Suspected PS3 thief gets iced.

2nd suspect was considered dangerous

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061205/NEWS/61205002

An Internet image of three smiling young men hoisting a shotgun, an assault rifle and handguns might have given New Hanover County sheriff’s deputies cause to believe a suspect in a Nov. 17 robbery of two Sony PlayStation3 game systems from a college student was armed and dangerous...

...Mills is seen holding a shotgun in the Web image from campusblender.com. UNCW police received information that Mills was known to carry a firearm, according to the probable cause statement accompanying the search warrant.

The warrant also states that Strickland was charged Sept. 22 in Wilmington with assault inflicting serious injury, another possible indicator of the potential for violence when police served the warrant...

...UNCW police also received information that one of the stolen PS3 units was sold in an Internet auction, and the other game system could be found at 533 Long Leaf Acres Drive. When police and the ERT Team arrived Friday, Strickland and a roommate, Mike Rhoton, were playing video games. Rhoton said four or five shots were fired...

...Mills was a no-show Monday for a scheduled District Court date. Lawyer Alexander Hall appeared on his behalf. Judge John J. Carroll III set a return court date of Jan. 4. Mills remains free on $30,000 secured bond. When reached at home Monday, wearing a white dress shirt, tie and black slacks, Mills said he had no comment on the robbery...


-Well I wonder if thats how he payed for all that boat restoration, eBaying one of the PS3's he helped steal.
 
I think the real victim in this incident is the guy who's PS3 was stolen.

I figured he used money from stolen shit to pay for his boat too.


AND maybe since this happened, Strickland's friends will think differently and not be such assbags in the future.
 
Click to view Peyton Strickland pix...
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http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/16160668.htm


Some saw trouble

The college boys claimed the only rental house on the street, and neighbors didn't welcome their late-night parties, said Scott Keenan, who lives across Long Leaf Acres Drive.

More than once, Keenan said, he climbed out of bed in the early morning hours to tell the boys to turn down their rap music. Other nights, neighbors called police. "Everybody was sick of that house," Keenan said. "The cops would come and break up a party, then we'd have to call them right back."

Neighbors got quite a scare this fall, Keenan said, when Strickland warned them that a fistfight he'd won might provoke vengeance on their house. "He bragged about beating up some kid, then he told me there might be a shootout at the house," Keenan recalled.

Strickland got into trouble with police in September after a UNCW student complained that Strickland popped his jaw during a fistfight, according to Wilmington Police reports. The victim, Nathan Harrington, 22, of Lee County, said Sunday that Strickland punched him in the face after he asked Strickland, a friend of a friend, to leave his apartment.

Doctors had to wire his mouth shut for six weeks, Harrington said. Strickland was arrested on a charge of assault inflicting serious injury; the case was still pending.

Family friends say these episodes don't jibe with the compassionate and talented young man they knew.
 
I'm a guy who's usually left of center...but not here. These situations are never 100% cut-and-dry, but I'm willing to wager that the police erred on the side of Caution. They know what the reprecussions are if they needlessly go all 'Boondock Saints' on someone.

That said, I think we should wait for more specific details to be released before we get too emotionally invested in one 'side' of this debate or another.

There are people that will come to no good end and are better off dead, I truly believe that. You steal a PS3 from a linesitter, on top of multiple other transgressions? You're probably one of 'em.
 
[quote name='jollydwarf']I'm a guy who's usually left of center...but not here. These situations are never 100% cut-and-dry, but I'm willing to wager that the police erred on the side of Caution. They know what the reprecussions are if they needlessly go all 'Boondock Saints' on someone.

That said, I think we should wait for more specific details to be released before we get too emotionally invested in one 'side' of this debate or another.

There are people that will come to no good end and are better off dead, I truly believe that. You steal a PS3 from a linesitter, on top of multiple other transgressions? You're probably one of 'em.[/QUOTE]

So, the score on your post is that we should wait for more details to come out, but you can then follow that up with your own analysis and presumptions?

gotcha.
 
No matter the details of what happened in the apartment before the shooting OR other details such as prior record or witnesses>

If he had not stolen that PS3 he would not have been in that situation to begin with. There is no argument for that.
 
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Peyton is the middle guy...[/quote]

He should have taken that "talent" and joined the military.

The Army and Marine's need folks to send to Iraq and Afghanistan,
especially infantry men to put on the front lines.

What's that they got there M16,sawed off shot gun and a 22???

Everything is all fun and games until someone gets hurt...pretty
sure the other two aren't laughing now.
 
Shots likely hit door, then teen

Pathologist: Police bullets passed through 'intervening targets'

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/.../NEWS/612060416

Law enforcement officers may have fired through a front door Friday night as sheriff's deputies and University of North Carolina Wilmington police officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Peyton Strickland in connection with the Nov. 17 robbery of two PlayStation 3 game stations from a UNCW student.

Strickland, 18, was shot in the head and right shoulder area and fatally wounded in the house he lived in at 533 Long Leaf Acres Drive. Strickland's death is attributed to a gunshot wound to the head, said Charles L. Garrett, the pathologist who performed the autopsy.

Garrett said Tuesday that the state medical examiner's office in Jacksonville is working with the State Bureau of Investigation in trying to determine at what range the bullets that struck the Cape Fear Community College student were fired from.

"Some of the bullets went through intervening targets, probably the door," Garrett said. Both bullets that struck Strickland passed through him into the house, he added.

New Hanover County Sheriff Sid Causey has refused to divulge the names of the deputies on the sheriff's office Emergency Response Team that served the warrant.

The Star-News and other media outlets will file a complaint today in New Hanover County Superior Court requesting an order compelling disclosure of public records. The names of the three deputies who have been placed on administrative leave, along with the names of the other deputies present when the warrant was served, are sought.

"I am not releasing their names, their address or anything about them until the investigation is complete. If there's anything in the investigation that was done wrong, I will take responsibility for it," Causey said Tuesday. "The investigation is going to be finished soon and we will reveal all the facts."

Causey said he saw postings on several Web sites that threatened harm to the deputies involved in the incident.

"It's stuff like that that's being suggested that concerns me a whole lot when I think somebody is going to go to an officer's house to harm him, his family or anybody else," Causey said.

"When the investigation is finished, we'll review it, and if there is any action that needs to be taken, we'll take it."....
 
After looking at that picture, I would have figured the guy on the left to be gunned down by police after a bell tower sniping. The guy has crazy eyes.
 
Deputy charged with murder in Strickland shooting

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061211/BREAKING/61211004

Cpl. Christopher M. Long has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the Dec. 1 shooting death of Peyton Strickland, District Attorney Ben David said today.

Strickland, 18, was shot in the head and right shoulder area and fatally wounded Dec. 1 in the house he lived in at 533 Long Leaf Acres Drive. Strickland’s death is attributed to a gunshot wound to the head, officials said.

His shooting came as members of the sheriff’s heavily armed and armored Emergency Response Team and UNCW police officers sought to arrest Strickland at his home at 533 Long Leaf Acres Drive. Strickland had been charged in connection with the Nov. 17 robbery of two PlayStation 3 game stations from a UNCW student.

The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting.

On Friday, Sheriff Sid Causey announced that Long had been fired. Long was one of three deputies placed on administrative leave after the shooting. The other two are Sgt. Greg Johnson, Detective Larry Robinson and Long.

David said today that Johnson and Robinson had been cleared in the investigation.

Long, 34, was hired on July 31, 1996, as a New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office deputy.

Long was serving as a corporal, making an annual salary of $43,323.

Long was involved in a shooting incident on Feb. 8, 2001, involving two teenagers in the 1600 block of Queen Street. Long had made a traffic stop and approached the car to ask the occupants about the license plates, which did not match the car.

Long said the driver, 17-year-old Gregory Donell Miller, attempted to run him over before pulling away. Long fired at Miller and 18-year-old Terry Lamar Green, wounding both. Then-District Attorney John Carriker decided in April 2001 that no charges would be filed against Long.

“It was my feeling from the beginning that the shooting was in self-defense, and so now I’m just glad he has been exonerated,” then-Sheriff Sonny Lanier said at the time.

A Superior Court jury convicted Miller later in 2001 of assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer. He and Green were also convicted of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana for just over half an ounce of the drug found by the brake pedal in the car.

Green died in a June 2004 shooting that Wilmington police said was drug-related.


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Edit: On the local news, they just said Long just saw a judge, and some details are now known. Strickland came to the door, looked out, then walked back to the living room. An officer (beside Long) then started hitting the door with the bull ram, to knock it down. Long says he confused that sound, with gunfire, and then opened fire himself. Once inside the dog came after them, and all 3 officers opened fire on it.
 
[UPDATE] Charges dropped against officer! See last two paragraphs.

From Gameestop:

Cop not charged in PS3 shooting
[UPDATE] Charges dropped in case involving police officer fatally shooting teen suspected of stealing PS3s; jury foreman says he "checked the wrong box."
By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UK
Posted Dec 12, 2006 3:59 pm PT
A series of crimes has dogged the US launch of Sony's PlayStation 3. So far in the life of the console, which sells for an average of just under $1,200 on eBay, there have been shootings, muggings, and thefts.

In one instance, a student who had waited in line for three days to get his hands on two of the consoles was battered with a blunt object while unloading the PS3s from his car. The consoles were stolen during the assault. Some two weeks later, police served warrants on two other students suspected of being involved in the assault. During the raid on one of the residences, in which the Emergency Response Team (ERT) was called in to support the campus police, suspect Peyton Strickland was fatally shot.

Christopher Long, who had been a deputy since 1996 and had participated in the raid, was fired from his post on December 8 by Sheriff Sid Causey. Yesterday Long was indicted on a charge of second-degree murder by a New Hanover County grand jury, according to the local paper, The Wilmington Star News.

During the raid, the officers could see into the residence through three glass window panes on the front door. According to an official report, the officers watched Strickland approach the door, look through the window, and then walk away. Previously, Strickland's roommate Michael Rhoton had said that the youth might have been holding a PS3 controller as he approached the door, leading some to speculate that the officers mistook the black object in his hand for a weapon, but no mention was made of the controller in grand jury testimony. It was stated, however, that the student was unarmed.

The officers ordered him to open the door and another sheriff's deputy began using a battering ram to enter the premises. Officer Long confused the sound of the battering ram striking the door with gunfire, and fired shots, the autopsy later reported. Strickland was shot in the shoulder and in the head--the fatal shot had ricocheted off another object into his skull.

Two other deputies, currently on paid leave, have been cleared of any wrongdoing.

[UPDATE] In a dramatic turn of events, murder charges against Long have been dismissed, after the grand jury foreman admitted to incorrectly checking the wrong box that would decide Long's fate.

Upon hearing the news, Strickland's parents released the following statement: "Yesterday, our son's murderer was going to have to answer for what he did. Today, we just don't know what is going on in Wilmington. We are upset, confused and searching for answers."
 
[quote name='keithp']Man, what's with all the sympathy over a dead thief? [/QUOTE]
Um.. just because he stole something doesn't mean he's suddenly not a human.
 
he was still human, but he would still be alive if not for stealing the PS3's. It was his decision and regrettably he is dead. Did he get whet he deserved? I would say a bit more. Do i think he should have died? No, but if he would have went to jail/prison, or was on probation, who's to say he wouldn't do it again? Once a thug, always a thug, and the only good thing about it is that he wont do it again.

I also don't believe the officer did anything wrong, unless he had ties to the victim. Don't think he is off scott free, he will probably never be an officer again and will have this on his back for the rest of his life.
 
[quote name='rutger1413']he was still human, but he would still be alive if not for stealing the PS3's. It was his decision and regrettably he is dead. Did he get whet he deserved? I would say a bit more. Do i think he should have died? No, but if he would have went to jail/prison, or was on probation, who's to say he wouldn't do it again? Once a thug, always a thug, and the only good thing about it is that he wont do it again.

I also don't believe the officer did anything wrong, unless he had ties to the victim. Don't think he is off scott free, he will probably never be an officer again and will have this on his back for the rest of his life.[/QUOTE]

It's good to see you have faith in our criminal justice system; if you believe "once a thug, always a thug," then I recommend you write your congressman and demand that no person ever convicted of any crime ever be released, placed on parole, or put on probation. After all...always a thug, right? Why not incarcerate a theif for life if they're caught?
 
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