Couple held at gunpoint, arrested after buying home

Started by jimmy olsen, April 23, 2012, 05:20:26 AM

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sbr

#75
April 24, 2012, 10:10:01 PM
Quote from: Barrister on April 24, 2012, 10:08:17 PM
Quote from: Maximus on April 24, 2012, 10:03:41 PM
Quote from: Barrister on April 24, 2012, 01:50:59 PM
IMO the fact they are breaking into a house, at night, with no key or proof of ownership constitutes reasonable and probable grounds to arrest for break and enter.

Rememebr grounds for arrest are not the same as proof to obtain a conviction.
I missed the part where they didn't have a key. Do you have more information than is in the article? Would you agree that if they did have a key it was rather strange to arrest them?

I mean if I see someone going into a house the first thing I think isn't that they must be burglars.

Again, another assumption on my part.  But this one is a more fair assumption.  On a foreclosure they are much less likely to be given the keys by the people who were just foreclosed on.

Wouldn't the Realtor have the key?  I can't imagine they sent the new owners over to change the locks with a pair of bolt cutters.

MadBurgerMaker

#76
April 24, 2012, 10:28:34 PM
If the previous owners didn't give up the keys when they were forced out, don't they usually basically just break in and put some sort of temporary locks on there?  When we were looking at houses, we checked out a couple foreclosures, and both of them had temporary locks.  Hell, one of them had a temporary door. 

DontSayBanana

#77
April 24, 2012, 10:48:47 PM
I'd assume the realtor advised them to change locks because they were given the bank's keys, which were presumably copies.
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garbon

#78
April 25, 2012, 05:35:33 PM
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Tonitrus

#79
April 25, 2012, 05:54:34 PM
On one hand, what the neighbors did was over-zealous, and it seems the cops could have done more without having to make an arrest....on the other hand, I think making a huge stink out of what the neighbors did...starting a lengthy/expensive court process and throwing them in jail is overkill as well.

There should be a more reasonable way of dealing with that kind of momentary stupidity.  Lashing maybe.   

Jacob

#80
April 25, 2012, 06:01:01 PM
The ideal outcome would be if the vigilante types could somehow make a convincing apology to the neighbours and be all like "now we'll protect you with our mad guns, because you're our neighbours" and they can all have a beer and some bbq and laugh about the whole silly mix up.

crazy canuck

#81
April 25, 2012, 06:03:08 PM
The home along with the 11 acres was purchased for $55,000?!?

Wow.

Eddie Teach

#82
April 25, 2012, 06:09:56 PM
Low population density ftw.
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Habbaku

#83
April 25, 2012, 06:12:10 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 25, 2012, 06:09:56 PM
Low population density ftw.

Metro-Atlanta.  :yeah:
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JonasSalk

#84
April 25, 2012, 06:43:34 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 25, 2012, 06:09:56 PM
Low population density ftw.

Newton County is kind of out in the sticks and home prices throughout Georgia have plummeted dramatically since 2007.

Plus, seriously, look at the house. It looks like a trailer.
Yuman

garbon

#85
April 26, 2012, 09:22:09 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 25, 2012, 06:09:56 PM
Low population density ftw.

I wouldn't count being held at gunpoint a win. From the last sentence of the article seems the son doesn't think so either.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#86
April 26, 2012, 09:25:27 AM
Quote from: Tonitrus on April 25, 2012, 05:54:34 PM
On one hand, what the neighbors did was over-zealous, and it seems the cops could have done more without having to make an arrest....on the other hand, I think making a huge stink out of what the neighbors did...starting a lengthy/expensive court process and throwing them in jail is overkill as well.

There should be a more reasonable way of dealing with that kind of momentary stupidity.  Lashing maybe.   

When a gun is involved (or any dangerous weapon), only takes a moment of stupidity for someone to end up dead.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

derspiess

#87
April 26, 2012, 10:11:40 AM
Quote from: Jacob on April 25, 2012, 06:01:01 PM
The ideal outcome would be if the vigilante types could somehow make a convincing apology to the neighbours and be all like "now we'll protect you with our mad guns, because you're our neighbours" and they can all have a beer and some bbq and laugh about the whole silly mix up.

Good idea.  Obama should get involved and have a beer summit (after having prematurely weighed in & called one side 'stupid').
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Eddie Teach

#88
April 26, 2012, 10:19:34 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 26, 2012, 09:22:09 AM
I wouldn't count being held at gunpoint a win. From the last sentence of the article seems the son doesn't think so either.

Cause people never get mugged in city centers, right.
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Razgovory

#89
April 26, 2012, 11:54:56 AM
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