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Recent Grad Faces Trespassing Charge After Getting Shot While Stumbling Into Unlocked Home

Drunken 21 Year Old Zoey Ripple Faces Trespassing Charge After Being Shot by Homeowner While Wandering Into Unlocked House

Zoey Ripple was shot after accidentally wandering into an unlocked house while intoxicated

(The Blaze/AP) — A 21-year-old woman who was shot in the hip by a Colorado homeowner after police said she drunkenly wandered into a house now faces a felony trespassing charge, prosecutors said.

Zoey Ripple, who graduated from the University of Colorado earlier this month, entered a couple’s Boulder home through an unlocked door at around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said.

Ripple apparently ignored warnings from the couple that they had a gun and walked into their bedroom. Homeowner Timothy Justice fired one shot in the darkness, police said.

When Justice and his wife switched on the lights, they saw Ripple on the floor with a gunshot wound. They later told police they did not recognize her as anyone they knew.

Officials said preliminary tests showed that her blood alcohol content was above 0.2 at the time of the incident, The Daily Camera reported ( http://bit.ly/JRdmJc ).

Ripple was hospitalized with a fractured hip but has been released and is able to walk, defense attorney Colette Cribari said Saturday.

Cribari said the incident was “out of character” for Ripple, who has volunteered in soup kitchens in Boulder County, helped organize a campus coat drive last winter and spent the summer of 2010 teaching English to children in Guatemala.

“She didn’t enter the house with any intent of committing a crime or harming anyone,” Cribari said. “We’re thankful she was not killed or more seriously hurt, but we’re disappointed they decided to file charges on top of all this.”

Prosecutors will likely file the charge against Ripple next week, the newspaper said. They don’t plan to file charges against Justice – Colorado law allows residents to use deadly force against trespassers who intend to use force.

KSDK has the awkward 911 call:

Justice and his wife, Doreen Orion, are both psychiatrists. According to a 1999 online article in Psychiatric News, Orion was stalked for at least a decade by a schizophrenic woman she treated briefly at an Arizona hospital. The woman followed her to Colorado and moved into the same Boulder neighborhood, the article said.

Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett said his office usually prosecutes about a dozen cases a year involving drunken trespassing.

The main goal in prosecuting such cases is to get defendants treatment for their alcohol habits, he said. The felony trespassing charge can carry a sentence of one to five years in prison, but Garnett said prosecutors often opt for treatment or lesser pleas instead of prison time.

“We try to help the person get the treatment they need for their drinking,” he said.

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  • Constructionist
    Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:42am

    I don’t necessarily disagree with prosecuting this girl but I think it is rather superfluous to prosecute her to make her recognize her alcohol problem. If being so drunk that you end up getting shot for being in the wrong house doesn’t send you a wake up call, nothing will.

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    • Avigdor
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:03am

      This same situation happened to me a few weeks back. I live near a major university as well (will not name it as the kid would be IDed). It was at 3:26 am in the morning, my dogs go nuts. Next thing was there was a young man in our bedroom (no shirt) trying to talk to my dogs (one was trying to “attack” from under the bed). It was clear that he was no threat thus I did not use force. Just tried to calm the dogs. He then walks out.

      We checked the house but he had left. And yes we had left the door unlocked. Our mistake. I call the sheriff’s office and had deputies out there within minutes. Seems after he had left our house, he went two houses down and was ******* on the steps of a neighbor. That guy was up (due to back pain) and came out to ask if the young man “needed assistance”. He called the sheriff as well.

      As best I can figure out, he then went down into a ravine which has coyotes running through it all night. He was picked up by the deputies in the next subdivision (he walked about a quarter mile). BTW, he was over one mile from his apartment. And appeared to be between 0.2 and 0.3 drunk. He woke up in jail with no memory of what he had done.

      I did a little research and found his parents phone number. Had a little talk with his mother (former military). The young man was lucky that he went into my house as I am trained in threat assessment. Had it been one of the more liberal folks in the area, they would have freaked.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:13am

      Wandering? While intoxicated? Stupid!

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    • Bryan B
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:03am

      @Avigdor

      You have a Guardian Angel, that situation could have turned really bad, really fast.

      Anytime your dealing with someone under the influence, be it alcohol or drugs, their demeanor can change like the wind. And it could just as easily went the other way.

      And if I where in your shoes, I would be on the phone to your Sheriff’s Department, and find out why it took that Deputy so-long to get to your house…..

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    • Dr Vel
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:21am

      She may have problems but destroying her life with a felony is out of line. She graduated college, but no one will hire her with a felony record, at least not for any decent job. She has hopefully learned her lesson, being wounded and now realizing what she faces should wake her up. The family could refuse to prosecute and if the state wont allow charges to be dropped they can still refuse to testify thus saving her the total ruin of her life. Being so young she deserves a second chance. The lack of compassion so prevalent in this nation justifies God’s refusal to show any Himself.

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:03am

      She is lucky to be alive, just more proof that the drunk always survives.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 7:39am

      Typical liberal mindset of both the prosecution and the girl.

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    • Ironmen
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 7:55am

      I also live in a college town in central Michigan. A few years ago after to much drinking an intoxicated young man disappeared on foot in February. I found his body after the snow that hid his body in a field had melted in March.

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    • 79USMC83
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 8:22am

      I know this is out of context. I have always wondered if Trayvon Martin was tresspassing. Most gated apartments and community’s have No Tresspassing signs up.

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    • LibsAndCopKillersALoveStory
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 8:57am

      You do not put the community at risk by waiting for this woman to decide to get help. People keep using through worse situations, such as those who smoke through their throat. I’m sure this woman has been through humiliating situations before and if we leave her to her own devices, she will surely hurt herself/others again (she hurt others as the shooter has to live with having had to shoot her and this couple will likely never sleep soundly again).
      She is a menace, as stated before, the shot could have hit someone else…

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:22am

      Yeah, I think being blasted in the hip is punishment enough. She is lucky the homeowner was not a better shot. But, this is just another case of the govt wanting to extract every last, pathetic nickel from the people to feed the over-bloated govt machine. No common sense. Just blind, robotic-like obedience to what is writtten on pieces of paper. No common sense at all Just soak the money out of them until they bleed from the eyes. Pretty disgusting actually.

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:02am

      I say throw the book at her. Next time she may drive instead of take a stroll. I also live in a college town and these “kids” are becoming a hazzard to folks, not to mention to themselves. The Justice Department is actually investigating our univerisity for how they handle rape cases involving alcohol. And our area has one of the highest DUI problems in the nation. I say make an example of her.

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    • G-WHIZ
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:26am

      In “jail” for a few until she “goes for trial” will dry her out(hopefully) enough to let her see the error of her ways(maybe).Recently, at a local retaurant, I overheard a married-couple who were discussing about their daughter. She was in jail for being drunk and “high”, while driving home at 4am (weaving-etc…) . The first time, about a year-ago, she was immediately bailled-out…So this time she “demands”, over the phone-from-jail to be bailed out again, so she can continue duping her parents-and-friends…over-and-over(…). The wife suggested she NOT be bailled-out, this time, until after hearing and trial…and maybe not if she even goes to prizon for whatever small time. AND when she “finally gets out” she’s on her own. Stubern is as stubern does…maybe [real-life] dose, she needs.

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    • Cesium
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:10pm

      Sounds weird, like more than an alcohol problem.

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    • rickmich68
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 1:47pm

      I don’t really agree with you. If she was a scroungy person without a college degree I would imagine some people’s opinion would change.Actually this wouldn’t even be a story. She broke the law, regardless of being shot, she should still face the punishment of breaking the law.

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 1:51pm

      Compelling people into substance abuse treatment is like forcing people to diet and exercise… or to bow down to your religion. It may make you feel good about yourself, but it is an exercise that amounts to p!ssing in the wind. But don’t let that stop all of you righteous busybodies.
      I’m not a junkie, so spare me the accusations. I speak from experience in working in the mental health field. You can educate and provide the supports, but there is one person who decides whether a person will clean up his or her act. It’s not a judge, lawyer or counselor.

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    • tucsoncomments
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:38pm

      Apparently, Zoey had a little too much ripple.

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    • DGuy
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 7:50pm

      Hope she also has to pay for the cleaning bill at the house she broke in to… She needs to be taught a lesson now before she gets behind the wheel of a car drunk and possibly hurts a LOT of people.

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    • Doug in Seattle
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 7:50pm

      The correct charge is “drunk and disorderly”.

      What’s going on here is another example of a prosecutor campaigning for higher office.

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    • Quagmir
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:53pm

      “drunk and disorderly” is another term for public intoxication. I think once she entered PRIVATE property your claim of public intoxication hold little merit. that is unless these folks live in a McDonalds.

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:26am

      My guess would be…she will quit drinking…Drinking so much that you wander into a strangers home and get shot is a wake up call enough..I would not press additional charges

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    • RedDawn2012
      Posted on May 28, 2012 at 8:07am

      These things happen, and you don’t have to be drunk to make such a mistake. It happened to me several years ago. I was biking with friends in northern IL on a bike path at night and we were hit by a terrible lightening storm while still several miles from town. I rode like crazy to get back and out of that lightening. As I flew up the street to my pal’s house (I was visiting from out of state), I threw my bike onto the lawn and ran into the house through the unlocked front door. The living room was dark, but something seemed wrong. I couldn’t find the light switch, and the room just didn’t look right. Suddenly I realized I was in the WRONG HOUSE! I exited quickly and quietly (the owners WERE home and probably getting ready for bed) and ran next door to the RIGHT house. The fear and adrenaline were working overtime as I felt like a complete fool and was damned thankful I didn’t get shot.

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    • InbredTeaBagger
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 11:39am

      “Typical liberal mindset of both the prosecution and the girl.”

      So BOTH the girl, AND the people prosecuting her, have a “liberal mindset”, eh teabaggy? No, sounds to me like the prosecution have the typical conservative YEE HAW WE TUFF ON CRIME!!! mindset that you and your fellow tea bags have.

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    • morerightrudder
      Posted on June 12, 2012 at 1:36pm

      I agree, if getting shot doesn‘t scare the he11 out of you and wake you up I don’t know what would. It might be different with a career criminal but I think she is already been punished enough. She should be grateful that they didn’t shoot straight that night.

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  • MarianF
    Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:24am

    She was lucky that she stumbled into a home where she was relatively safe. Granted she was shot, but she was so impaired she couldn’t care for herself. She could have entered into a the wrong home or area of town and wound up dead by far worse means than being shot. She should be grateful to be alive even facing the possibility of jail. Drink if you want to drink, that is your business just be able to care for yourself. Drunk or sober you have to be responsible for your actions.

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    • pamela kay
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:37am

      MARIANF. You made the same comment that I was going to make.

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    • oneshiner
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 10:36am

      Agreed. Had she come into my house in the middle of the night, she’d be dead, not injured. First, you don’t know who it is, second, you warn them you have a gun, third, if they keep coming in, shoot first and ask questions later. Anyone who drinks too much needs serious help. Being drunk isn’t funny, really! People might laugh, but it’s not with you, it’s at you drunks. You’re not funny, just pathetic.

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    • Concerned1
      Posted on May 28, 2012 at 6:26am

      If she had come into my house, I wouldn’t have waited for her to enter my bedroom to shoot her. She IS lucky. I don’t have any sympathy for this unfortunate young woman. We all face consequences of our behavior. Hers just happens to be very severe. If she uses it to turn her life around, it will be the best thing that ever happened to her.

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  • moussiagilda
    Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:20am

    She got arrested by those stupid-ass Smurfs in fake police uniforms. She’s grinning.

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    • Rickfromillinois
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:38am

      Yet I bet that if you had someone threatening your life you wouldn’t hesitate to call those “stupid-ass Smurfs in fake police uniforms”. By the way, the picture of her grinning was taken earlier and not after the incident.

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  • greytdoghome
    Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:14am

    For those that are blaming the couple that are in their own home for leaving a door unlocked…I suppose you have never accidentally left a door unlocked thinking that your spouse had gotten it? Too bad we aren’t all that perfect. In the real world me forget to lock things sometimes…I can‘t remember a time that I was so drunk that I walked into someone else’s house though. Looks like they live off the beaten path a little so it doesn’t seem as though she opened the wrong apartment door. She is young and this stupid act will follow her for the rest of her life both physically, legally and mentally. I am just grateful that the husband had the wits about him to protect his wife and himself!

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  • Talmid of Yeshua
    Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:13am

    She deserved to get shot. It’s called personal responsibility. She needs to be responsible for her own actions. I don’t think trespassing charges are needed, but I can see how she can be charged.

    She‘s lucky she isn’t dead. Let it be a lesson to her.

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    • mjazzguitar
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:19am

      Yeshua said let him who his without sin cast the first stone.

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    • Rickfromillinois
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:18am

      Being drunk is not excuse for wrong actions. Everyone knows that the more you drink, the more your judgement is impaired. Knowing this ahead of time, you are still responsible for all of your actions when you get drunk. Too many people seem to think that if someone is drunk then they shouldn’t be held responsible, especially if they are college students. Some seem to think “well they’re young and college students do things like that”. Consider this as part of her education. She got drunk, walked into someone’s home, and entered their bedroom after being warned that they were armed, and got shot. It’s all her fault. If she get’s charged for criminal trespass and it “ruins” her life, IT’S HER FAULT! She got hurt breaking the law. IT’S HER FAULT.

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  • spfoam1
    Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:07am

    It could have been worse. She could have stumbled into a house where some really bad guys live, and ended up raped, murdered, and dumped in the weeds somewhere. Drunks are not harmless to others or to themselves. This should be a warning and an opportunity fo her to pull her head out and stop or cut way back on the drinking.

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    • JustMeHere_01
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:27am

      @spfoam1
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:07am

      It could have been worse. She could have stumbled into a house where some really bad guys live, and ended up raped, murdered, and dumped in the weeds somewhere. Drunks are not harmless to others or to themselves. This should be a warning and an opportunity fo her to pull her head out and stop or cut way back on the drinking
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      Yes this could be true. I still say that this comes back on the people that she was hanging out with on this night. I think they thought they were playing a harmless joke and look what happened. She wound up shot.

      It could have turned out much worse. I say that further investigations need to be followed through. Find out why she was there and if it is determined that her so called friends were the ones that dropped her off then they need to be charged with attempted murder. Simple as that.

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  • Netsurfer2
    Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:04am

    There is no excuse in being irresponsible regardless of whether your drinking or not! I would say, she has a drinking problem and needs serious help!

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  • Scaredfuzz
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:43pm

    What person that is a victim of stalking leaves their doors unlocked? Yes the girl was at fault but these people didn’t help that matter any.

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    • inblack
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:02am

      This girl has been punished enough by being shot.

      Her behavior was wrong, but since she meant no harm in walking into the house, she does not need to be punished again.

      BTW, this happened to my brother and his wife, a high school kid came in and slept on the couch. He never realized he missed his house by two doors. I don’t recall how he got in, but he apologized profusely later.

      Luckily no one was hurt.

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    • JustMeHere_01
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:05am

      @Scaredfuzz
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:43pm
      What person that is a victim of stalking leaves their doors unlocked? Yes the girl was at fault but these people didn’t help that matter any.
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      Where did you come up with the idea that this was a stalking issue. I do not care what the issue is, I only know that a person does not walk into someones bedroom in the middle of the night.

      You seem to think this is a stalking issue and I can only speculate, but think it was her friends trying to be funnly and knowing she was drunk dropped her off and told her she was at home. This seems more than likely the scenario in my opinion. I really think that her friends that put her in this position are the ones that need to be charged with attempted murder. They are the ones that placed her in harms way.

      She just didn’t wind up in that neighborhood without some others playing a part in this.

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    • JustMeHere_01
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:11am

      @inblack
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:02am
      This girl has been punished enough by being shot.

      Her behavior was wrong, but since she meant no harm in walking into the house, she does not need to be punished again.

      BTW, this happened to my brother and his wife, a high school kid came in and slept on the couch. He never realized he missed his house by two doors. I don’t recall how he got in, but he apologized profusely later.

      Luckily no one was hurt.
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      Wow, are you really saying there is no harm in walking into someones bedroom in the middle of the night. You think she has been punished enough? I will take it one step further. If she had walked into my bedroom and if I had shot her and she was dead do you think I would not be bothered for the rest of my life.

      Yes she need to be punished and I suspect that the people that she thought were her friends that dropped her off there needs to be punished as well.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:16am

      inblack

      “He never realized he missed his house by two doors.”

      That I can believe. But what is the explanation for this case. Did she end up in just the wrong house or on the wrong block neighborhood &city?

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    • Ars21689
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:26am

      @Justmehere
      If you read the article, it says the homeowners are both psychiatrists and the wife had a patient who stalked her so they moved to Boulder. That’s why he or she mentioned stalking.

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:29pm

    And if she was black and her name was Trayvonta Martin???

    Al, Jessie, the NBP‘s and MSDNC would be all over this called for Timothy Justice’s head on a platter.

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  • cyclejerk
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:10pm

    Awww, lil college student has a dwinking problem… She can’t help it.. it’s a disease… Let’s all chip in and pay for rehab… and as far as the home owners emotional distress. Ef them.

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    • JustMeHere_01
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:46pm

      @cyclejerk
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:10pm
      Awww, lil college student has a dwinking problem… She can’t help it.. it’s a disease… Let’s all chip in and pay for rehab… and as far as the home owners emotional distress. Ef them
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      Wow, you are a very compassionate person aren’t you. I am sure that the home owners did what they needed to do in this situation. I know that I would not want to be in a position to shoot anyone.

      When I turned on the lights and saw that I had just shot a young woman I would feel horrible. I would be thankful that she is still alive but I would never second guess what I did in the first place.

      I personally think you are nothing more than a troll and seeking to agitate people. You sir, have no moral character or honor. You sir are, how do you say it, dispicable.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:14am

      JustMeHere_01

      They sure look like a troll.

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    • Ralpie
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 1:13pm

      Typical Christian response

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    • chips1
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 1:59pm

      CYCLEJERK:
      I detect sarcasm. I caught it. Don’t feel bad.

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  • jg2pto
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:02pm

    Empty the cylinder or magazine. Shoot to kill. Anything else and you are just inviting a lot of unwanted drama. A dead man tells no tales. However, now that we have the drama, I would love to know how this drunken idiot got away from the typical pack of other drunken idiots.

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    • JustMeHere_01
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:50pm

      @jg2pto
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:02pm
      Empty the cylinder or magazine. Shoot to kill. Anything else and you are just inviting a lot of unwanted drama. A dead man tells no tales. However, now that we have the drama, I would love to know how this drunken idiot got away from the typical pack of other drunken idiots.
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      That is a good question. You have to wonder if some of her friends thought they were being funny and dropped her off in an area knowing she was drunk. Probably told her she was home and then drove off while they were laughing all the way home.

      Never considering that they put their friends life in jeopardy. That is a good question and maybe her friends need to be looked at and charged as well. They are the ones responsible for her well being. If she had been killed, I wonder how funny that would have been to those that thought they were playing a practical joke. She didn’t just wind up there on her on I suspect.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:30am

      Please with the “I’m so mean, I’m damn near a commando” crap JG. You have to use common sense when you possess a firearm. What is the threat? Is it a naked african male with a knife or a 6 year old boy? Or, a 90 pound intoxicated female that is no threat, just stupid? Would you empty the cylinder into the kid too? Please, you look like an idiot.

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  • flatbroke
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:00pm

    This is the actions of a dumb person, if only temporarily so, maybe now she will stay away from the college drunk-a-thons!

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  • TJexcite
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:53pm

    Unless she already has a job in the field, all that money just went to waste. The first thing someone will look is criminal record and this will be in there somewhere. Unless she was a major in mixology.

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  • LANE131
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:48pm

    I wonder if she will stop drinking after all this?

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  • TRILO
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:31pm

    She is lucky she is not dead. Now she will get to do more community service work.

    Who leaves their door unlocked. The homeowner is lucky it was just a drunk college grad that came into their home. At least they were prepared to take care of themselves.

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    • MarianF
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:27am

      I don’t, you have a point. But, please, don’t blame the victim. It isn’t their fault she is an idiot.

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    • MarianF
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:29am

      I don’t you have a point. But, please, don’t blame the victim. It isn’t their fault she is an idiot.

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    • chips1
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:06pm

      TRILO:
      Using your logic, anyone who becomes a victim and isn’t armed is also to blame. NUTS!!!!

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  • Gregb
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:30pm

    this report first came out that the couple were in their bedroom and thought that they heard a raccoon or some other animal. They heard the noise outside, then they heard something inside and someone entered there bedroom and he shot. It is sad for the alcoholic, but people need to feel safe in their own homes and with the OWS and other nuts out there… you just cant be sure who is going to attack.

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  • justangry
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:29pm

    I don’t think if a cute coed stumbled into my house, I’d shoot her. My wife might…

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:50pm

      Ditto… and my wife is a sound sleeper :)

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:26pm

    I have been so drunk that I could not even slur my name..I have never broken and entered. Give her a huge fine and community service. And make her pay the home owner for cleanup and spent ammo.

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  • nobull14
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:22pm

    Someone breaks in to my house while I am sleeping ?? I am shooting and asking questions later!!!!!!! . You never know what type of left over is going to try and hurt or kill you .

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:21pm

    obviously you dont have to be smart to graduate from college

    she should turn in whatever degree she has for four more years of “ how not to be stupid 101”

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    • Gregb
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:49pm

      she would need to attend an out of state college…not in colorado

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  • cemerius
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:13pm

    Alcohol is a disastrous drug and it takes away ALL common sense…….recent grad means she was most likely binge drinking until she had NO idea where or what she was doing!! Getting shot should have been the lesson learned unless the home owners are pressing charges……

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  • Babci
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:06pm

    What in the world does having “helped” organize a coat drive on campus have to do with any of this? She broke into someone’s home uninvited and when warned, failed to respond. Can anybody identify with the couple in bed who woke up to find a stranger in their bedroom? I can. Stop making excuses for her…that‘s probably why she’s a 21 year old drunk. Hold her accountable now and there‘s a chance she’ll get on track…if not, she’ll end up dead somewhere else…maybe behind the wheel of a car that just hit a pole after she killed your kid in the crosswalk. Remember reality?

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  • chips1
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:46pm

    Here we go with another story about the ignorant justice system. Knowing the facts, why doesn’t the prosecuter file misdemeaner trespass charges? This is overkill. The woman was drunk and got shot. I believe this lesson taught her more than the court system is capable of doing. Another hot shot prosecuter trying to get a conviction on his record when she pleads guilty to a lesser charge. His record should reflect that he doesn’t have the brains to charge the proper charges. IDIOT!!!!

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    • blackyb
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:52pm

      So she says. Who wouldn’t say that if they were caught? Too bad. That is the way the thing plays out when you enter someone elses’ home drunk or sober without being invited. They will have to charge her or she can sue them.

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    • TRILO
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:37pm

      No it is not overkill. You do not walk into someone’s home at any time uninvited, let alone 3:30 in the morning…period. Just because she is cute, was drunk and got shot does not make her offense any less. Would you think the same if it was some big hairy ex-con?

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    • JustMeHere_01
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:25pm

      @chips1
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:46pm

      Here we go with another story about the ignorant justice system. Knowing the facts, why doesn’t the prosecuter file misdemeaner trespass charges? This is overkill. The woman was drunk and got shot. I believe this lesson taught her more than the court system is capable of doing. Another hot shot prosecuter trying to get a conviction on his record when she pleads guilty to a lesser charge. His record should reflect that he doesn’t have the brains to charge the proper charges. IDIOT!!!!
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      How dumb can you be Chips1. I would wonder what your thoughts would be if you woke up in the middle of the night and found a stranger in your bedroom. On second thought I realize who you are. You are an agitator with no coherent thought.

      This young girl needs to be thankful that she is still alive. Chips1, why don’t you try her stunt sometime and break into someones home and them open the door to their bedroom.

      I never like to call people names and I think I am good about that, but chips1 I really think you are an idiot but don’t take that persoanl.

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    • chips1
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:21pm

      I don’t take it personal. I can’t count the number of stories on this blog that point out the fact that the government goes to the extreme. How about Faraghann threatening the President and they go after Ted. They aren’t interested in justice, only harassment. Look at the number of stories about criminals with pages of rap sheets and the posts complaining about why the criminal was walking free. This case of a drunk girl have a record, but not the highest crime they can squeeze into the system. If it happens again, the record will be there for the next prosecuter to hang his hat on. Prior convictions will have more weight than a drunken mistake.

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    • chips1
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:36pm

      In addition, I never said that the people that shot her were wrong. I would have hit her numerous times. The homeowners were completely justified. The facts are that she was only shot once, she was drunk, the shooter didn’t know anything about the intruder(age, weapons, size)only that they were threatened by an unknown danger. Also nothing in the story allows me to judge her demeaner, her words, or the manner she responds to questions. Can‘t make a decision on facts that aren’t there. Only on facts that are presented in the story. Nothing more, nothing less.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:42pm

    Sad, she probably just needed a hug, and a waste basket to throw up in. But she does have the “I’m cute, buy me something” look.

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  • Uriel
    Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:36pm

    Not sure why this is news, or what I am to take from what is reported.

    If I get so hammered that I stumble into someone else’s home late at night I expect:
    A) to be shot
    B) to be arrested — and charged with BREAKING AND ENTERING (a felony), not some piddly misdemeanor like trespassing.

    Congratulations to this girl for her soup-kitchen work; though I cannot fathom its relevance.

    This loser should be healing up in jail for B&E, thanking her lucky stars it was her hip and not her heart.

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