Couple make burglar clean their home at gunpoint
An American couple turned the tables on a burglar they caught ransacking their home by dispensing their own summary justice.
Without waiting for the law to arrive, the pair doled out their own punishment to the surprised criminal - they made him clean up the house at gunpoint!
The unlucky burglar was caught red-handed when Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon returned to their house near Montgomery, Alabama, after a week away.
To their dismay they discovered their home had been plundered.
“Tears just rolled down my face as I walked in and saw everything gone and piles of trash all over my home,” Mrs. McKinnon told her local newspaper the Montgomery Advertiser.
When her husband walked into another room to check what was missing he came face to face with the burglar, who was wearing one of Mr. McKinnon’s hats.
“My husband Adrian caught the thief red-handed in our home. And what is even crazier, the man even had my husband’s hat sitting right on his head,” Mrs. McKinnon said.
Mr. McKinnon held suspect Tajuan Bullock at gunpoint and made him sit down 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,” Mrs. McKinnon said.
When the police arrived the work-shy burglar had the cheek to complain to them - about having to clean up his mess at gunpoint.
“This man had the nerve to raise sand about us making him clean up the mess he made in my house,” said Mrs McKinnon.
But the police officer laughed at Bullock when he complained and told him that anybody else would have shot him dead.
Bullock was arrested on burglary and theft charges and was held in Montgomery County Detention Facility.
A police spokesman said the victims were lucky to be able to catch the suspect in the act and hold him until police arrived. It was an unusual case because usually burglars struck while the homeowner was away and were in and out fast so they could quickly sell the stolen items, the spokesman added.
February 11th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Should have made him clean the house and THEN shot him, like the officer said.
February 12th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Heh. That’s Alabama homeowners for you. I’d love to see the look on the thief’s face.
February 13th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
WTF is “raise sand”?
February 13th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Now these people are great! This is how it should be done.
February 13th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Thankfully the police were sane and logical and understood instead of allowing a criminal to sue his victim
February 14th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Oh my god, the burglar stole a bunch of useless shit we don’t need and was going to sell it? It’s called the class war, people. What a couple of gutless materialists. I hope someone robs them blind.
February 15th, 2009 at 2:59 am
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February 15th, 2009 at 3:08 am
awesome!
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February 15th, 2009 at 3:44 am
Good for the McKinnon’s. Another crime stopped by law abiding American gun owners. They could have easily shot the low life thief and saved themselves the hassle of a court trial. Unfortunately the scum will probably find a scum lawyer willing to sue the McKinnon’s. I hope to hell that doesn’t happen to these brave people.
February 15th, 2009 at 4:26 am
HAHAHAH! Oh, wow. Epic justice maneuver.
February 15th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
They should have made him clean up his mess and then shot him.
February 16th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
It just goes to show, you can’t be too careful.
February 25th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
this is so cool.. kudos to the home owners……….glad he was there & not in this state,,,,,,,,,he would have met the bad end of a bullet,I do think
March 30th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
HA Haaaaa, I would have made him do a few extra chores as well!
May 20th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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June 18th, 2009 at 2:55 am
Way to go!
June 18th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
interesting…very interesting
June 21st, 2009 at 3:04 am
Justice. Pure, simple, priceless - justice.
July 15th, 2009 at 2:01 am
Yeah, that sounds like kidnapping to me.
July 26th, 2009 at 6:49 am
these people are my heroes! ahahaha!