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11-25-2009, 04:40 PM
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4 Months for Shooting Cyclist
Just amazing you can go to jail longer for drug possession then shooting someone. This guy is a psycho and he gets 4 months? Shoots a man in the head in front of his family?
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Former Asheville firefighter Charles Alexander Diez will spend four months in prison for shooting cyclist Alan Simons in July. Diez plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill yesterday.
On July 26, Simons was riding with his family on Tunnel Road. According to Asheville police, Diez had stopped to argue with Simons, saying that the child seat the cyclist’s 3-year-old son was riding in was unsafe. As Simons began walking away, Diez fired his handgun, the .38-caliber bullet tearing through the back of Simons’ bike helmet, less than an inch from his head. Diez has no prior criminal record and was sober at the time. While he was originally suspended with pay at the time of the incident, on Aug. 10 he ended employment with the Asheville Fire Department.
Former Asheville firefighter gets 4 months for shooting cyclist | Asheville News | Mountain Xpress
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11-25-2009, 05:18 PM
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Total noob
Join Date: Aug 2009
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"Good character"?
How could anyone stand up in court and attest to his "Good character"?
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11-25-2009, 05:26 PM
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I don't know. Shooting someone in the head is bad enough but to do it in front of his three year old Son is absolute insanity.
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11-25-2009, 08:49 PM
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Slowin it up.
Join Date: Aug 2009
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Why are we not removing these people from the public entirely? I'm baffled.
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11-25-2009, 08:58 PM
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Total noob
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Originally Posted by funetical
Why are we not removing these people from the public entirely? I'm baffled.
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He has "good character".
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11-25-2009, 09:09 PM
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Slowin it up.
Join Date: Aug 2009
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I think all amount of character, Karma, whatever you got built up is immediately dismissed when you try to shoot some body in the head.
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11-25-2009, 10:44 PM
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Senior Member
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Originally Posted by funetical
I think all amount of character, Karma, whatever you got built up is immediately dismissed when you try to shoot some body in the head.
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....in front of their family!!!!!
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11-26-2009, 07:29 AM
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
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Originally Posted by Dean
Just amazing you can go to jail longer for drug possession then shooting someone. This guy is a psycho and he gets 4 months? Shoots a man in the head in front of his family?
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4mos. is definitely not enough, for attempted murder.
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11-26-2009, 09:30 AM
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Drink plenty of water!!!
Join Date: Oct 2009
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The ironic thing is that he was originally motivated by pointing out a safety issue!!! I guess that speaks for his character in some bizarre way. Too many guns out there, way too many.
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11-26-2009, 01:23 PM
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Slowin it up.
Join Date: Aug 2009
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[QUOTE=chh55;14850]The ironic thing is that he was originally motivated by pointing out a safety issue!!! I guess that speaks for his character in some bizarre way. Too many guns out there, way too many.[/QUOTE
It's funny that most evil things start that way.
I disagree about the gun. If the cyclist had one we would be reading a different headline. " Crazed Fireman Shot Dead After Attempting to Harm Cyclist in front of his Family".
I can support that headline. Instead I feel sad.
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