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by JNMAR
Tue May 17, 2011 9:18 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: West Texas Rancher Shoots Trespassers
Replies: 15
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Re: West Texas Rancher Shoots Trespassers

Kawabuggy wrote:I'd like to hear the ranchers side of the story at this point.

And who here has ever decided that they wanted to go look at property to buy and trespassed on anothers property while doing so? I know when I was looking for property I did not do any "scouting" as the trespassers alluded to. I simply called a real estate agent that was known to have a lot of experience in the area I was looking.. Scouting, as the trespassers state they were doing, can be misconstrued in a lot of different ways.. Scouting to come back at night and steal. Scouting for a home to barge into with firearms and commit a home invasion.

The trespasser being interviewed is playing the race card alluding to the fact that perhaps the rancher may not be hispanic.

I wonder if either of the two trespassers have an arrest record.. That might be pertinent information. If either, or both, of them have a previous history of theft of property, or trespassing, then I can't see their lawsuit gaining much traction. So much more information is needed at this point.
Apparently you haven't been to far West Texas. There are miles and miles of roads out there, some with fences, cattle guards and many without. Some are posted and some not. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I suspect the rancher will be in the court room trying to explain the hand he decided to play out.

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