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In reply to the discussion: Charges dropped against Newton County homebuyers [View all]happyslug
(14,779 posts)The problem is the article report is limited, no facts as to HOW the neighbors "Confronted" the new owners, just that they were "Confronted"
Now in a related article NOT cited by the start of this thread, a report is made that a neighbor confronted the new owners in their home, but that was NOT the article we are commenting on. That article is here:
http://www.ajc.com/news/couple-held-at-gunpoint-1423138.html
Now that is a little bit different situation then what I have been commenting on, the article that started this thread is this one, and nothing it is reports any confrontation between the neighbor and the new owners:
http://www.ajc.com/news/charges-dropped-against-newton-1424231.html
Some people even cited facts stated in the earlier article when referring to my previous threads, but never gave it as a reference, nor stated they were using another source then the one that started this thread. The earlier article has several different facts then the article that started this thread, first is the actual entrance into the property and the demand that the couple put up their hands. Now that is false arrest and the neighbors can be charged with that action. One can NOT make a Citizen Arrest in most states unless it is for a felony, and gutting a house for its copper is NOT a felony in all the jurisdiction that I know of. Thus the neighbor committed a crime that the Police should have arrested him for. i.e. false arrest.
That gets me to a second question, why the change between the articles? I will try to avoid speculation but something caused the change, may be new facts, may be someone wanted the second article only to cite facts mentioned by the Police. I don't know. Could be the Police are looking into a Charge of False Arrest, but the article state two set facts, with the earlier article stating a fact that clearly shows criminal action by the neighbor. The second article does NOT mention anything that comes close to criminal actions by the neighbor. Thus the situation demand on what is the fact, and till we now we are all speculating.