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Dave
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Posted: Sun Jan 15th, 2006 01:22 pm |
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Marc - Sadly, I'd have to agree...
I think that the cop should sue the parents for allowing the kid to have something like that and putting him in that situation...
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Sun Jan 15th, 2006 01:21 pm |
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Dave wrote: Attorney: Cops were told gun likely fake
Items compiled from Tribune news services
Published January 15, 2006
LONGWOOD, FLORIDA -- The parents of a 15-year-old boy accused of terrorizing classmates with a pistol warned authorities the weapon likely was fake before police shot him in a middle school bathroom, a family attorney said Saturday.
Christopher Penley of Winter Springs reportedly brandished the gun in a classroom and roamed the grounds before a SWAT team member shot him in a bathroom, authorities said.
Officers who went to the suburban Orlando school believed the gun was a Beretta 9mm and did not learn until after the shooting that it was a pellet gun.
The parents, Ralph and Donna Penley, were in contact with authorities during the incident and told them the weapon was likely fake, said family attorney Mark Nation. Ralph Penley went to the school to try to talk his son out of the situation. The boy was clinically brain dead Saturday and his organs were being harvested, Nation said. What a shame..
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marc
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Posted: Sun Jan 15th, 2006 01:18 pm |
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| Ten to one says the parents will sue the toy company and probably the police....I hope I am wrong....
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Dave
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Posted: Sun Jan 15th, 2006 01:15 pm |
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Attorney: Cops were told gun likely fake
Items compiled from Tribune news services
Published January 15, 2006
LONGWOOD, FLORIDA -- The parents of a 15-year-old boy accused of terrorizing classmates with a pistol warned authorities the weapon likely was fake before police shot him in a middle school bathroom, a family attorney said Saturday.
Christopher Penley of Winter Springs reportedly brandished the gun in a classroom and roamed the grounds before a SWAT team member shot him in a bathroom, authorities said.
Officers who went to the suburban Orlando school believed the gun was a Beretta 9mm and did not learn until after the shooting that it was a pellet gun.
The parents, Ralph and Donna Penley, were in contact with authorities during the incident and told them the weapon was likely fake, said family attorney Mark Nation. Ralph Penley went to the school to try to talk his son out of the situation. The boy was clinically brain dead Saturday and his organs were being harvested, Nation said.
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Randy in Pensacola
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 10:26 pm |
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What a tragic turn of events. Belive me, Im no police sympathizer, but some cop now has to live with the consquences of an idiot. The cop was just doing his job as he was trained..........
Abo wrote:
Hey Man. Sorry for sure. Seems like he asked for it.... IMHO. May he rest in peace. Abo
Deputies Shoot Teen Accused Of Toting Look-Alike Handgun
POSTED: 10:39 am EST January 13, 2006
LONGWOOD, Fla. -- It was in an instant, with a SWAT team surrounding him, that Christopher David Penley slipped into an alcove in a school bathroom and raised what officers believed was a black 9 mm Beretta handgun, authorities said.
Moments later, a deputy shot him.
The 15-year-old had been holding what turned out to be a pellet gun, authorities said. He was on advanced life support Friday night, and the hospital refused to release any information Saturday morning.
At a news conference following the shooting Friday at suburban Orlando's Milwee Middle School, authorities put the weapon side-by-side with a Beretta. It appeared to have black paint covering the red or pink markings on the muzzle that may have indicated to officers that it was a nonlethal weapon.
"As you can see, it doesn't take a professional to see how close this looks to the real thing. I would not be able to tell the difference," said Joyce Dawley, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement special agent in charge of the investigation.
Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger said the incident began about 9:38 a.m., when another student saw Penley with the weapon and struggled with him for it. Pointing the gun at the other student's back, Penley directed him to a closet, dimmed the lights and left the classroom, Eslinger said.
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Abo
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 10:21 pm |
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Hey Man. Sorry for sure. Seems like he asked for it.... IMHO. May he rest in peace. Abo
Deputies Shoot Teen Accused Of Toting Look-Alike Handgun
POSTED: 10:39 am EST January 13, 2006
LONGWOOD, Fla. -- It was in an instant, with a SWAT team surrounding him, that Christopher David Penley slipped into an alcove in a school bathroom and raised what officers believed was a black 9 mm Beretta handgun, authorities said.
Moments later, a deputy shot him.
The 15-year-old had been holding what turned out to be a pellet gun, authorities said. He was on advanced life support Friday night, and the hospital refused to release any information Saturday morning.
At a news conference following the shooting Friday at suburban Orlando's Milwee Middle School, authorities put the weapon side-by-side with a Beretta. It appeared to have black paint covering the red or pink markings on the muzzle that may have indicated to officers that it was a nonlethal weapon.
"As you can see, it doesn't take a professional to see how close this looks to the real thing. I would not be able to tell the difference," said Joyce Dawley, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement special agent in charge of the investigation.
Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger said the incident began about 9:38 a.m., when another student saw Penley with the weapon and struggled with him for it. Pointing the gun at the other student's back, Penley directed him to a closet, dimmed the lights and left the classroom, Eslinger said.
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marc
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 09:11 pm |
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Fla. Eighth-Grader Shot by Deputies Dies
By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer
A reportedly suicidal teenager who was shot by police while brandishing a pellet gun in his middle school has died of his injuries, his family's spokeswoman said Saturday.
Kelly Swofford, a neighbor who had been with the family all morning, stood outside their home and confirmed that 15-year-old Christopher Penley had died.
"They want to donate his organs because that is what Chris would want," Swofford said. "The family is devastated, just devastated."
Penley, of Winter Springs, was accused of pulling the pellet gun in a classroom Friday and pointing it at other students before forcing one into a closet, then leading deputies and SWAT team members on a chase that ended in a school bathroom.
When he raised the gun at a deputy, a SWAT team member shot him, authorities said.
Officers who had responded to the 1,100-student school in suburban Orlando believed the gun was a Beretta 9mm, and didn't learn until after the shooting that it was a pellet gun.
Police had said Friday night that the boy was on "advanced life support." The hospital refused to release any information Saturday.
"Everybody in the whole neighborhood is really upset," Paul Cavallini, who lives across the street from the Penleys, said Saturday. "He was a quiet kid — polite and everything. He was just a normal teenager."
However, friends and investigators say he was also bullied and emotionally distraught, and went to school that day expecting to die.
Patrick Lafferty, a 15-year-old neighbor who has known Penley about six years, said he wasn't surprised by what happened. He said Penley was a loner who "told me he wanted to kill himself dozens of times."
"He would put his headphones on and walk up and down the street and he would work out a lot," preferring to keep to himself, Lafferty said.
Swofford said the boy had run away from home several times. Her 11-year-old son, Jeffery Swofford, said Penley had said he had something planned.
"He said `I hope I die today because I don't really like my life,'" Jeffery Swofford said.
At a news conference following the shooting Friday at suburban Orlando's Milwee Middle School, authorities put the pellet gun side-by-side with a Beretta. It appeared to have black paint covering the red or pink markings on the muzzle that may have indicated to officers that it was a nonlethal weapon.
"As you can see, it doesn't take a professional to see how close this looks to the real thing. I would not be able to tell the difference," said Joyce Dawley, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement special agent in charge of the investigation.
Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger said the incident began about 9:38 a.m., when another student saw Penley with the weapon and struggled with him for it. Pointing the gun at the other student's back, Penley directed him to a closet, dimmed the lights and left the classroom, Eslinger said.
The school went into lockdown.
From there, the sheriff said, Penley traversed the school campus before ending up in a bathroom. By then, more than 40 officers, including SWAT and negotiators, were on scene. He refused to drop the firearm, Eslinger said, and was shot after pointing it at a SWAT deputy.
"The student said he was going to kill himself or die," Eslinger said.
Jeffery Swofford said Penley had been in a disagreement with someone, allegedly over a girl. There was going to be a fight Friday, he said. "I heard a rumor that he had a BB gun, but I didn't think he really had one," he added.
At the school Friday, Marie Hargis, whose son and daughter attend Milwee, held a sign that read "Stop the violence."
"My youngest daughter is just very emotionally messed up," she said. "She started crying and said, `Mommy, I don't want to go back.' They should not fear having to go to school."
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 06:37 pm |
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Babe wrote: Randy in Pensacola wrote: Mikey wrote: Dave wrote: Randy was off-line when all that was goin' on. And if I change one of your posts, it says "Last Edited By..." at the bottom...
I'm bettin' it was Mikey...  Ok....now wait a minute...dont go draggin me into your evil little game..LMAO...and Dave...all ya gotta do is uncheck the "show edited by" box... I knew that. I think I have to admit, I am the culprit alright........Now go and cop a feel of Babes behind while youre at it.....LMAO Sure looks like you DID! I want some of what Randy is on.
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Babe
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 04:51 pm |
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Randy in Pensacola wrote: Mikey wrote: Dave wrote: Randy was off-line when all that was goin' on. And if I change one of your posts, it says "Last Edited By..." at the bottom...
I'm bettin' it was Mikey... Ok....now wait a minute...dont go draggin me into your evil little game..LMAO...and Dave...all ya gotta do is uncheck the "show edited by" box... I knew that. I think I have to admit, I am the culprit alright........Now go and cop a feel of Babes behind while youre at it.....LMAO Sure looks like you DID!
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Randy in Pensacola
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 04:50 pm |
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Dave wrote: Mikey wrote:
Dave wrote: Randy was off-line when all that was goin' on. And if I change one of your posts, it says "Last Edited By..." at the bottom...
I'm bettin' it was Mikey... Ok....now wait a minute...dont go draggin me into your evil little game..LMAO...and Dave...all ya gotta do is uncheck the "show edited by" box...
I never noticed that box before. I don't pay a lot of attention to the checkboxes...
Sorry Mikey, I guess that since Randy admitted doing it, you won't get in trouble... I didnt admit shit.........
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Babe
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 04:45 pm |
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| RANDY!!! jeeze! And here all along I thought it was DAVE!! Sorry Dave!
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Dave
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 04:31 pm |
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Mikey wrote:
Dave wrote: Randy was off-line when all that was goin' on. And if I change one of your posts, it says "Last Edited By..." at the bottom...
I'm bettin' it was Mikey... Ok....now wait a minute...dont go draggin me into your evil little game..LMAO...and Dave...all ya gotta do is uncheck the "show edited by" box...
I never noticed that box before. I don't pay a lot of attention to the checkboxes...
Sorry Mikey, I guess that since Randy admitted doing it, you won't get in trouble...
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Randy in Pensacola
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 04:26 pm |
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Babe wrote: You guys really shouldnt have drug Mike into this.....LOL Mikey is on drugs too???? wow, we have our own Vtwin pharmcutical line yet?
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Babe
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 02:59 pm |
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| Randy....yer still on drugs...yer not up to this yet...LOL Its gonna mess with yer head too much. You better go back to bed! LOL
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Babe
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 02:56 pm |
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| You guys really shouldnt have drug Mike into this.....LOL
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Randy in Pensacola
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 02:55 pm |
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Mikey wrote: Dave wrote: Randy was off-line when all that was goin' on. And if I change one of your posts, it says "Last Edited By..." at the bottom...
I'm bettin' it was Mikey... Ok....now wait a minute...dont go draggin me into your evil little game..LMAO...and Dave...all ya gotta do is uncheck the "show edited by" box... I knew that. I think I have to admit, I am the culprit alright........Now go and cop a feel of Babes behind while youre at it.....LMAO
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Babe
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 02:54 pm |
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| ROTFLMAO!! Go Mikey !! And I dont cry on his shoulder....lol....I stalk around swearing n grumbling....LOL Pattin me on the ass, is prolly the last thing he wants to do!
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Mikey
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 02:51 pm |
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Dave wrote: Randy was off-line when all that was goin' on. And if I change one of your posts, it says "Last Edited By..." at the bottom...
I'm bettin' it was Mikey... Ok....now wait a minute...dont go draggin me into your evil little game..LMAO...and Dave...all ya gotta do is uncheck the "show edited by" box...
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Dave
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 02:36 pm |
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| ROTFLMAO!!!!
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Randy in Pensacola
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Posted: Sat Jan 14th, 2006 02:35 pm |
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| I know Dave would change your posts.I don't think it was Mikey tho. But he could get some major brownie points in by letting you cry on his shoulder while he pats you on the ass......LOL
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