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Rogue
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Posted on 03-21-06 11:37 AM Link | Quote
Article

EDIT: The link also has a video with the 911 call.

Man Kills Teen for Walking on Lawn, Police Say
By LISA CORNWELL, AP

BATAVIA, Ohio (March 20) - A man who neighbors say was devoted to his meticulously kept lawn was charged with murder in the shooting of a 15-year-old boy who apparently walked across his yard.Charles Martin called 911 on Sunday afternoon, saying calmly: "I just killed a kid."

Police, who released the call's contents, said Martin also told the dispatcher: "I've been harassed by him and his parents for five years. Today just blew it up."

Larry Mugrage, whose family lived next door, was shot in the chest with a shotgun. The high school freshman was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Martin, 66, allegedly told police he had several times had problems with neighbors walking on his lawn. He remained jailed without bond Monday. His jailers said no attorney was listed for him.

Neighbors said Martin lived alone quietly, often sitting in front of his one-story home with its neat lawn, well-trimmed shrubbery and flag pole with U.S. and Navy flags flying.

Joanne Ritchie, 46, said Mugrage was known as "a good kid," but she always also considered Martin to be friendly.

Union Township is near Batavia, about 20 miles east of Cincinnati.

Associated Press Writer Dan Sewell in Cincinnati contributed to this report.

03-20-06 20:19 EST


(Last edited by Rogue on 03-21-06 02:41 PM)
Xeoman

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Posted on 03-21-06 11:48 AM Link | Quote
This world is pathetic.
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Posted on 03-21-06 11:58 AM Link | Quote
I can understand the idea of threatening the person with a gun, but actually fireing it is utterly stupid, it baffles me that there are people like this guy out there.
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Posted on 03-21-06 12:05 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Xeomega
This world is pathetic.


Agreed

And of course hes an old man...You can tell from the article that obviously the old man had people messing with his lawn...

My old Next door neibghor used to scream at my relatives all the time for being 1 inch in his property...No one cared though...He moved away thank God

Edit: Watched the movie

How in the world did I know that!?

hes a straight A's student...what the hell...

(Last edited by Sajin of the Gorotto Sea on 03-21-06 03:11 PM)
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Posted on 03-21-06 12:08 PM Link | Quote
I had a neighbor like that...he was a creep, he used to come out and watch my brother and I playing in the kiddie pool with his siblings...*he wasn't really my brother but we are better than best friends so this applies*

Anyway, it was creepy...
Rogue
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Posted on 03-21-06 12:30 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Sajin of the Gorotto Sea
How in the world did I know that!?

hes a straight A's student...what the hell...


Oh, the kid is always a straight A's student or "an upstanding youngster in the community" or some sort of volunteer in the convalescent hospital or something like that. It makes it sound all the more dramatic if a completely innocent-sounding kid is knocked off.

If it were written that he really was harassing this old man, who is painted to look senile and crazy, or was just some punk kid failing school and probably going to end up in prison anyway, it wouldn't be such a tragedy.
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Posted on 03-21-06 12:34 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Rogue
Originally posted by Sajin of the Gorotto Sea
How in the world did I know that!?

hes a straight A's student...what the hell...


Oh, the kid is always a straight A's student or "an upstanding youngster in the community" or some sort of volunteer in the convalescent hospital or something like that. It makes it sound all the more dramatic if a completely innocent-sounding kid is knocked off.

If it were written that he really was harassing this old man, who is painted to look senile and crazy, or was just some punk kid failing school and probably going to end up in prison anyway, it wouldn't be such a tragedy.


Edit- Holy crap...The entire post was...crap ( Diddnt sleep good, was under a tornado warning last night )

Well, I was expecting people to say something as what you said Rogue...Im guessing its for Ratings or something...Who knows...



(Last edited by Sajin of the Gorotto Sea on 03-21-06 03:35 PM)
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Posted on 03-21-06 01:17 PM Link | Quote
I saw this title and thought "what did Zabuza do now?" **chuckles**

Anywho...that's just nuts...odds are though, the kid was causing some trouble. And honestly, that guy wasn't THAT old...**shrugs** Still not something worth killing someone over.
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Posted on 03-22-06 07:25 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Katana
I saw this title and thought "what did Zabuza do now?" **chuckles**


Exactly what i was thinking...

Umm anyway, This is fuckedup...

Just up and shoots a kid walkin across his lawn...WTF is going through you head when you up and decide, " if that kid walks across my lawn today i have my BOOMSTICK to fix him good."
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Posted on 03-23-06 08:10 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Xeomega
This world is pathetic.


All I need to say is, I wholeheartedly agree. With Drizzit. Xeogred, just some parts of it are.
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Posted on 03-24-06 03:04 PM Link | Quote
*watches Zabuza nervously from now on*

Seriously though, what the fuck man? If you don't want people on your lawn, there is this wonderful invention called a fence!
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Posted on 03-24-06 10:43 PM Link | Quote
That is not cool. That kid had so much to live for and now he is dead and can't live which sucks. I'll be more carefull when I cut through my neighbors lawn from now on.

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Posted on 03-25-06 05:15 PM Link | Quote
I didn't do anything *covers up neatly disguised land mine*!

Dammit, but that's why we have fences!

And Whitey.
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Posted on 03-26-06 07:08 PM Link | Quote
What the? Who the hell is that fucked up in the head to fire on a kid for simply walking on his yard?

Hopes and prayers to the kid's family.
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Since: 08-14-04
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Posted on 03-26-06 10:16 PM Link | Quote
Well if it was a nice lawn

As people said, the kid was probaply a drugged-up dero.
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