cops nab a hunter?

kalle · Post by **kalle** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:31 pm

I train my English by reading English-language newspaper. I find this story

Reuters

WASHINGTON -- A man carrying a sword and a shotgun was arrested a block from the Capitol on Friday, but there were no shots fired or injuries, police said.

Michael Steven Gorbey, a 38-year-old with a long criminal record, was arrested and has been charged as a felon in possession of a firearm, police said. Other charges are pending.

Gorbey did not resist arrest after he was apprehended walking in the direction of the Capitol, police said.

"The officers were able to apprehend him quite easily," said U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman Sergeant Kimberly Schneider.

She said Gorbey's residence was unknown and that there were several addresses associated with his name.

"He's got an extensive criminal record," Schneider said.

She did not provide details about where Gorbey might have been going or what he meant to do when he got there.

"He could have been headed anywhere," she said.

Police with dogs cordoned off several blocks as a bomb squad inspected Gorbey's pickup truck, parked just a block from Senate office buildings and three blocks from the Capitol.

Schneider said there were "items of concern" inside the truck. She declined to identify the items, which are still under investigation. Police removed the vehicle from the area.

GhostSpider · Post by **GhostSpider** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:20 pm

Entirely possible.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:57 pm

Poor guy. I wonder what that "criminal record" actually said...

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:41 pm

My previous identity had quite a long criminal record.

But no, not connected to this guy.

Not found any signs of anyone else walking my beat either.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:51 pm

A wannabe?

If he was on to something I can see having his weapons out but he didn't seem to be on to anything since he didn't seem to mind being stopped by the cops.

DC's full of shit though.

Razor · Post by **Razor** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:13 pm

Could be a hunter, yes. Perhaps we should look into this?

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:12 pm

Ted's told me that thy nabbed this guy for much more mundane reasons - if he is a hunter he's kept his mouth wisely shut about it.

Insanity defence only works so well.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:35 am

One can imagine what they found on him that they aren't talking about.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:00 pm

Well, I'd say carrying a sword and shotgun down the street isn't quite a supernatural explanation for his being arrested. But I doubt that he'd just say "Oh, I'm off killing nightmare creatures" if he's any real hunter. I think his silence says it all. (to quote bad poetry)

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:09 pm

The strange this is that he had his weapons out. That doesn't happen unless the shit's about to hit the fan.

He was on to something when the cops interrupted.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:08 pm

Perhaps.

However there are more than a few people who carry weapons openly in this town, just usually not outside of the Blight

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:31 pm

Yea. Would like to see what they took off of him.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:07 pm

Nothing extraordinary has been released to the papers yet.

Not that it means anything.

Logan · Post by **Logan** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:27 pm

My bet is as follows. Local resident sees hunter with firearms and a blade and wisely calls law enforcement. Law enforcement picks up ther hunter, who wisely does not resist because he's "one of the good guys". Now this is where things take a few different routes.

1. Everyone in the know stays out of it and lets the process run it's course, hunter winds up with 5-30 on weapons charges and gets out too old to be much of a threat to anyone - or anything. Nasties loose because the hunter lives. Society loses because the hunter has been effectively retired.

2. For public appearance everything runs like a repeat of case one, with one minor exception. The hunter winds up in a mental health facility for a prolonged (often indefinate) stay where he recieves the best treatments science can find to try to help "cure" his "delusions and hallucinations".
Nasties win, because the hunter is not allowed to return to his trade while he still belives it to be of importance.

3. Again looking like #'s 1 and 2 only after a short stay a few strings get pulled, and the hunter is realeased, either by a carefully assembled parol board, or by evidence being crafted that clears the hunter. Frequently the hunter would recieve a visit reminding him to keep his activities a bit more quietly. Nasties lose across the board since the hunter is merely inconvienenced.

4. The hunter just "dissapears" after being placed into the system and one of the agencies that works on such things gets a new agent to fight the good fight, and help keep things from boiling out into the streets.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:21 pm

Well it's been all quiet since the arrest.

I suspect they didn't find anything they could book him on and released.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:18 pm

Let's hope that he's helping someone else, then.

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