Armed woman outflanks home invader.On January 27, sheriff's office dispatchers in Unicoi County, Tennessee Unicoi County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2000, the population is 17,667. Its county seat is Erwin6. Unicoi is a Cherokee Native American word meaning "white," "hazy," "fog-like," or "fog draped. , received a phone call from an Erwin woman who said she was holding a man at gunpoint outside her home. The 56-year-old homeowner, whose name was withheld by authorities, had heard someone break through a porch door and begin kicking in her front door. Grabbing a handgun and a cordless phone A wireless telephone that transmits to and receives signals from a base station within a range of a few hundred feet. Cordless phones are for local use and cannot travel long distances as can cellphones and satellite phones. See DECT and multihandset cordless. , she went out the back door, crept around the house, and confronted the intruder, Kersten Von Seebach, in the front yard. After firing a warning shot over his head, she called the sheriff's office. Sheriff Kent Harris recalled for the January 28 Johnson City Johnson City. 1 Village (1990 pop. 16,890), Broome co., S N.Y., in a tricity area including Endicott and Binghamton; inc. 1892. It has been noted for its Endicott-Johnson shoes. Press that the woman "didn't seem that shook up when we got there. She was just mad, and rightly so. I normally don't condone condone v. 1) to forgive, support, and/or overlook moral or legal failures of another without protest, with the result that it appears that such breaches of moral or legal duties are acceptable. confronting someone breaking into your house, but he had busted through one door and was coming through another. I would have done the same thing." A loaded 12-gauge shotgun and a machete were found in Seebach's vehicle. He was charged with aggravated burglary, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of schedule II drugs This is a list of Schedule II drugs under the Controlled Substances Act for the United States. Required findings for drugs to be placed in this schedule: [1]
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