Re: Vigilante farmer, 74, in more trouble than thi

Posted by Robert Searcy on February 02, 2007 at 07:36:56 from (144.226.230.36):

In Reply to: Re: Vigilante farmer, 74, in more trouble than thi posted by Gary from Muleshoe on February 02, 2007 at 04:28:51:

I have a property 3 miles from my residence with a building that has been stolen from on more than one occassion.

We make frequent drive bys to patrol when we are passing, going to town for sporting events, store, feed, parts, church, etc.......

My wife and children on their way home from church on a wednesday last summer patrolled. They saw a car parked in front of the building. She called the sheriff for theft in progress. She went on by down the 1/2 mile deadend culdesac and turned around. She had already gotten my 12 y/o daughter to write down the plates.

She then called me and said get over here. Then the idiots started chasing her as she drove back by down the road. They chased her about 2 miles and scared her and my children to death. I by then was on the road but did not catch up to them.

Since I had the plate number, I waited and waited and 35 minutes the county sheriff made it there.

They stole a couple extension cords, light, I believe they were interrupted or would have gotten more.

The next night my neighbor and I were on stakeout. I was sitting in the woods on my horse. He was sitting at his house waiting for my call.

930pm, wife and kids come by to bring me a water bottle. We are sitting there and a car comes down the road. Since its a dead end and I own the entire road, the county does not, its my road. I told my wife and kids to get up to the barn and stay back.

I had a pistol and shotgun ready for action. Not to mention a rechargeable 1Meg candlepower spotlight.

I had my wife park the car across the road, contacted my neighbor and before they came back they had to stop in the road.

They stopped, I rode out of the timber up to the car and light them up with my spotlight.

It was a young man and girl. The same car plates that chased my wife. I asked him if he knew anything about such an incident and he said oh my no, sorry to hear about that.

I had my bluetooth headset on and my phone with the dispatcher at the county sheriffs dept already on line, they were listening to the conversation with an officer in route.

I then tore into that little punk and without expletives informed him he best stay in the car as he was going to have his hands full if he did.

I never once told him I had a gun, never threatened him, just informed him if he thought he could whip too fellas he could get on out.

I could see there were no guns within reach and little did he know I had a pistol pointing right at him with my finger on the trigger.

My horse is not shy to guns so no worries there.

I explained to the kid I knew he was lying about chasing my wife and endangering my kids. I explained I knew he was the thief, I knew he was going to be prosecuted.

He then decided to take off through the ditch, around the car, spun gravel all over me and my horse. I bailed off the horse, jumped in my car and my neighbor in his trusty Ford Farm Truck took chase.

My wife held the horse and the kids waited as the sheriff was still 20 minutes out.

I was giving the play by play to the dispatcher with my wireless bluetooth, roads, etc........

We chased for about 2 miles and pinned him on a corner. By then you can imagine our anxiety and anger. I was fuming, I wanted to beat that kid but I didn't.

I told him if he moved I was done playing, I was either going to beat him within an inch of his life or put a gun in his hand after I killed him.

He decided to be still and sit in his car.

Sheriff came, arrested him, found a lock box in the trunk, the kid had no idea how it got in there, it was full of drugs, pot.

I never got my cords back or light as he knew nothing about them. Probably sold them for cash for some drugs.

He was 20, the sheriff never said a word to me about chasing him, he just said man you scared the $#!+ out of them. I said GOOD!!! Maybe he got my point then.

The dispatcher applauded me for not shooting or beating him, and they asked if there were guns at the scene.

The dispatcher was good at talking to me and keeping me calm and from shooting him.

I said yes, I and my neighbor are armed, but none drawn, and informed her who was who before the sheriff arrived so he would not be worried about guns etc.

IF there ever comes a day when I cannot defend my family, my home, my property, we all may as well crawl in a hole.

The sheriffs dept knows they cannot get to us in a short period of time so we have to be able to protect ourselves. They are clear about us taking the law into our own hands though.

From start to arrival was 40 minutes for the sheriff to get there.

Since this incident I have had no other problems. Either word got out that I was a rascal or that kid was the only one stealing.

I did run off two others that I caught sitting on the property and chased another in a truck for a few miles.

I have some blanks loaded in my shotgun with bean bag pellets for excitement that accidently went off for some reason, they are unpredictible.

One bunch of kids got stuck on my property 4 wheeling in a couple pickups last spring and lost their wallet trying to get one pulled out.

I had a great conversation with the kids dad. The dad was very surprised I called and very protective. He said his son would not have been on my property and wanted to know how I had determined this.

I said hmmmm, your son is such a wonderful young man, maybe he wouldnt. But I have proof, he said oh.......I said I have a wallet that belongs to him and if you all want it back, you all have some repairs to do at my place!!!

I had the sheriff out to supervise the visit and we got everything handled, the father was embarassed, mad at his son, and appologetic.

I said I wouldnt press any charges if his son and buddies would take care of the damage to my likings but if anyone of them survived their next trespass, I would prosecute them.

I will always protect my COUNTRY, my FAMILY, my HOME, my property!!!

IF things were like the old days and we lynched folks and prosecuted them instead of writing laws to protect the guilty, there wouldnt be so much crime period!!!

Okay im off my soapbox now, NEXT!!!

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