 to $50,000 on theft. He bound both cases to the Grand Jury.
The woman said she was driving on E. 17th Street when Beard came riding up on a bicycle and pulled a gold handgun on her. When she refused to get out of the car, he began hitting her in the head with the gun.
He then pulled her out and drove off with her gold 2001 Toyota Corolla.
Police found the woman semi-conscious with severe head injuries. She had to have eight stitches in her head and 10 stitches in her leg, where she was also hit.
Police located Beard at 4724 Tomahawk Dr. and arrested him as he walked out of the residence. He told officers the stolen car was being driven "by one of my goons."
Officers located the vehicle a couple of blocks away on Bella Vista Drive. Blood was found inside the vehicle, and the woman's purse was also inside.
Beard said he threw the gun out of the window while driving through Highland Park.
Beard was allowed out on an OR bond when the case was not ready for a hearing within 10 days.
On May 31, he picked up new charges of aggravated rape and aggravated burglary.
A woman said she was lying nude in her bed and a man began performing a sex act on her. She said when the man then began having sex with her using a condom, she realized it was not her boyfriend. She said she pulled the sheets up and saw it was Beard.
Just a sign of the times...
Mother Carrying Gun Scares Away Alleged Stalker
June 10, 2008 - From: www.nbc6.net
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- A woman said she used a gun to scare away a man who was trying to lure her teenage daughter into a truck.
The mother, who did not wish to be identified, said the man approached her 16-year-old daughter on Alhambra Circle near their home.
"She was walking her dog in the median right out in front of our house here, and a man approached her in a truck and tried to get her to come to the truck," the woman said.
The teenager ran to nearby Coral Gables Elementary School, calling her mother and 911. The mother confronted the man and showed him her 9-mm gun.
"It's not until I showed him that I was armed and that I meant business to protect my daughter that he backed off," she said.
Coral Gables police arrested Ramon del Risco in connection with the incident.
The mother said her gun made the difference in the situation.
"I'm licensed. I shoot almost every week," she said.
The woman said she recommends a day at the shooting range for every parent.
Just a sign of the times...
Mugged for $1
June 10, 2008 - From: www.tampabays10.com
By Janie Porter
St. Petersburg, Florida -- Stephanie Rockfield, 19, says she was punched in the face while riding her bike on the Pinellas Trail through St. Petersburg. And the two suspects got away with just one dollar.
Rockfield said she had just worked out at the YMCA on 5th Avenue South and was riding her bike home. She was passed by two men on bikes who were going the opposite direction. But then, she says they turned around, passed her and blocked the path in front of her.
"I swerved around him, and I was like, 'Excuse me.' And he said, 'No.' And he hit me off my bike," Rockfield explained. The punch left her with a blue knot over her right eye and minor head trauma.
When she was on the ground, Rockfield said the two men grabbed her sports bag and hit the side of her head until she dropped it. Inside, Rockfield had her wallet, IDs, house keys and one dollar.
The men eventually rode away and Rockfield managed to ride her bike home. Because the men made off with her ID and house keys, Rockfield's family had to change their door locks.
Both suspects are described as black, 18 to 19 years old, between 5'8" and 5'9" and weighing about 120 pounds. A witness told police he saw one of the men dispose of a maroon-colored beach cruiser bicycle after the attack.
If you have any information, you're asked to call St. Petersburg Police at (727) 893-7780.
The attack happened just a few blocks away from where police say two people mugged a man in a wheelchair on Tuesday.

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Pawn Shop Clerk Shot and Killed During Robbery
June 13, 2008 - From: www.ktbs.com
A clerk was shot and killed this afternoon during a robbery at a pawn shop in south-central Shreveport.
Police said the victim was turning over the money and had not resisted when he was shot.
The shooting happened about 2:40 p.m. at Max's Pawn Shop on Linwood Avenue.
Police said the victim was a clerk at the shop. He was shot in the chest as he tried to get the money together, police said.
The suspect fired two more random shots as he left the store. No one was hit. He was last seen driving away in a gray Cadillac that is believed to have been stolen earlier in the day during a carjacking on Youree Drive, police said.
The Cadillac was later found abandoned at Linwood Avenue and 76th Street.
The clerk was taken to LSU Hospital where he died.
Police also are investigating whether the shooter at the pawn shop was involved in a robbery attempt at the Family Dollar discount store on Kings Highway earlier in the day. The assailant fired one shot as he left the store. No one was injured. The suspect is described as black, about 5-foot-7, with a medium build and shot hair, some of it in braids. He was wearing an oversized white t-shirt and sunglasses.

Matthew Robert, a Navy veteran. Dead.

Tarsa Ray Cooley. Not dead. Jarred Hullaby. Not dead. More intelligent.
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