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Couple Make Burglar Clean Up at Gunpoint

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A burglar in Montgomery chose the wrong family to mess with, literally. Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon returned home on Tuesday after a week away to find that thieves had emptied almost everything the family of five owned, Tiffany McKinnon said through tears.

"Tears just rolled down my face as I walked in and saw everything gone and piles of trash all over my home," she said.

Adrian McKinnon sent his wife to see her sister while he inspected the piles left behind. As he walked back into the sunroom, a man walked through the back door straight into him, Tiffany McKinnon told the Montgomery Advertiser in a story Thursday.

"My husband Adrian caught the thief red-handed in our home," she said. "And what is even crazier, the man even had my husband's hat sitting right on his head."

Adrian McKinnon held the suspect, 33-year-old Tajuan Bullock, at gunpoint and told him to sit on the floor until he decided what to do.

"We made this man clean up all the mess he made, piles of stuff, he had thrown out of my drawers and cabinets onto the floor," Tiffany McKinnon said.

When police arrived, Bullock complained about being forced to clean the home at gunpoint.

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I think I'm speechless...

did they get their stuff back?

I love it!! Wonder if the guy does windows too??

While this is amusing, I wouldn't want a burglar doing anything but staring at the carpet.

I would also want to wash everything that he touched. A lot of these guys have contagious diseases.

- Jim

Dan

Not only that, but if this guy had a brain (which he probably doesn't) he could possibly bring some kind of complaint for involuntary servitude or something.

I'm only saying this because I doubt strongly that he is a member of this forum.

seamusTX wrote:...I would also want to wash everything that he touched. A lot of these guys have contagious diseases.

- Jim

You'll often want to do more than that. I had the misfortune of experiencing a burglary last year. As a rule, any non-factory sealed food and beverage containers or perishable items that were in the fridge get tossed. At a minimum, one should wash any and all linens or clothing that were disturbed during the burglary. Women's lingerie tends to be the subject of special abuse by some burglars...Use your imagination and decide what you'll do with that information.

I'd been forced to come to the realization that my stuff is just stuff, and not that important many years ago. But, some things are irreplaceable and do have a special place with us because they remind us of someone who is gone or a special time/place. As a result, the loss of those items can be especially hard. The biggest thing for me was seeing my wife's world turned upside down. Until that day, home was "safe." Although things are largely back to "normal," that concept of home being "safe" has forever been shattered and I can see it in her everyday.

With that said, it took every last ounce of strength in me to make sure a burglary suspect got to jail rather than the ICU after I saw the guy walking down the street with my wife's earrings the following Monday. What makes it worse is the moron lived in my neighborhood and had known me years ago in grade school and knew it was my house when he broke in. I don't know what's going to happen when that meat head gets out of jail but I suspect he'll return to this area and be back to his old tricks. If all these folks did was force the guy clean up the mess he made, they are better people than I am. I certainly wouldn’t kill the guy but I’d violate his civil rights up one side and down the other until the first patrol car showed up.

frankie_the_yankee wrote:Not only that, but if this guy had a brain (which he probably doesn't) he could possibly bring some kind of complaint for involuntary servitude or something.

With any luck, he will be too embarrassed to want any further light shed on the incident.

But you never know.

I can't see a burglar getting any sympathy from a jury. Made from some judges ...

- Jim

I like the responding officer's quote:

The police officer laughed at him when he complained and said anybody else would have shot him dead

Now thats what I call taking the law into your own hands!

I need this guy to break in at my place!

G.C.Montgomery wrote:Women's lingerie tends to be the subject of special abuse by some burglars.

One would hope that was enough encouragement to make you stop wearing it.

But, some things are irreplaceable and do have a special place with us because they remind us of someone who is gone or a special time/place.

Exactly; it doesn't matter how much the insurance pays out on some of granddad's stuff, it won't be enough to bring him back to make the replacements special. That's why I don't go for the "it's insured, let them have it" argument.

Although things are largely back to "normal," that concept of home being "safe" has forever been shattered and I can see it in her everyday.

That is always the biggest loss; some things just have to be sacred, and home is one of them. When you can't feel safe at home, you can't feel safe anywhere.