Quote:A Newton County man and his son who authorities said held a gun on the new owners of a neighboring home were arrested Monday night and charged with aggravated assault, false imprisonment and criminal trespass.
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[Porterdale resident Robert] Canoles said he and his teenage son heard noises from the once-foreclosed home next door, vacant for seven months. They grabbed their AR-15s and snuck up behind a man and woman fiddling with the front door lock.

Jean-Joseph Kalonji, 61, and his 57-year-old wife, Angelica, following their real estate agent's advice, had driven to Porterdale to change the locks on the home their son Bruno Kalonji had just purchased. They found themselves prisoners of two men they didn't know clutching semi-automatic rifles.
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Their fears were lifted when deputies from the Newton County Sheriff's Department, contacted by Canoles, arrived. But their relief was short-lived. The deputies, demanding proof the home was theirs, handcuffed the Kalonjis.
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(04-24-2012 09:41 AM)TheNewMe Wrote:  Here is a statement from the gun-toting neighbor:

"I don't know what they can charge me with," Canoles said late Monday afternoon, before the interview with authorities. "This is my Second Amendment right. Look, this is the country out here, and we protect our own."

(04-24-2012 08:37 PM)jaxx Wrote:  I'd be scared to move into the house too with the local vigilantes as neighbors. This reeks of another police dept that doesn't know the law.

(04-25-2012 01:12 AM)suzie Wrote:  I would imagine that the Kalonjis will be able to afford a nicer place once they've obtained settlement's from the Sheriff's Office. Their liability insurer was probably saying, "Your deputies did what?" when the Sheriff called.

(04-25-2012 06:47 AM)Brewman_Jax Wrote:  I live in the metro Atlanta area, which is quite cosmopolitan. I get weird looks if I tell my white friends that my life may be in literal danger if I'm by myself away from the metro area. We're supposed to be in the 21st Century, aren't we?