Sucks to be an incompetent burgler

[Seth]

Crime
These 3 Burglars Didn’t Stand a Chance Against Gun-Packing Homeowner – and Wait Until You Hear Their So-Called Alibis
Aug. 23, 2013 10:30pm Jason Howerton

Three burglary suspects in Jefferson County, Ala., were stopped dead in their tracks when a gun-packing homeowner confronted them and held them until police arrived. The unlawful trio were apparently attempting to steal tools.

Stephen Ray Mangham, 33, and Allyson Starr Gay, 23, and Herschel Simmons, 51, were arrested and each charged with three counts of third-degree burglary, three counts of unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle, possession of burglary tools and one county of second-degree criminal trespassing.
3 Burglary Suspects Thwarted by Gun Packing Homeowner in Jefferson County, Ala.

Left to right: Stephen Ray Mangham, Allyson Starr Gay and Herschel Simmons. (WCFT-TV)

WCFT-TV has more details:

According to Christian, deputies responded to a burglary-in-progress call around 6 p.m. at a home in the 6000 block of Blue Creek Road. Upon arriving, authorities learned that trio had broken into three storage buildings and three vehicles before the gun-toting property owner confronted the suspects, holding them at gunpoint until the authorities arrived to investigate.

Perhaps the most entertaining part of this story lies in alibis the suspects provided to police when they were arrested.

They first told deputies they had “permission” by “someone” to be on the property to collect scrap items. When the owner of the property shot down their claim, the burglars changed their story and claimed the homeowner’s donkey had escaped and they were trying to coax it back inside the fence with a cracker.

Authorities were able to prove both stories false and the trio were booked into Jefferson County Jail and are each being held on a $36,000 bond.

[pErvinalia]

No one got shot? BORING!

[MrJonno]

Stealing tools got escalated to someone threatening lethal force great success

[Seth]

Stealing tools got escalated to someone threatening lethal force great success

Yeah buddy!! No tools stolen, no force used, total capitulation by the crooks. Doesn't get any better than that.

[Cormac]

Got to say, I'm of the opinion that if all three of those thieves lost their lives, I wouldn't shed a single tear. They'd have got what they deserved.

[pErvinalia]

People deserve to die for stealing?

[Ian]

People deserve to die for stealing?

No, but they take that risk for breaking & entering if the homeowner is there. If someone breaks into my house I'm not going to wait to see what they plan on stealing; I'm going to assume it's a home invasion and grab my gun. And if they walk upstairs towards me they get a free bullet.

[pErvinalia]

Yeah, but that's different from saying they "deserve" to die.

[Tero]

He he
You misspelled burglar.
He he (mobile version of hehe).

[mistermack]

He he
You misspelled burglar.
He he (mobile version of hehe).

Yeh. Sucks to be an incompetent troll.

[Cormac]

People deserve to die for stealing?

Depends on what they're stealing. If they break into a shop to steal food in order to feed their families (as happened in Iceland over the last few years) that is one thing.

Breaking in to a house, or into somewhere for the purpose of stealing goods is another matter. In that case, they take on a risk, and deserve what they get.

[pErvinalia]

Extreme view.

[Cormac]

Extreme view.

Meh.

I've met enough of those scrotes socially and professionally to think differently.

[MiM]

It does, doesn't it. Let's hope they learned their lesson and come fully armed and trained, when they get to your place

[Cormac]

It does, doesn't it. Let's hope they learned their lesson and come fully armed and trained, when they get to your place

Meh.

I've no guns.

I do have a pair of swords I've trained to use, and of course, there's always the chefs knives in the kitchen.

Not too worried. Highly unlikey that someone would come to rob a house armed with a gun in Ireland.