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...the victim was making a sandwich in the kitchen of the home when 45-year-old Todd Tracy Hicks (shown) tapped him on the shoulder and told him to get on the ground...
Instead, the victim started punching Hicks repeatedly in the face and then held him until police arrived.

Clicking the link is worth it just for the mug shot.

"Obviously this was an unusual set of circumstances where we're certainly happy that nobody was injured in this exchange of events that occurred."

No one was injured?

Good thing he was not stabbed or got decaped by the hungry man...

Do they have a castle Doc in OK? Someone would pull a rabbit and this guy will go into peace for good.

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Well....obviously
The homeowner was making a knuckle sandwich.

This quote is just precious... I don't know where to begin

"Obviously this was an unusual set of circumstances where we're certainly happy that nobody was injured in this exchange of events that occurred."

"Nobody" was injured....

Quote from the arresting officer:

"You know we don't encourage people to normally take action when confronted with a situation like this, but having said that ..."

He missed a couple of spots. I see no bruises on top of his head or lips.

Willingham said it appeared that Hicks was "quite intoxicated".

This alone makes him a good "target."

RPBrown wrote:He missed a couple of spots. I see no bruises on top of his head or lips.

ELB wrote:Clicking the link is worth it just for the mug shot.

""You know we don't encourage people to normally take action when confronted with a situation like this, but having said that ..."

So the proper course of action is to do, ...what?

A drunken, unarmed stranger suddenly appears in one's house and states you must comply with his commands and the best course of action is to passively follow his instructions?

Do I have that right?

If so, I think that might be the best course of action if the criminal has immediate control of a weapon and one is caught completely off guard without immediate recourse to a weapon of his own, but otherwise...it would appear the LEO is asking people in general to be unresisting victims.

The comments add something missing from the story. Apparently the burglar is a habitual criminal known in the neighborhood who has broken into many homes (lives in the area with his wife), spends some time in jail, and then gets released back into the neighborhood to do it again.

VMI77 wrote:The comments add something missing from the story. Apparently the burglar is a habitual criminal known in the neighborhood who has broken into many homes (lives in the area with his wife), spends some time in jail, and then gets released back into the neighborhood to do it again.

...and there in lies some of the problem. Excuse me but "habitual criminal?" Has he not been sentenced for his prior crimes? How many more crimes would be necessary for an extended sentence to be administered?

chasfm11 wrote:

VMI77 wrote:The comments add something missing from the story. Apparently the burglar is a habitual criminal known in the neighborhood who has broken into many homes (lives in the area with his wife), spends some time in jail, and then gets released back into the neighborhood to do it again.

...and there in lies some of the problem. Excuse me but "habitual criminal?" Has he not been sentenced for his prior crimes? How many more crimes would be necessary for an extended sentence to be administered?

Well, this just comes from comments by people claiming to be neighbors. I don't know what the law is for habitual criminals in Oklahoma. I suspect that if he has been arrested many times as claimed, he wasn't prosecuted due to circumstances like lack of evidence. The article says he was drinking so most of his arrests may have been for public intoxication and hence, not crimes that lead to sentencing for habitual criminality. But the gist of the comments is that the guy is a known problem in the neighborhood.

"You can't fix stupid."

Ron White, native of Fritch, Texas.

SIA

Maybe the guy wanted to go out and get lost if he could find his way home. You need to excuse him if had 2 Vodka bottles just after lunch.