Mom Lauded a Hero After Arrest for Beating Son’s Alleged Heroin Dealer With Baseball Bat
- Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:35pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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A Missouri mother is becoming a bit of a folk hero after facing charges for attacking her son’s alleged heroin dealer with an aluminum baseball bat.
Sherrie Gavan of Imperial, near St. Louis, was arraigned Monday on charges of third-degree assault. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, she tried everything to protect her son, Clayton, including change his high school. But when all of her efforts failed, the desperate mother drove to the home of 21-year-old Joshua Loyd — her son’s presumed heroin dealer — and struck him with an aluminum bat. She claimed that she went to Loyd’s home to tell him to stay away from her son and her family, but after witnessing Loyd retrieve an item from his car, she became fearful. That’s when she returned to her car to get the bat.
“I don’t know if I can say that what I did was right,” Gavan told the Post-Dispatch. “But it was the only thing I could do in the moment.”
A Facebook support page has generated to date, 640 “likes.”
Several people showed their support for Gavan outside the Jefferson County Courthouse.
“I think it’s ridiculous,” protester Nicole Vaporean told the Post-Dispatch. “The police should have done more.”
According to the report, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer said that while he understands Gavan’s frustration, police are still required to uphold the law.
“How can we as law enforcement turn our backs on someone who has been assaulted?” Boyer told the paper. “I understand her intentions, but we have laws.”
Below, Gavan relays the events that lead up to the incident:
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Comments (103)
gingerbread
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:25pmGive that mom a medal. This is what’s needs to be done in every neighborhood in our country. If every citizen gets pissed off enough to drive these drug dealers out of their neighborhoods, pretty soon we won’t have drug dealers any more. That’s what we need, because the law enforcement sure as hell hasn’t done their jobs. Another thing that will help our ever declining moral backbone, is for the fathers and mothers do the same to people that call their daughters and mothers a bad name, I’m including Bill Maher and every other liberal pundits and so called comedians. Once they realise that they can just go around calling their daughters and mothers a vile name, they will stop.
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:46pmDo we need to set up a defense fund for that mom?
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:23pmThis is a clear cut case of temporary insanity brought on by the actions of a drug crazed idiot. Sorry officer but the people decline to prosecute.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:42pmI will contribute if someone sets up a defense fund…
Report Post »TheCoffinMaker
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:06pmhopefully the bat had a few nails sticking out of it?
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:50pmSome would say THAT was true “social justice”
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:53pmBeware momma grizzlies !!!
I‘m not sure what I wouldn’t do to protect my family!!
Report Post »Any honest, loving parent would admit the same.
Onowicit
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:10pmPut her face on a tee shirt and sale it at the Blaze, I will buy 20 at least. There use to be a time when people would look the other way on something like this. The only problem I see is that she left enough of his brains to call the police.
Report Post »Onowicit
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:23pmReminds me of my wife. Love women like this. We should chip in and buy her a gun.
Report Post »ibanrfknm
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 10:21pmI wish to be on the jury.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 10:41pmCovert. There’s always,,,ALWAYS a way. Trust me.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:18pmWait a second…you are suggesting that we go around beating people who call their daughters and mothers bad names with a baseball bat?
First of all, why? Even in kindergarten you are expected to be able to deal with getting called names without resorting to violence. Yet grown people should take up arms and assault others for being mean?
Second, why are you singling out females? Are boys and men so worthless that their feelings and honor are below regard? Or are women and girls really so weak-willed, cowardly, and pathetic that they are unable to stand up for themselves?
Third, what if the name your mom is called is accurate? What if she really is a wh0re? What if your precious daughter actually is a filthy slvt? Is telling it like it is really worthy of getting brained with an aluminum baseball bat?
Chivalry is outdated. And white knights like you who insist on sheltering women (even though the law and the justice system is overwhelmingly in their favor already) make me absolutely sick.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:23pmFurthermore, what ever happened to Freedom of Speech? Last I checked, I am allowed to call anybody I want anything I want under the full protection of the law. Yet you are not only recommending that we throw the 1st Amendment in the trash, but also that we resort to violent vigilantism to shut people up.
You’re one deluded SOB, you know that?
Report Post »ICRedifURBlue
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:58pmShe shoulda busted a couple of caps in his a$$ and walked away………I say NO prosecution for killing a drug dealer, it’s a public service….Bravo…….
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 5:01amICRedifURBlue
Wow, you’re pretty ******* sick, you know that?
Report Post »Onowicit
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:57pmDoctor Nordo I know you are, but what am I. Ill tell you what I am, I am a monkey with a hammer and I’m not afraid to use it.
Report Post »TruthPolice60
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:19pmThe Mom was the heroine in this story !
Thank you. I’ll be here all week.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:16pm…
Report Post »In my opinion, the reason the little drug dealing weasel took three hours to report the “attack”, is probably because it took him that long to remove all the drug paraphernalia from his house, and stash them someplace else.
Also, it gave him time to drink a lot of water, to thin down any drugs or alcohol in his system, in case he was urine tested at the police station.
Doctor Nordo
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:37pmIt’s not illegal to fail a urinalysis. You could pee out pure MDMA and unless it could be demonstrated that you are actually under the influence there wouldn’t be a damn thing the police could do about it unless you were on probation.
In almost every single case, the only way to arrest someone for drugs is if they are caught possessing them.
Report Post »bjornskis
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:14pmwas the drug dealer arrested
Report Post »woebegone
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:24pmWhether or not he was arrested, I’ll bet you dollars to donuts he will sue. The problem is he will win, and likely should win. This represents a profound failure in policing, but one we have created. My advice to her–after she loses and appeals, she should sue the police department. Every part of me hates to say that, but the truth is that the police target and hate reasonable people slightly off the beam and are weirdly aligned with criminals going about their business of destruction. We created this. Time for a rethink.
Report Post »woebegone
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:09pmHere is the problem. As much as I understand and applaud her intentions this is why we have law enforcement. The unfortunate truth is that law inforcement is much more interested in catching me for meaningless speeding or not wearing my seat belt than actually catching real criminals–why because I pay a fine and criminals cost. It is a really sad and disturbing thing that law abiding citizens are much more policed and whipped into line than the real criminals. I’ve seen crack dealers doing business openly down the street from the police stopping a “rolling stopper’–is it any wonder why people mistrust the government? Still, I have trouble with beating people with a baseball bat, I have as much maybe more trouble with the police saying they have to follow the law in a town where they don’t clear out the drug dealers. It’s not like drug dealers are subtle.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:44pmThe Police State is here to stay…
I say legalize all drugs and also legalize immediate death penalty for anyone giving drugs to kids…Baseball bat to the head will be fine…
Report Post »Dinkiecb
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:04pmI keep a ball bat handy myself had it been me instead of her…he wouldn’t have been around to complain about being hit … he’d be beat to a bloody pulp, along with anybody who got in my way.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:31pmI have aluminum bats in every room in my house, along with pepper spray and a few hand guns. The problem is that my state says I can not get a conceal permit and carrying a slugger bat in my car or truck is a felony. I think we are just supposed to say ‘go ahead’ when attacked. Liberals suck.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:46pmBut Shasta…be sure and have your right to remain silent….
Report Post »I will only live in a conceal carry State…Well an open carrry State would be better yet..
beckyspatflaveredstew
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:32pmOpen carry is better, just learn to use it, and defensive measures to always keep it in Your control. Concealed carry was once frowned upon, for good reason, open carry yells, that you are above board and have nothing to hide.
Report Post »happ77
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 2:39pmShasta, buy a glove, some cleats, a dirty jersy, and some softballs.
Report Post »Leave them all in your car. You could tell the cop you play in the
local beer leaque.
father_of_10
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:02pmAll heroin dealers should be afraid of moms. Dad’s too. If you thought your customers parents were going to find you and beat you to a pulp, the price of heroin would probably go up too.
Report Post »zoro51
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:00pmlil old lady form pasadena has BALLS.. good for her.. more stand up to the filth the better america becomes.. for we will not tolerate druggies dealers n scub bags or gang vermin.. EXTERMINATE !!!
Report Post »Latter-Day-Soldier
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 12:02amTrue story: I served with an army medic who chased off a drug-dealer from his neck of the woods by pumping a “few” rounds of 12-GA buckshot and rifled-slugs into his vehicle, end result: drug dealer was NEVER seen again.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:58pm…
Report Post »World’s Greatest Mom !
Sherrie Gavan, hit him again for me.
pavepaws
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:58pmI guess she smacked her son also for being stupid. The dealer is 21 years old and I bet her son is older than 12. Let us consider his role in the saga.
Report Post »RobMac68
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:14pmLove is blind. Why blame the son when you can whack a drug dealer? Now think what must be going through her son’s mind that his mom is willing to love him this much. Hopefully this will have an effect on him. I wish there were more stories like this to read about. I loved the story a couple years ago about the dad in Florida storming the bus to confront kids who were picking on his disabled daughter. Most the stories I read about parents sticking up for their kids are the ones where the child wore a lesbian shirt to school or a big bad Christian band made their kids look are bad pictures. This story was refreshing.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:53pmGood for Mama………This is what Mama’s do, they protect their kids even if it places them at risk.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:45pmYep, because mom potentially getting locked up for 5 years (the maximum penalty for 3rd degree assault in Florida) and being totally unable to influence her son for that time is really a good idea, right? Besides, unless the dealer got the kid hooked by slipping heroin into his YooHoo like a friggin’ roofie, then she wasn’t doing anything to solve the problem. Her kid obviously has issues, and assaulting his dealer isn’t going to fix those issues.
Unless he fixes himself, then he will simply find himself a new dealer. Mom can’t beat them all.
Report Post »Mathchopper
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:52pmShe looks too small to be effective with that bat. Seems to me a .357mag would have been lots better. But then, that’s not PC, is it?
Report Post »oldironsides
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:52pmhonestly, I can understand her frustration and her actions, but her son needs a couple of whacks as well – time for some tough love mom.
Report Post »chameleonx
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:51pmI would have done the same as the mother. My brothers and other members of my family have been on drugs badly. Many people are really affected by addiction to drugs and dealers feel they can do whatever they want to families. Stay clean and pure.
Report Post »RobMac68
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:24pmAmen to that!!!
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:48pmMmmhmm, and beating their dealers is going to solve their problem how?
Report Post »RobMac68
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:59pmSolve their problem, no. Let them know that they are loved enough to have to go to this extreme, yes.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 12:53pmSorry, but it doesn’t work that way. There are other, WAY more effective, ways of accomplishing this than by beating the piss out of others.
Report Post »Obobitsu
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:51pmDon’t mess with mom…..Probation…sentence suspended. Have a good day. Swing away. Heart and prayers go out you. Your fighing someone else demons..You can use all the help you can get. Bless you.
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:50pmCops are out writing speeding tickets that generate revenue. No profit in locking up dope dealers.
Report Post »sigsauerkraut
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:16pmYou hit the nail on the head. The police say they have to uphold the laws. What about the laws addressing selling illegal drugs? Maybe we have to pay off the police so they look the other way while we beat the crap out of the criminals they can’t seem to take care of.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:49pmCrush your enemies, see them driven before you…
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:08pmI sure wish someone would beat Encinoms heroin dealer.
Report Post »RobMac68
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:23pmhehe…did Encinom comment here? I’ll have to keep looking. I’ll hold him down, Scuba, if you want to swing the bat!
Report Post »NO_MORE_OBAMA
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:49pmShe should have killed the worthless piece of crap.
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:48pmBatter up!
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:54pmGood for her, but something tells me that there was a lack of good parenting somewhere along the way. good kids in good families generally aint shooting smack in high school.
Perhaps had she whipped juniors butt a few times growing up, and taken him to church, he would not have actually had a “heroin dealer”
Report Post »bigmel754
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:04pm@RANGERP
Report Post »We don’t know all of it, it does sound like she went to the school, and moved so it does sound like she was trying. I thought the school knew what was best or does that just count on illegal snacks and lunches.
RobMac68
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:36pmPerhaps, RANGERP. I am not disagreeing with you. My mom took me to church 3 times a week from birth to 18 and whooped my butt plenty. It would probably kill her to find out when I was in the Army, stationed in Germany, that I had a “hash” dealer. It wasn’t from her lack of parenting, but from my rebellion and stupidity.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:34amRobMac68
Notice that you decided to try drugs while out of the house, and out from under the leadership of your parents.
A bit different when a grown man in the military get rebellious, vs a high school kid.
Report Post »Rweb
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:47pmI love this woman. I will do anything to protect my children.
Report Post »bigmel754
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:47pmThat is what parenting is all about, protecting the children! Good job mom! Sounds like self-defense to me! About time! Look and learn!
Report Post »meamerican
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:46pmJust ask for trial by a jury of your peers
Report Post »Moozmom
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:45pmGood for her. Now, get your son out of your house and out of the state of Missouri to a half way house after hospital treatment. Sometimes parents can not fix or help their addicted kids and professionals have to take over. Good luck.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:44pmThey will probably prosecute her. If they do, the words “jury nullification” may come up.
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 1:49amIf DUMBED DOWN America underSTOOD their jury duty obligations, we’d have NONE of this non-sense, DESPITE the ‘threats from the lawyers and particularly THE BENCH! — In the event I’m ever in a position either in the jury box or in the Defendent/respondant chair I intend to FULLY exercise that right – and SUE THE CRAP (FEDERAL civil suit) ANY and ALL who obstruct my RIGHT to do so. and I’ll WIN. (becuz it’ll be on record, see…) Passing a ‘law’ doesn‘t make it any more ’right,‘ or ’legal’ than me stating my OPINION. GET IT??
Report Post »So you see, in an American courtroom there are in a sense twelve judges in attendance, not just one. And they are there with the power to review the “law” as well as the “facts”! Actually, the “judge” is there to conduct the proceedings in an orderly fashion and maintain the safety of all parties involved.
1972, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said that the jury has an ” unreviewable and irreversible power… to acquit in disregard of the instructions on the law given by the trial judge…. (US vs Dougherty, 473 F 2d 1113, 1139 (1972))
possom
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:42pmGo mom!
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