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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Houston Store Owner Kills 3 Robbers
2010-12-17
I love these feel-good stories ...
HOUSTON -- A jewelry store owner shot and killed three robbery suspects Thursday afternoon, police said.
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The robbers died at the scene.
Has a nice ring to it.
"He was well-equipped to take care of the problem," said Fil Waters with the Houston Police Department.
That he was, and it wasn't all the hardware either.
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Police said that a fourth possible suspect was wearing a construction worker uniform. He was described as being in his 20s with a short buzz-cut and a thin face. Investigators said he left the scene in a brown or gold car, possibly a Nissan Sentra.
....and is still running unless I miss my guess.
No customers were inside the store. The owner's wife was not injured.

An investigation is under way.
We wish Mr. Castillo a speedy recovery and thank him for the enormous sum he has saved the taxpayers.
Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy

#4  In that a rough guess for the cost of incarcerating a violent criminal is $30k/yr, not including trial, which can run upwards of $100k for each, the total savings to the taxpayer, assuming that each of the three got 20 years for just the armed robbery, not including the homicide, would be:

$2,100,000. Feel free to check my math.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-12-17 11:02  

#3  Don't Mess With Texas.
Posted by: wr   2010-12-17 10:07  

#2  ...that's because in "much of the country" it's not his 'property', but rather he is simply viewed as a steward of the state's property in good socialist terminology. Texans still hold that its his property. Quaint 17th-18th Century concept upon which the modern West was built.
Posted by: P2kontheroad   2010-12-17 09:32  

#1  Being this was Texas, Mr. Castillo has a good chance of remaining free; in much of the country (& world) he would be looking at hard prison time. After all, 'armed robbery is not a capital offense and he is not jury, judge & executioner.'
Posted by: Glenmore   2010-12-17 06:57  

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