Man shot in leg during attempted Wrightsboro Road home invasion

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Posted: 11:23 AM Sep 11, 2008
Last Updated: 11:28 AM Sep 11, 2008
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September 10, 2008

AUGUSTA, Ga. --- Investigators tell News 12 an 18-year-old with a butcher knife was trying to get into a house on the 14 hundred block of Wrightsboro Road.

Deputies say the homeowner shot the intruder in the left leg with a 12gauge shotgun.

The teen is recovering at MCG. At this time no charges have been filed.

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Posted by: perry Location: augusta on Sep 14, 2008 at 09:12 AM
i agree with you j-rod and Arthur. The costs of the expenses should be on the criminal to include the damage done to the home owner's place. The thief should have to pay back the state for medical and the homeowner for damage due to him breaking in. I'd rather my tax money go to the homeowner than to the medical care of a thief.

Posted by: Barney Fife Location: Mayberry on Sep 12, 2008 at 05:05 PM
The teen is recovering at MCG. At this time no charges have been filed. There should be no charges against the homeowner, but why were there no charges against the armed home invader? Is the police department being run by a former San Francisco or DC police chief?

Posted by: J-rod Location: martinez on Sep 11, 2008 at 03:02 PM
haha.. good stuff.. a guy killed one of these no good thugs a few months back in columbia, sc. He was remodeling the house late one night, and awoke to a fella coming in through the window. Sorry to say (pardon the sarcasm) that his face didn't fare all too well against the force of a 12 gauge... nor did his chest... sorry to say (seriously this time) that he'll have to redo all of the carpet and buy new shells and clean his gun.. even dead these "no goods" find a way to cost us good people money.. good shot guy.. and don't give me that "oh he had a family and this was someone's son" b.s., because in the next story about someone getting off for molesting a child, or a 6th offence drunk driver killing someone and getting a fine, you'll be the first to chime in for "harsher punishment and death penalties...".. this guy just saved us time and money. I say we go back to capital punishment, public hangings, and a 1 or 2 year max stay on death row if the offender pleads guilty or insanity!

Posted by: JOMO Location: usa on Sep 11, 2008 at 02:51 PM
HA...thats what you call going for wool and getting shorn. Cool.

Posted by: lm Location: Augusta on Sep 11, 2008 at 02:05 PM
WHOO HOO! Break in my house, you'll wish you got shot in the leg. America Fights back!

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 11, 2008 at 01:41 PM
go homeowner we have to do what ever it takes where this teen parents

Posted by: Robert Location: North Augusta on Sep 11, 2008 at 01:05 AM
He is lucky to be alive!I would have blasted him and repumped!

Posted by: Arthur Location: Augusta on Sep 11, 2008 at 12:03 AM
We need better gun control. If the victim had practice better gun control then taxpayers would not be burdened with medical and legal expenses. Shoot to kill. The cops are still only going to do paperwork.

Posted by: timereader Location: augusta on Sep 10, 2008 at 09:46 PM
good for the homeowner

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