@zanzibardrakonides, The obstructing was not even for the attempt to get in our house by climbing the outside of the house to the second floor. It was for lying to the police. There is a whole long story here but the short version is;
When this guy tried to gain entry to the house my Bride moved to our kids room with the phone to call 911 and with her firearm to protect the kids (They were 6 and 9 at the time.) I got this guy on the ground at gunpoint and held him there for 7 minutes, at that point I did what I knew I shouldn’t, I took my eyes off him. My 9 year old was having a medical event, I looked over my shoulder to get information on him from my Bride, whose a nurse. When I looked over my left shoulder it of course change my point of aim, well this guy took that as his chance to attack me. He popped up like a cork and I fired, one round it passed between his chest and upper arm, through his jacket and t-shirt and completely missed him. He dove like superman off the balcony, 13 feet down to my new BBQ below where he broke 5 ribs. The Deputies would not get there for another 8 minutes. (I’m still salty over that BBQ.)
He got in his car and took off, he passed out some miles down the road because the broken ribs had punctured a lung. The car crash was in a different country, he lied to the first responders about who he was and the situation but at the hospital his injuries did not add up so their PD was called in. Our Sheriff’s office had put a BOLO (Be on The Look Out) so the PD called them and they sent a Deputy out to talk to the guy, he in turn lied to the police. (Obstructing)
He was interviewed in the hospital a number of times where he stated “I wanted to get to know her (My Bride) and that’s what I was going to do”. I interpret that as he was going to rape my wife, it is the only way I can take that from a guy who climbed our house at 0200 in the morning and beat on the slider like a SWAT team.
He was later charged with stalking, trespassing, and a few other little things. Shitty part is he left the hospital before being arrested and fled he has not seen the inside of a courtroom or a jail cell, the warrant is still active.
@kasaron, Don’t stop fighting for it. The DA was perfectly content to let my firearm sit in evendance until doomsday. The city attorney was on my side and filed a number of request for it to be released, she was a big help. The Sheriff at the time had informed the city attorney and the DA that they no longer needed it as evidence as well. I called every Wednesday for 2 months, I sent 3 certified letters, the last one I also sent to our firearms friendly State Senator(s). I do not know if that helped but it did not hurt. My next step was going to be seeing if I could get the News stations to run a story on it. Lastly I would have gotten a lawyer.
My advice is be the squeaky wheel, make them work for you or against you but make them work. Have a paper trail of everything you do, you may need to show it to a judge or lawyer at some point.
Mostly I hope no criminal puts you and yours in that situation.
2 FUNNY SIDE NOTES:
Our 6 year old slept through the entire thing. Me yelling at this guy to get on the ground, the .45 going off, the deputies in the house for 4 hours. She slept through it all.
As shooters who understand our skills and our craft are perishable we practice, we practice in all kinds of conditions, rain and snow, sun and wind. TRAIN AS YOU FIGHT, we say in the Army.
That brisk March morning at 0200 on my second floor balcony there was no body armor and vest, no BUMP or Mitch helmet, no gloves, boots, eye pro, hearing pro, hell or even pants. There was me, the cold, my boxers, and this pistol. I never thought I’d be in a situation where I did not have a back up magazine or 4, where it would be just me and my spongebob boxers between my family and some meth head trying to get to them.
This situation change how we did a number of things. First I stopped caring my beloved 1911 and I stopped keeping it by the bed, that 7 round was just not going to do it where there are no backup magazines to be had.
We have more than just pistols accessible now for whomever has to retreat back to the kids rooms.
A less funny observation;
We were living in a golf course community when this happened, we have since moved. Golf course communities are closely placed house in relatively quiet HOA neighborhoods. When I was yelling orders to this guy, when the firearm went off, and when the Sheriff’s partols came to the house not a single person on the block woke up. No one came out to see what all the noise was, and no other 911 calls were made reporting anything, there was no outside help. Even the guy who lived right next to me, also retired Army never heard a thing. You will be facing these situations very alone and you need to be prepared for that, and thankful for help if you get it.
You are your own first responder, no one will get to your point of confrontation or time of need faster than you, be ready.
And this was the short version.
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