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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Burglar ends up flat on his back in yard after brawl with NC homeowner
2017-06-21
[Charlotte Observer] If the mugshot is any indication, an alleged burglar got more than he bargained for during an attempted break in at a Carolina Beach home.

Police say they found 28-year-old John Alexander Bracken lying in the front yard of the home, and he looked like he’d been run over by a truck.

Wilmington TV station WECT says the beating occurred when Bracken attempted to break into a home on Monroe Avenue in Carolina Beach, about 9 p.m. Saturday.

Police told the station Bracken kicked in the front door, expecting no one was home. But a resident was inside and reached the door just as Bracken walked in.

A fight ensued and Bracken ended up flat on his back in the yard. Bracken was taken to a hospital for treatment of his injuries, media outlets have reported.

The resident was uninjured, it was reported.

TV station WWAY reports Bracken was taken to the New Hanover County Jail and placed under a $7,500 bond. He was out of jail Monday.
Posted by:Besoeker

#16  :-)
Posted by: Frank G   2017-06-21 21:39  

#15  Homeowner:

Right handed (_X__)
Left handed (____)
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-06-21 21:38  

#14  It might have been that wonderful and brilliant invention.....the clueX4".

As for cast iron skillet, unless they just gave him a love tap with it, he'd be pushing up daisies.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2017-06-21 21:36  

#13  Whacked with a water ski?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-06-21 20:09  

#12  Something broad and flat, in any case.

Hillary will do anything for money huh.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-06-21 19:53  

#11  I'm thinking either the sole of a shoe, or a repeated strikes of well-placed knee. Something broad and flat, in any case.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-06-21 18:46  

#10  Cast iron skillet, Pappy?
Posted by: Albemarle Dingle5877   2017-06-21 17:08  

#9  "Knock Knock"
"Who's there?"
"A dumbass"
"I was wondering when you'd get here..."
Posted by: ed in texas   2017-06-21 15:07  

#8  "And it's one, two, three and you're out
At the old ball game!"
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-06-21 11:54  

#7  Judging by the injuries, it was something wider than a baseball bat.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-06-21 11:50  

#6  Not if he held the baseball bat correctly.
Posted by: Bobby   2017-06-21 10:41  

#5  The resident was uninjured, it was reported.

Bet his knuckles are sore though.
Posted by: jpal   2017-06-21 08:44  

#4  Resident really put a can of whupass on Bracken. Who was the resident; a MMA champion?
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-06-21 07:26  

#3  I believe young John Bracken has learned a bitter lesson, one I sincerely hope he never forgets.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-06-21 03:36  

#2  That is what we call in the south an "ass whoopin"
Posted by: chris   2017-06-21 02:56  

#1  Looks like the homeowner missed a spot.
Posted by: gorb   2017-06-21 00:20  

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