[DeTomaso] Pantera owner in shootout with Burglar

[Peter Havlik]

Kudos to Jay Leone.
In Canada, it would not have turned out this well. In our country, the Liberal Party under Pierre Trudeau turned the justice system on its head back in the 1970s. Now, when a crime occurs, the institutional culture within the police and prosecutorial services, among criminology academics and among members of the legal profession in general, is to blame society or the victim (anybody but the criminal). Criminals are considered the true victims because the people they prey on did not cough up enough tax dollars for programs and services.
Let me give you a few recent Canadian examples of what happens when you allow bleeding heart liberals and ivory tower academics to run your justice system (the following event descriptions are copied from Canadian media accounts):
Example One:
Ontario resident Ian Thomson awoke last August to three individuals firebombing his home while shouting death threats. Thomson, a former firearms instructor, retrieved a legally owned handgun and fired over the heads of the attackers. Security cameras captured the incident for police and Crown prosecutors to review.
For his efforts Mr. Thomson had his guns confiscated and faced criminal prosecution. 
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/01/20/man-faces-jail-after-protecting-home-from-masked-attackers/

Example Two:

Toronto grocer David Chen faced criminal charges and several loopy days in court for apprehending and holding a multi-convicted thug engaged in theft from Mr. Chen’s business.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/david-chen-hero-grocer-was-left-on-his-own/article1778679/

Example Three:

Lawrence Manzer of New Brunswick, a former member of Canada’s military, currently faces criminal charges for assisting his neighbour Brian Fox, also a retired member of this nation’s armed forces. Fox and Manzer were victims of break-ins and vandalism who made the help call to police. ‘Sorry, we can’t take action unless the perpetrators are caught in the act’ they were told.
Today Lawrence Manzer relates how not long after he heard a commotion at Fox’s home and rushed outside with an unloaded shotgun to assist his neighbour, who had confronted three individuals on his property. Drunken teens it turned out, one of whom received a fine.
Brian Fox was arrested for assault, another charge eventually dropped. Lawrence Manzer continues to face possession of a weapon for a purpose dangerous to public peace criminal prosecution.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/11/23/nb-men-charged-confronting-vandals.html

Example Four:
Toronto police have arrested two men after a break-in in the northwest end of the city. On Sunday, a man was walking his girlfriend home late at night when they saw signs that her home had been broken into. The man then entered the home and found an intruder inside. A struggle ensued and the intruder suffered numerous stab wounds. The intruder was hospitalized and charged with break and enter. The man, 28-year-old Moses Mahilal, has been charged with aggravated assault.

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/08/03/matt-gurney-maybe-canada-should-have-a-castle-doctrine/

Example Five:

Yesterday morning at Taber provincial court, Singleton, 46, entered a not-guilty plea, after he was charged by the RCMP with assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm. The charges stemmed from a May 29 home invasion, when Singleton struck one of the suspects twice with the blunt end of a hatchet.

http://www.tabertimes.com/news/local-news/777-singleton-case-headed-to-trial.html

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Some time ago, I advertised a Pantera for sale for a guy named Jay Leone.

Jay was almost 90, and needed to move the car to a new home.

Here is the car:

http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/RTHPNMY04564/RTHPNMY04564.asp

Anyway I just read a news report:

http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/90-year-old-man-fends-attempted-burglary-during-sh/nGFxD/

GREENBRAE, Calif. - 
A Marin County burglar picked the wrong house to target late Wednesday morning when he
ended up in a gun battle with a 90-year-old World War II-veteran that left both men
hospitalized.

At around 10:45 a.m., police said the intruder -- 30-year-old Samuel Cutrufelli -- may
have been trying to commit a burglary that turned into a shootout with elderly but
well-armed property owner Jay Leone at the house on Via La Cumbre.

"He was home alone when his door was kicked open," Twin Cities Police Sgt. Mike Norton
told KTVU. "The suspect entered and basically took him captive. The victim was able at one
point to arm himself with a firearm and shoot the suspect three times. The suspect had his
own fire arm. He was able to shoot the victim one time."

Police say the suspect fled, but called police less than a mile away, claiming to have
shot himself accidentally.

KTVU spoke with a woman who was just steps away when the shooting started. Sara Navon
rents a downstairs room in the house where the shooting took place.

She said she was not surprised that her landlord -- a former military man who also worked
in law enforcement -- fought off the suspected intruder with deadly force.

Navon didn't know it at first, but her 90-year-old landlord was in a fight for his life
just one floor above her in the Greenbrae home where they both live.

"I shouted for him 'Jay! Jay!'" said Navon.

Leone had been shot in the face, but Navon said his act of bravery made good on a promise
he made to her years ago.

"He always told me," remembered Navon. "Sometimes I would be scared. He said 'Don't worry.
I'm above and I have a weapon. I was the best sniper.  I'm good.' And I said 'Ok!'"

Police said both men are in stable condition at Marin General Hospital.

The suspect Cutrufelli will be charged with burglary and attempted murder.