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NY: Rod & Gun Club hearing put off
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"A public hearing on a request by the Northern Dutchess Rod and Gun Club for site plan approval allowing them to operate a newer trap shooting device was adjourned Monday because the organization also needs a special use permit for the operation." |
Are America�s National Parks Becoming a Haven for Criminals?
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"Are America�s National Parks Becoming a Haven for Criminals?
America's national parks have long been a perfect escape for vacationers, places where families could retreat to a world where the biggest fear was a run-in with a local bear."
"Times have changed � and so have the parks. While families camp and boat and enjoy the beautiful wilderness, park rangers are suiting up in camouflage to fight drug dealers, smugglers, and even, on occasion, terrorists." |
MD: SWAT Team Raids Another Baltimore Restaurant for No Reason
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"We're certainly not after mom-and-pop places like Swallow at the Hollow. We team up with these other agencies partly because, when we go into some of these real big places, you need a lot of people. We go to a number of locations each night. And some of these places can be pretty intimidating, so you need that show of force."
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As SARS, Bioterror Fears Grow, Prototype Isolation and Treatment Facility to Be Built in Pittsburgh Area Beginning Mid-August
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"Three northern Virginia companies today announced plans to assemble a prototype facility outside of Pittsburgh next month that could be used for isolating patients in the event of a terrorist attack with weapons of mass destruction, containing a SARS outbreak, or providing shelter for victims of natural disasters."
"Assembly of the approximately 6,000 square-foot, 150-bed building, called an Emergency Isolation and Treatment System (EITS), will begin in mid-August and will be open to the public during the last week of August." |
NY: "Victim got his killer in" (Councilman Davis carried 9mm handgun)
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"Councilman James Davis unwittingly brought his killer with him to City Hall and helped him bypass the security surrounding the building that's home to the mayor and City Council."
"Until yesterday, elected officials such as Davis - a former cop who legally carried a 9mm handgun - were exempt from rules requiring everyone entering City Hall Plaza to pass through metal detectors."
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UK: Award for shooting club work
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"A Fylde shooting club has won a prestigious national award for its work in conserving the Ribble Estuary."
"Lytham and District Wildfowlers were singled out for praise in the habitat management section of the English Nature awards."
"The club, which celebrates its 50th anniversary next year, owns and manages 1,000 acres of wetland around the estuary. The land is part of an area of special scientific interest." |
UK: Hitmen jailed for murder
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"Two South African hitmen were jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering a private detective who was bludgeoned to death at his home eight years ago."
"A jury at Birmingham Crown Court took almost 16 hours to convict Paul Ras, 41, and 48-year-old Loren Anders Sundkvist, both from Johannesburg, of the murder of Barry Trigwell." |
MN: A law is a law
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I was appalled when I read the July 21 article "Local leaders across state buck gun law." The actions of these local governments are remarkably similar to those taken early last century in areas that didn't want blacks to vote.
I suppose gun owners should just "know their place" and not "get uppity" if we want to avoid trouble. |
UK: Gun-toting gangs force pubs to close
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"Cops have shut down two South London pubs amid growing fears that licensees were being ruthlessly intimidated by rival gun-toting gangs."
"The action by Brixton cops follows shootings last week that left two people in hospital."
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TX: Deputy kills driver who flashed a gun
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"A Kaufman County sheriff's deputy fatally shot a motorist who officials say displayed a gun." ...
"The man drove off going west and began weaving across lanes. He then stopped, displayed a handgun and drove off again." ...
"A sheriff's deputy joined the pursuit, and the driver stopped again. Officers asked him to get out of his car."
"The sheriff's deputy, fearing for his safety, fired a shot into the car and fatally wounded the man, Cpl. White said. No law enforcement officials were injured." |
Legislation Introduced in the Senate to Renew and Strengthen Federal Assault Weapons Ban
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... "The legislation, introduced by Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Jon Corzine (D-NJ), would not only make the federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines permanent, but it would also significantly strengthen current law to meet the original intent of Congress. The Senate bill (S. 1431) is a companion bill to the 'Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2003', introduced in the House of Representatives in May by Reps. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) and John Conyers (D-MI)."
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News Nuggets -- Why Would They Do That?
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"Why would they do that? The 'Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence' is giving the National Rifle Association (NRA) hell for not supporting their ill-advised and erroneous ban on what they call 'semi-automatic' hunting and sporting rifles. Why would the NRA do such a thing? They've been fighting this ignorant ban since its inception and with a better administration in place, it'll probably be repealed. Does the 'Brady Bunch' think the NRA is collectively stupid?"
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UT: Guns reduce crime [Letter]
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"In a recent editorial titled 'Pistol-packing capital' (Our View, July 21), The Tribune refers to this as 'acting on the intellectually flawed and morally bankrupt argument that pouring more guns into a violent city would somehow make it less violent,' and that the proposal is 'grounded in a culture that has watched far too many movies.' It lists scary what-if scenarios involving accidents and shoot-outs in the streets. But in the end it offers not a single shred of real evidence for its position."
"It may have escaped The Tribune's notice, but there is a substantial and growing body of hard evidence that concealed-carry laws reduce violent crime rates far more effectively than any gun control law yet devised. And it happens without creating a flood of horrific incidents like the ones described." ... |
VT: Bear shootings under fire
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"In light of an 'alarming' increase in the killing of black bears by property owners, the state�s top game warden said this week he would support future legislation that would restrict the shooting of black bears in defense of property."
"The current law states simply that, 'a person may take black bear in defense of their property.' The law has been on the books since 1961."
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Pakistan: 3 Pakistani Judges, Captors Killed As Bloody Jailbreak Ends
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"Three judges of the district court and their five captors were killed when Pakistani security agencies tried to free 36 hostages taken by the prisoners in a jail in the Eastern city of Sialkot, police said."
"The daylong jailbreak episode ended with as many as 16 people injured, most of them were said to be hostages and jail inmates."
"The dangerous prisoners took 16 visiting judges and 20 women prisoners into hostage as they tried to negotiate their way out of the jail where they were serving life terms." |
WI: Law enforcers shoot down idea of concealed guns
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"A state law allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons in Wisconsin?"
"Not a good idea, according to top Dane County police administrators interviewed recently." ...
" 'I'm not an anti-gun person. I'm a deer hunter and a grouse hunter, and I appreciate the constitutional right to bear arms,' Hamblin said. 'But I'm not at all convinced of the need in Wisconsin for citizens to be carrying concealed weapons at this time.' "
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Why ex-cons should be given the vote
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"For what I'm guessing is the vast majority of us who have committed a felony at least once, here's a question: Should we be banned from voting in elections, forever?" ...
"Ex-con suffrage has bubbled back in the news lately, ever since Alabama Governor Bob Riley vetoed a felon-voter bill a month ago, touching off protests and Jesse Jackson appearances. On July 14, all six Democratic presidential candidates who showed up at an NAACP convention backed felon re-enfranchisement."
"Democrats have a terrific incentive to make this a campaign issue: If ex-felons could vote, Democrats would win more elections. Research conducted by Uggen and Manza suggests that enfranchised felons would have tipped the scales to Al Gore, and to several Democratic senators in the 1980s and '90s. Famously, more than 600,000 ex-cons couldn't vote in Florida (though a small number managed to find a way), which means that the Felon Factor positively dwarfed Ralph Nader, hanging chads and butterfly ballots in terms of impact on that nightmarish statistical dead heat." |
They�re Coming to Take Them Away
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"Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted as saying, 'We cannot have people take the law into their own hands.' All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times, and several elderly people were severely injured in beatings by young thugs who had no fear of the consequences. Martin himself, a collector of antiques, had seen most of his collection trashed or stolen by burglars. When the Dunblane Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were given three months to turn them over to local authorities. Being good British subjects, most people obeyed the law. The few who didn't were visited by police and threatened with ten-year prison sentences if they didn't comply. Police later bragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from private citizens. How did the authorities know who had handguns? The guns had been registered and licensed. Kinda like cars. Sound familiar?"
"WAKE UP AMERICA, THIS IS WHY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN OUR CONSTITUTION." |
WY: Free Staters like Wyoming
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"Wyoming is a favorite among Free State members, and is being considered alongside nine other contending states to host an experiment in libertarianism. Starting today, Free State organizers will send out ballots to the membership, and on Sept. 15, Free State will announce the chosen state."
"Starting with an initial wave of 5,000 members, Carlsen expects a minimum of 20,000 members to eventually emigrate to the state selected. Once they establish themselves, Free State members will begin their campaigning." |
UK: 'IRA attacked me' claims dissident republican
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A 32-year-old man has claimed he was attacked by the IRA last night because of his political views.
The man, who suffered a gun-shot wound to the right leg, said he was shot because he was a dissident republican.
The man also claimed he had a gun held to his head during the incident but was able to knock it from the hand of his attacker.
He is believed to have been approached from behind by several masked as he walked home from work on the Oldpark Road on Thursday evening.
He was treated in hospital shortly after the incident.
Elsewhere, police in Co Down has uncovered a gun and several rounds of ammunition.
The discovery was made following a tip-off to police during a search the Hunters Hill area of Guilford.
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Canada: Shots fired outside Ottawa bar
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Ottawa police are looking for a suspect they say was involved in a barroom brawl that spilled into the street and led to gunshots Thursday night.
Police arrested two Ottawa men shortly after 11:15 p.m. outside Pepper's Lounge, 111 N. Main St. : a 43-year-old on suspicion of aggravated assault and illegally firing a gun, and 24-year-old on suspicion of disorderly conduct and battery, police said.
The men are patrons of the same bar, and the fight stemmed from a construction employment dispute, said Capt. Ron Puterbaugh, an Ottawa police spokesman. He said police think the fight began inside and that the 43-year-old man later fired a .32-caliber Derringer twice into the air outside the bar.
No one was seriously injured, and the man being sought , whom Puterbaugh described only as "a white male," isn't suspected of a firearms offense.
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Canada: Spurned Dad kills Family. Investigators discover firearms inside house
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"Jacques Picard phoned his mother-in-law with heart-stopping news early yesterday - he said he was going to kill his wife and two daughters."
"She called the Richelieu Valley regional police shortly after 5 a.m., but when they smashed their way through a locked patio door in Otterburn Park, they found all four family members shot dead."
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Canada: Police gear found in big gun haul
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"Vancouver police want to hear from anyone who has been approached by someone impersonating a police officer."
"Police made the request after seizing police paraphernalia from a West Georgia Street apartment that also contained a small arsenal of weapons, drugs, cash and a few poisonous creatures." |
NH: New York City shooting unlikely to mean more security in N.H.
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"The fatal shooting of a councilman at New York's City Hall probably won't mean increased security at the New Hampshire Statehouse if past actions by lawmakers are considered."
"Legislators have considered - and rejected - installing metal detectors at the Statehouse following similar incidents around the country. One reason might be that there are too many New Hampshire lawmakers who carry guns. In fact, there is a cabinet at the back of Representative's Hall for weapons to be stored." |
UK: '24-hour caf� culture is killing community'
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"Residents are calling on council bosses to limit the number of late-night licences issued to restaurants in Harringay's Green Lanes." ...
"They believe the large number of late-opening caf�s and restaurants in the busy street are creating a '24-hour culture' which they claim has led to an increase in violent and drug-related crime and prostitution." ...
"The LCSP also highlighted the problem of gun and drug crime, which have caused a downturn in trade in recent months." |
OH: IRONY: Gov't says "citizens key to homeland security program'
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"State officials want to train Ohioans to help seek out terrorists through a program unveiled yesterday."
"The theory is that the average citizen knows his neighborhood better than the average police officer, so it�s a good bet he�ll notice suspicious activity, said Domingo Herraiz, director of the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services." ...
"Someone needs to tell Mr. Morckel that fear and paranoia are much more the result of being made defenseless by Ohio law than by 'not having knowledge'." |
FL: Police Trade Shoes For Guns In Orange County
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"Something is being done to make Central Floridians feel safer. They're booting guns off the street by exchanging them for shoes. It's a community outreach program they're calling 'Kicks for Guns.' The program allows people to step forward and turn in their guns in to police, no questions asked. [emphasis added]
"The reward: A free pair of shoes. And even if one of those guns has been used in a crime, whoever turned it in won't be charged, even if he's the suspect!"
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OH: In 1788, Ohio law required ALL men aged 16-50 to bear arms
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"On July 25, 1788, the first Ohio law to establish and regulate a militia was published in Marietta. It mandated all men between 16 and 50 perform military duty. They were required to arm themselves with a musket and bayonet, a cartridge box, powder horn, one pound of powder and four pounds of lead. They also were ordered to drill every Sunday."
"By November, fines were implemented for those who failed to meet the requirements. For example, a soldier with no musket and bayonet had to pay 50 cents. Those who failed to show up for drill were fined 25 cents. Refusing guard duty cost them $1. And failure to serve in case of invasion meant a court-martial."
"In 1791, the law changed the day of the weekly drills to Saturday. Those who drilled didn't have to go to church on Sunday. But those who attended church services - with their guns - were exempt from drill." |
There Are None So Blind...
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"I am embarrassed to say that I lived for some years in an abusive relationship." ...
"In much the same way I spent time in denial before I could even see the circumstances of my life let alone diagnose them as unhealthy, many Americans are in denial as to their own lives. They don't see the threat of the loss of liberty as imminent because it's been creeping up on them gradually for years, and they're not afraid because they've not been directly or physically threatened. But if I was abused in my own small relationship, then by the same definitions, American citizens are being abused in their relationship with the government." |
President Bush's secret service buffoons
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"Shame on the Secret Service. This week, it investigated renowned editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez like he was some left-wing homeless crackpot who had sent President Bush an anthrax-laced death threat -- all because Ramirez drew a provocative cartoon that was clearly intended to defend the president."
"Meanwhile, the Secret Service can't even keep a loony-tunes stowaway from conning his way onto a White House press charter plane in Africa or prevent a known wacko named the 'Handshake Man' from slipping past security and personally delivering an unscreened letter to Bush at a public event in Washington, D.C." |
VA: Right to bear arms in City Hall a hot topic
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"The man who shot and killed a city councilman in New York's City Hall on Wednesday had to sneak a gun into the building by skirting a metal detector."
"In Virginia, that wouldn't be necessary."
"Not only are there no metal detectors at any City Hall in South Hampton Roads, but a state law allows citizens with concealed-weapon permits to carry guns into most public buildings." |
NY: HIV Assassin was fueled by fear of "gay" blackmail
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"The City Hall killer was an HIV-positive man who made meticulous preparations for his own death before setting out to assassinate a political rival who he believed was blackmailing him because he was gay, law-enforcement sources said yesterday."
"Before meeting up with his murder target - Brooklyn Councilman James Davis - Othniel Boaz Askew, 31, laid out on a living-room table his last will and testament, along with a detailed note to a brother specifying where all his bank accounts and other valuables were, police said."
"Cops also found his HIV medications elsewhere in his fastidiously neat Fort Greene apartment." |
Guards say Malvo spoke freely about killings
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"Lee Boyd Malvo gave many reasons for pulling the trigger in a series of sniper shootings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area last fall, according to two men who guarded him in a Baltimore prison."
"The guards testified Thursday in a hearing about whether Malvo's statements could be used in his trial, slated to start Nov. 10 in Chesapeake." |
Malvo Wanted to Anger Moose by Shooting Teen, Guard Says
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"Sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo told a prison guard that he shot a teenage victim to anger Montgomery County, Md., Police Chief Charles Moose and that he had intended to shoot an entire busload of children, the guard testified Thursday." ...
"Malvo told Stracke that Muhammad shot two women in Alabama and talked about cleaning up ghettos as a rationale for a killing in Louisiana, the guard said." |
Australia: Police concern at firearm theft
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"Bridgetown police are concerned by the theft of a high powered firearm from a rural home last Monday."
"The home's side window was smashed and the gun which was secured in a cabinet and bolted to the floor and walls was taken."
"Constable Greg Ward said the thief would have known what they were looking for and was worried about the hands the Ruger rifle bolt action repeater .223 calibre could have fallen in to." |
Brazil: Brazilian Senate Approves Bill on Gun Carry Ban
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"In a historic decision, the Brazilian Senate has unanimously approved a new bill that bans the carrying of firearms by civilians and severely restricts firearms possession, aiming to reduce the country's dizzying gun violence rates, among the highest in the world. The unanimous vote represents a significant victory over the powerful lobby of the arms industry, which vigorously opposed the bill. In addition, the bill proposes the complete banning of firearms and ammunition sales to civilians, to be decided in a plebiscite vote planned for October 2005. The bill now moves to the Brazilian House of Representatives, where a vote is likely to happen by the end of the month."
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Philippines: Customs ambush tied to smuggling?
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"...an attempt on the life of a former Cebu customs collector at six o'clock last night in Manila was foiled. Felipe Bartolome survived the shooting but his driver did not."
"Both PRO 7 Director Delfin and CCPO Chief Sandalo said the attack that also killed customs examiner Bennett Sore�o was job-related."
"But with no arrest yet and three persons dead, the police, whose regional headquarters is only about 50 meters from the crime scene, got flak for its slow response and poor handling of the crime scene." |
NH: Legislator Apologizes For Gun In Luggage
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"The New Hampshire legislator who had a loaded pistol in his carry-on luggage at Manchester Airport last week is apologizing to his constituents."
"Republican Howard Dickinson, of Conway, said he made a stupid mistake. He said he didn't know the gun was in the luggage until the X-ray machine at the airport spotted it."
"The longtime legislator said he's thought about resigning his seat, but many people have told him not to." |
NY: Gun buy back proposed
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"A Pittsfield councilman is proposing a measure aimed at stopping gun violence in the city."
"In recent weeks a wave of violence has plagued the Pittsfield community, and Councilman Peter Arlos has a plan to end the violence."
"Arlos is proposing a gun buy-back law, which will allow people to turn in working guns. In turn they will receive $50. This same project was put in place about 10 years ago and took 200 guns off the city streets." |
NY: Council Shooter Should Have Been Denied Gun Purchase
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"Othniel Askew, who shot to death Brooklyn councilman James Davis in New York's City Hall, purchased the .40-caliber pistol used in the shooting from a gun store in the small town of Sneads Ferry, N.C., even though he had a restraining order against him, Newsday reported July 24."
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UK: Life sentence for gun killer
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"A gunman who shot and killed a West Norwood man was sentenced to life at Inner London Crown Court last week."
"Danny Williams, 24, was convicted of the murder of Norman Francis in October 2001."
"Francis, 29, was killed with a shotgun outside a block of flats on the Woolwich Dockyard estate, after an argument with Williams, who he had never met before." |
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"Any good hunter knows the secret to a successful hunting experience is largely determined by how ready he or she is." ...
"This is not to say you should ignore your equipment, marksmanship and camping skills. But what sort of physical condition you are in can make a big difference in how much fun you have and how successful you are. Despite the hot weather, now is the time to get yourself ready for those hilly hikes this fall." |
TX: Intruders apologize to deputy, wife for mistake
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"He said, 'Man, we've got the wrong apartment', Nibling said."
"His wife began to cry."
"One of the intruders said, 'Don't cry. We're looking for a dope dealer that sold some bad dope to my cousin that killed him'..."
"Trying to calm the frantic wife, one of the men patted her on the back, according to the couple."
"The intruders told the couple that they were leaving but asked them to call the police only after they left." |
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