Burglar made to clean up mess---at gunpoint
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Burglar made to clean up mess
By Kenneth Mullinax
October 18, 2007
After a robber cleaned out a Montgomery couple's home, the couple made him clean up -- at gunpoint.
When Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon returned to their Centennial Hill home, the husband and wife discovered that thieves had broke into the Ross Street residence and cleaned the house out of almost everything the family of five owned, said Tiffany McKinnon, crying as she spoke.
"Tears just rolled down my face as I walked in and saw everything gone and piles of trash all over my home," said the woman, who discov-ered the burglary Tuesday when they went home to pre-pare for the rest of their fam-ily's return after a week away.
Reassuring her that every-thing would be all right, her husband sent her to her sis-ter's home a block away while he inspected the piles of ransacked items.
It was while he was doing this, making his way back into the sunroom, when she said a man walked in the back door, straight into her husband.
"My husband Adrian caught the thief red-handed in our home," she said, a smile replacing the frown on her face.
"And what is even crazier, the man even had my hus-band's hat sitting right on his head," she said.
Adrian McKinnon held the suspect -- Tajuan Bullock, 33, of 2963 University Drive -- at gunpoint and told him to sit on the floor until he de-cided what he was going to do, she said.
"We made this man clean up all the mess he made, piles of stuff, he had thrown out of my drawers and cabi-nets onto the floor," she said.
Once police arrived, Bul-lock complained to them about being forced at gun-point to clean up the home.
"This man had the nerve to raise sand about us mak-ing him clean up the mess he made in my house," she said. "The police officer laughed at him when he complained and said anybody else would have shot him dead.
"That made the man shut up."
Police arrested Bullock at 2 p.m. Tuesday on burglary and theft charges, said Capt. Huey Thornton, a Montgom-ery Police Department spokesman.
Bullock is being held in the Montgomery County De-tention Facility on a $30,000 bond.
"The victims were lucky in this case to be able to catch the suspect in the act and hold him until police ar-rived," Thornton said.
He said this case is unusu-al because typically a home-owner is away when a bur-glary occurs and the thief strikes fast so they can sell the items quickly on the street.
In this case, it appears the suspect had returned to the home several times to steal additional items, Thornton said.
The couple began renting the house recently because they wanted a quiet street for their children -- Jasmine, 11; Javontae, 10, and Jamari-on, 2 -- to play on, she said.
It turned out the street was too quiet. After they moved in they discovered that none of the homes near theirs were occupied, she said.
"We don't have any neigh-bors to help watch our house because it's like a ghost town here except when the church is meeting across the street," Tiffany McKinnon said Wednesday.
She probably wouldn't de-scribe what happened as lucky.
When she walked in her home on Tuesday, almost ev-ery piece of furniture she owned was missing. She said thieves had taken her dining and living room furniture, electronics, clothes and even the pots and pans out of her kitchen cabinets.
"I was just in a state of shock because me and my husband both work hard and now most everything is gone," McKinnon said, bit-ing her lip.
What hurts her most is what thieves stole from her children.
"They took every stitch of all my baby's clothes except what we took to my mom-ma's house," she said. "They even took their toys."
Still, there is one thing that can bring a smile to her face. At least she had help cleaning the house.
Burglar made to clean up mess
By Kenneth Mullinax
October 18, 2007
After a robber cleaned out a Montgomery couple's home, the couple made him clean up -- at gunpoint.
When Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon returned to their Centennial Hill home, the husband and wife discovered that thieves had broke into the Ross Street residence and cleaned the house out of almost everything the family of five owned, said Tiffany McKinnon, crying as she spoke.
"Tears just rolled down my face as I walked in and saw everything gone and piles of trash all over my home," said the woman, who discov-ered the burglary Tuesday when they went home to pre-pare for the rest of their fam-ily's return after a week away.
Reassuring her that every-thing would be all right, her husband sent her to her sis-ter's home a block away while he inspected the piles of ransacked items.
It was while he was doing this, making his way back into the sunroom, when she said a man walked in the back door, straight into her husband.
"My husband Adrian caught the thief red-handed in our home," she said, a smile replacing the frown on her face.
"And what is even crazier, the man even had my hus-band's hat sitting right on his head," she said.
Adrian McKinnon held the suspect -- Tajuan Bullock, 33, of 2963 University Drive -- at gunpoint and told him to sit on the floor until he de-cided what he was going to do, she said.
"We made this man clean up all the mess he made, piles of stuff, he had thrown out of my drawers and cabi-nets onto the floor," she said.
Once police arrived, Bul-lock complained to them about being forced at gun-point to clean up the home.
"This man had the nerve to raise sand about us mak-ing him clean up the mess he made in my house," she said. "The police officer laughed at him when he complained and said anybody else would have shot him dead.
"That made the man shut up."
Police arrested Bullock at 2 p.m. Tuesday on burglary and theft charges, said Capt. Huey Thornton, a Montgom-ery Police Department spokesman.
Bullock is being held in the Montgomery County De-tention Facility on a $30,000 bond.
"The victims were lucky in this case to be able to catch the suspect in the act and hold him until police ar-rived," Thornton said.
He said this case is unusu-al because typically a home-owner is away when a bur-glary occurs and the thief strikes fast so they can sell the items quickly on the street.
In this case, it appears the suspect had returned to the home several times to steal additional items, Thornton said.
The couple began renting the house recently because they wanted a quiet street for their children -- Jasmine, 11; Javontae, 10, and Jamari-on, 2 -- to play on, she said.
It turned out the street was too quiet. After they moved in they discovered that none of the homes near theirs were occupied, she said.
"We don't have any neigh-bors to help watch our house because it's like a ghost town here except when the church is meeting across the street," Tiffany McKinnon said Wednesday.
She probably wouldn't de-scribe what happened as lucky.
When she walked in her home on Tuesday, almost ev-ery piece of furniture she owned was missing. She said thieves had taken her dining and living room furniture, electronics, clothes and even the pots and pans out of her kitchen cabinets.
"I was just in a state of shock because me and my husband both work hard and now most everything is gone," McKinnon said, bit-ing her lip.
What hurts her most is what thieves stole from her children.
"They took every stitch of all my baby's clothes except what we took to my mom-ma's house," she said. "They even took their toys."
Still, there is one thing that can bring a smile to her face. At least she had help cleaning the house.
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I would have shot the meanie.
Why is Bas (and the end) tard censored?0 -
GB PC.
GunBroker political correctness.
Try wet-back and see what you get.0 -
Love it. Hope they were able to recover their stuff too. 0 -
That happened to my high school girl friend's mom and dad.
There were two of them stripping 'Wild Bill' McCurley's 1956 T-Bird, that was
parked out front of their house, at 3AM one morning Saturday.
His wife 'Tootsie' awakened 'Wild Bill' from a deep sleep by saying, "Bill, there's
someone trying to steal the T-Bird!"
Bill rolled out of bed - walked over to the presentation 1911 Gold Cup - presented
to him by the US Navy in 1955 (he was the Navy Champion Pistol Shot) and proceeded
to the front porch - resting it/his hands on the side of the porch post - cleared his
throat loudly enough to be heard - the guy under the hood, was startled enough to
jump up and knocked himself out on the underside of the raised hood (about a minute
or two) and his buddy assumed the 'flight posture!' Bill said, "Don't you rabbit on me -
I'll drop you right off!" The guy froze - no doubt in HIS mind (or mine either - Bill would have, in a second) - none of that PC crap in those days - not in California, anyway. He would have probably
shot them both and planted a knife on them before the cops came - again, no doubt in my mind!
Anyway a few minutes later the cops arrived (Tootsie had called them) and before they
were cuffed and taken away, Bill informed the cops that they were "heping him out" by
putting the intake manifold, linking, and carb back on. When they were done Bill 'released
them into police custody (the cops loved old Wild Bill and they respected a real man's man
back in those days of yore - whenever ole Bill got drunk down at Doc's or the Silver Dollar
the bartenders would call the Chula Vista PD to send a unit out and escort ole Bill home - it was different then, not like today.
... I miss that ... what a difference about 45 years has made!
Anyway, Bill's parting remark was, "Sleep tight boys, I'll be seeing ya in the morning!" -
and he did - and (according to Tootsie) Wild Bill was asleep and snoring again the
second his head hit the pillow.
... Joanie was one man's daughter who always has a perfect gentleman for a date ...
nobody was EVER gonna mess with Bill's daughters (he had two)![:D]0 -
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That's great[:D][:D]. Make him clean the place up then fill his a$$ with birdshot[}:)][}:)] 0
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