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Woman shoots at census worker
« on: May 13, 2010, 01:08:11 AM »
I didn't want to jack the "Census worker rapes woman" thread, so:

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Leander Woman Accused of Shooting at Census Worker

Updated: Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 4:15 PM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 3:24 PM CDT

Leander attorney Carolyn Barnes, 53, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after police say she shot at a U.S. Census worker on Saturday.

The census worker told investigators that she went to Barnes’ home in order to make contact with her. The census worker said that Barnes pointed a handgun at her. As the census work was trying to escape, she said Barnes fired five shots.

The census worker positively identified Barnes as the woman who was shooting at her, according to court paperwork. It is unclear if the census worker was injured.

She is currently in the Williamson County Jail with a $50,000.

Barnes was previous arrested for assaulting a court officer after she tried to pass a multi-tool knife blade through x-ray machine at the Hemann Sweat Courthouse in December of 2009.

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/top_stories/leander-woman-accused-of-shooting-census-worker

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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2010, 01:10:12 AM »
This will only worsen. =|
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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2010, 01:53:55 AM »
I have a county?  :O  =D

Oh, and per the actual thread discussion, the attorney is clearly off her nut.  Doesn't weird stuff happen anyway around Census times?  ???
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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2010, 11:44:53 AM »
Okay, just a dumb question.  Is it just the census worker's word on this or are there bullet holes and such to back it up?  The word of census worker doesn't amount to a whole lot to me.  Even if she did it, she could just claim it never happened.  The article gives little indication other than she was arrested. 
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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2010, 11:58:23 AM »
we should give her the benefit of a doubt. but her record does not help her
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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2010, 12:01:55 PM »
If she shot at a census worker for no good reason, she's not only an unstable screwball, but a bad markswoman as well. (Five shots, five misses, according to the story.)
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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2010, 12:11:24 PM »
Maybe she was shooting at coyotes and the census worker just happened to be standing there  ???

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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2010, 12:18:06 PM »
If you miss does it still constitute assault? This is a 53 yo attorney doing the shooting? I had to read that twice to get it straight. Wow. Note to self: Never hire a female attorney with the last name of Barnes.  :O
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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2010, 12:43:18 PM »
IIRC in Texas you can use the threat of deadly force if someone does not vacate your property after being asked to do so, and if you feel the threat of imminent serious bodily injury or death.  That said, this being a census worker, and a woman no less, I can't see the attny being able to get even remotely close to the "threat of serious injury or death" part. 

I give her a ten for effort and a zero for application.  It won't go well for her.

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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2010, 01:08:50 PM »
WENT IN HER HOME, WTF?

edit: dropped the tags since it was a useless post anyway.
« Last Edit: May 13, 2010, 01:37:21 PM by sanglant »
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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2010, 01:22:24 PM »
Quote from: sanglant on May 13, 2010, 01:08:50 PM
WENT IN HER HOME, WTF?

Where do you get that?  The article says:

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The census worker told investigators that she went to Barnes’ home

There's nothing in there about going in.

On another note, the writer of that article needs to learn a thing or two about the disambiguation of pronouns.  Oh, and about sentences that complete a whole thought:
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It is unclear if the census worker was injured.

She is currently in the Williamson County Jail with a $50,000.

Why would the census worker be held in the jail?   And with a $50,000 what?   ;/
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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2010, 01:36:37 PM »
ok, not the first time. =)
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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2010, 02:27:26 PM »
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after she tried to pass a multi-tool knife blade through x-ray machine

So she took the blade out of a multi-tool and tried to get it through an x-ray machine?
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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2010, 02:28:44 PM »
More than likely, it was a forgotten Swiss army knife. :(
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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2010, 02:43:38 PM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on May 13, 2010, 12:43:18 PM
IIRC in Texas you can use the threat of deadly force if someone does not vacate your property after being asked to do so, and if you feel the threat of imminent serious bodily injury or death.  That said, this being a census worker, and a woman no less, I can't see the attny being able to get even remotely close to the "threat of serious injury or death" part. 

I give her a ten for effort and a zero for application.  It won't go well for her.

Brad
I think in Texas, the threat of deadly force is the critical part.  Trespassing has some other rules especially at night.
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Re: Woman shoots at census worker
« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2010, 02:53:19 PM »

"Be wary of strong drink.  It can make you shoot at tax collectors [or census workers] and miss."
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