[meteorite-list] meteorite news -2 arrested update (Dude-- Where's My Car edition)

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:48:44 -0500
Message-ID: <3ak8t417l2ravohtifr5nsas23v7r8v6q6_at_4ax.com>

Finally, a detailed account:

http://www.wjbf.com/jbf/news/crime/article/meteorite_hunters_jailed_in_burke_county_for_trespassing/12297/

The True Citizen | Liz Billups
Published: April 1, 2009

Burke County, GA?According to ?The True Citizen,? two Southwestern meteorite
hunters found fame they weren?t searching for.

Just one week after Las Vegas meteorite hunter Ralph ?Sonny? Clary, Jr. was
interviewed by WJBF News Channel 6, he and Arizona hunter, Michael William
Miller, were arrested for criminal trespass in Burke County.

According to officers, the pair was searching for debris from the big March 20th
meteorite sighting, when they zeroed in on a farm in the northern portion of the
county, without permission.

?They went from famous to infamous,? one ranger said, after the pair was carted
off to jail.

The landowner called authorities, Monday morning, when she saw a strange Kia Rio
parked on her property, and suspected poachers. DNR rangers say they were thrown
off by the tiny white compact car, which is not popular among turkey hunters,
but backed the landowner?s suspicions when they saw camouflage clothing inside.

After an unproductive search in the nearby woods, the landowner had the Kia
towed.

The landowner and meteorite hunters came face to face when they came out of the
woods and found their car missing. They knocked on her door for help; she
ordered them to stay put, then both parties began simultaneously calling the
cops.

Clary and Miller told officers they hadn?t damaged anything and just wanted to
pay the towing bill, and be on their way. The landowner said the men were
profiteering on her property, without permission, and that she wanted them
prosecuted ?to the fullest extent.?

The suspects are scheduled to appear in state court, Wednesday morning.

Would-be criminals should probably take heed. Last October, the same homeowner,
at age 66, held two burglars face-down in the dirt with her pistol while she
waited for deputies to come arrest them.
Received on Thu 02 Apr 2009 01:48:44 AM PDT