Local Landlord Held at Gunpoint

I haven't seen any news reports on this yet. I only know of the situation because we used to rent from the same woman and my husband is a friend of the apartment manager.

A man entered a local landlord's home this morning demanding money.

It gets strange in a hurry. 

The reason the man wanted the check was to pay for legal fees incurred by the father of the last guy that broke in. 

Several months ago, the first robber, who was an evicted tenant, broke into the woman s residence on the 1200 block of East Elm, knocked her out cold and stole all her cash, along with some blank checks. He was caught in Cabool, Missouri, trying cash a $75,000 check he had made out to himself.  Robber #1 is now serving time.

Robber #2  a buddy of robber #1  was angry about the legal fees that #1 s family had incurred in his defense and felt that it was only right that the victim cough up some money to repay the family. He gained entrance into the woman s home at approximately 9 a.m. this morning and held her at gunpoint, demanding that she write out a $250,000 check to donate to his cause. A tenant called the woman as she was in the process of writing out the check.

Concerned that she didn t sound quite right, he called the woman s son, who in turned called his mother to see what was going on. She somehow conveyed that she was not alone and that all was not right with the world. The police were called.

The son called the tenant back, he caused a commotion trying to break into the house, frightening Robber #2 off. Sometime later, the police finally arrive.

#2 is still on the loose at this time.

Comments

[tom]

It appears it is time this person arm themselves