And not a shot was fired.On April 12, a neighbor alerted Ronnie Breland and his son, Joshua, that trespassers had been seen in an area of Mobile County, Alabama Mobile County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of a tribe of Indians, the Maubila tribe (see Mobilian). As of 2003 its population was 399,747. Its county seat is Mobile. , where Mr. Breland owns some land. Mr. Breland and Joshua, who was armed with a handgun, immediately drove to the property. When they arrived, two men (later identified as Scottie Pauley and Edward Elmore) were standing near a truck obscured by trees, cooking methamphetamine methamphetamine (mĕth'ămfĕt`əmēn): see amphetamine; methedrine. . As the Brelands approached, one of the trespassers scurried into the woods while the other, holding a gun, began raising his arm. Joshua Breland raised his own gun as his father yelled, "Hit the ground or die." The interloper, wisely choosing the first option, lowered his gun and hit the dirt Verb 1. hit the dirt - fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger; "The soldiers hit the dirt when they heard gunfire" hit the deck move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" while his accomplice accomplice: see accessory. , crawling on his belly, re-emerged from the woods and also surrendered. Joshua held Pauley and Elmore at gunpoint while his father bound their hands and feet. After Mobile County sheriff's deputies took charge of the drug-making duo, they were charged with second-degree criminal trespass trespass, in law, any physical injury to the person or to property. In English common law the action of trespass first developed (13th cent.) to afford a remedy for injuries to property. and manufacturing methamphetamine. |
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