<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Yep. More guns. That's what we need alright.</div><div><br></div><div>Then, I jus' dare somebody to cut in line ahead of me at Walmart.</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the <i>Oakland Press</i> (Oakland, California) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20151013/charges-filed-against-woman-who-shot-at-fleeing-shoplifters-in-home-depot-parking-lot">http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20151013/charges-filed-against-woman-who-shot-at-fleeing-shoplifters-in-home-depot-parking-lot</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><h1 class="title entry-title cleanprint-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: 33px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Charges filed against woman who shot at fleeing shoplifters in Home Depot parking lot</h1><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A 46-year-old Clarkston woman accused of<a href="http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20151007/clarkston-woman-could-be-charged-in-shooting-outside-auburn-hills-home-depot%3Fsource%3Dmost_viewed" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-out; -webkit-transition: 0.1s ease-out;"> firing gunshots at two men who were driving away from a Home Depot</a> after stealing merchandise has been charged with a misdemeanor. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tatiana Duva-Rodriguez is accused of <a href="http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20151006/gun-owner-shoots-at-suspected-shoplifters-outside-auburn-hills-home-depot" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: 0.1s ease-out; transition: 0.1s ease-out;">firing the shots Oct. 6 at Home Depot, 4150 Joslyn Road in Auburn Hills</a>. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Duva-Rodriguez was arraigned in the early afternoon in Rochester Hills on the single charge of reckless use, handling or discharge of a firearm, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail and/or a fine. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“If this is proven, I find it very disturbing that someone would take out their gun in a busy parking lot and shoot at the tires of a passing car,” Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Once fired, the bullet could have easily ricocheted or fragmented and injured or killed someone else. It would have been much more helpful for her to take out her cellphone and shoot pictures of the shoplifter’s license plate.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A press release announcing the charges called Duva-Rodriguez’s actions “misguided.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Duva-Rodriguez, who had a $5,000 personal bond set during her arraignment, had a valid concealed pistol license at the time of the shooting. A plea of not guilty was entered on her behalf.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We are grateful that nothing more serious happened as a result of the decision to fire a weapon into a busy parking lot,” Auburn Hills Police Chief Doreen Olko said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We do not encourage bystanders to insert themselves into incidents because of the potential for deadly consequences.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">No injuries were reported in the incident. The gunshots from the 9 mm handgun flattened a tire on the black 2015 Jeep that was used as a getaway vehicle, officials said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Duva-Rodriguez is an “upstanding young woman,” according to her attorney, Steven Schwartz.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It’s just too bad that she’s in the middle of this,” Schwartz said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It’s just an unfortunate situation. Somebody trying to be a good Samaritan (made) a split-second decision that may be questioned after. I know there’s a big debate going on with gun control versus the Second Amendment. There are two sides and I think that’s probably what’s behind this. Fortunately nobody was injured. There was never an intent to injure anybody but here we are with this big story.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Duva-Rodriguez will next appear in court at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 26.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meanwhile, authorities have released the identity of one of the two accused shoplifters. Anthony Harris, 46, of Flint, was arraigned Saturday on one count of first-degree retail fraud, a felony. A not guilty plea was entered, his bond was set at $25,000 cash and his next court date is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. Oct. 19.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The other accused shoplifter, 52, of Flint, remains in custody on warrants from other jurisdictions, police said. He will also be <a href="http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20151009/auburn-hills-home-depot-shoplifting-suspects-arrested-days-after-shots-fired-at-getaway-vehicle%3Fsource%3Dmost_viewed" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: 0.1s ease-out; transition: 0.1s ease-out;">charged with first-degree retail fraud</a>, officials announced last week.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Both men are accused of stealing items with a combined value of more than $1,000.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 11.326px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Police said Duva-Rodriguez fired the shots after seeing an employee chasing one of the men, who had pushed a cart full of items out of the store without paying.</span></p></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>