Canadian Farmers Nab Fuel Thief

salmonslayer · #1 01/11/11, 11:00 AM

You have to be tough to farm in Alberta!!

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2.../16821446.html

HOTW · #2 01/11/11, 11:26 AM

Good for them!! LOL I can imagien the cops coming across a daylight moon, wonder fi he got a ticket for indecent exposure too???

just_sawing · #3 01/11/11, 01:06 PM

I will really be happy if there isn't a follow up that has the perp suing them. It happens with laws that protect the perp more than the Farmer. So you understand what I am saying the article laid out that the perp was swinging a tire iron number one that is attempted murder. Two he tried to drive off with the farmer on the drivers board that also is attempted bodily harm Both were not filed. This is so the system does not have to have criminal charges which have mandatory sentences. This however opens up the farmer to being charge with as serious charges of bodily danger etc.

tiogacounty · #4 01/11/11, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by just_sawing

I will really be happy if there isn't a follow up that has the perp suing them. It happens with laws that protect the perp more than the Farmer. So you understand what I am saying the article laid out that the perp was swinging a tire iron number one that is attempted murder. Two he tried to drive off with the farmer on the drivers board that also is attempted bodily harm Both were not filed. This is so the system does not have to have criminal charges which have mandatory sentences. This however opens up the farmer to being charge with as serious charges of bodily danger etc.

Sad, but a reality today. I worked with a guy who heard a noise in his horse barn. He headed to the tack room with an aluminum bat, and a big dog. They found two guys, on their knees, attempting to steal thousands of $ worth of custom saddles. He instinctively hit one in the face as he turned the light on. The other fled and was badly mauled on the butt by "a dog". fortunately, (since we all know who owned the dog), it decided to stay out of sight until the police left. In the end, the guy who got a faceful of bat sued (while still doing time) and the insurance co. settled for $25K, against the saddle owner's will. The guy with the torn up butt got nowhere since they never did identify the dog or it's owner

texican · #5 01/11/11, 10:15 PM

Don't they have backhoes or hogs in Alberta?

Why further burden the overworked Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice System... catchem in the act, and save the taxpayers a lot of money and trouble, and rid the world of more vermin.

...........or, do the right thing, and find the vermin getting set loose, and yourself in the hoosegow. No good deed goes unpunished...

salmonslayer · #6 01/11/11, 10:29 PM

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Don't they have backhoes or hogs in Alberta?

Why further burden the overworked Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice System... catchem in the act, and save the taxpayers a lot of money and trouble, and rid the world of more vermin.

...........or, do the right thing, and find the vermin getting set loose, and yourself in the hoosegow. No good deed goes unpunished...

I'm thinkin they were looking for bragging rights down at the local pool hall. I mean, catching a thief in the act and then tying him up, pulling down his britches and tossing him into the snow for 45 minutes until the cops showed up is worth a day or two of milking the free drinks!!

deaconjim · #7 01/11/11, 10:31 PM

You will notice that the police gave a warning that the victim could have been charged as well. I'm glad I don't live in Canada.

naturelover · #8 01/11/11, 11:34 PM

Those farmers won't get charged with anything, they didn't hurt the thief. The Canadian criminal code allows for a certain level of force being used by civilians when protecting their property or apprehending criminals.

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rowan57 · #9 01/12/11, 02:07 AM

Awesome story. I fully believe in full right to protect ones own home, and I believe in the use of lethal force to do this, where absolutely necessary, and no other alternatives exist.

rowan57 · #10 01/12/11, 02:10 AM

P.s. In Kenya, where I lived previously, vigilante justice is normal. My employers were alerted to a man cycling off across their coffee farm with a reel of expensive cable. The dogs were released (Kenyans are terrified of big dogs), and the man was held. The coffee farmer next door wanted to beat him, but my employers suggested a compromise, he was stripped and tied to a lamppost to await the police in the morning (chance of getting police out over night slim to none, unless you pay them well.).