Re: How to stop trespassers

Posted by j cook (iowa) on May 11, 2005 at 07:53:04 from (12.207.139.119):

In Reply to: How to stop trespassers posted by old on May 11, 2005 at 06:04:03:

Just be sure you don't wind up like the FAMOUS, CRIME PAYS case, in ALbia Iowa from ca 1971. A man used a trap gun in a vacant farmhouse to try to discourage a repeatr burglar. The trapgun shot the miscreat in the leg---and he promptly sued the man for his whole farm and WON! The judge in Albia Iowa slapped that burglar lightly on both wrists with a wet noodle, and then sicced the Monroe County Sherrif on the landowner! They held a militantly protested Sherrif Auction too! Yep, CRIME PAYS in ALBIA IOWA!

You can, of course point to the trap gun, for justification of stealing a man's farm (my choice of words here IS deliberate) but the fact remains, the BURGLAR was allowed to greatly profit from his misdead! In fact, the burglar suffered hardly at all for his commission of a CRIME!

The moral of the story is---You had better be careful! You CANNOT rely on law enforcement to protect either YOU or your rights---although THEY will sure enforce the law on you seeing as how you will likely be a whole lot easier toi catch than a trespasser who's threatening your life and property!

If you know that there is a tresspasser, call the authorities first. Sneak up on the tresspassers with a digital camera if possible, and take many pictures! If the cavalry arrives and doesn't evict them for you, or if the donut eaters are to busy to come, take the pictures to the local press and ask them to PUBLISH them, as part of your new campaign to unseat your local SHerrif in the next election!

Whatever you do, remember the Briney-Katco "Crime Pays in Albia Iowa" case and don't take any direct action yourself!

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