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I am sure the resident and his family are glad he owned and was willing to use a firearm. Of course - when guns are used for bad purposes - they get all the attention - but these stories of firearms being used to protect lives don't get much play. Thank you ArDemGaz for putting up this story. I just hope it isn't buried in the print version.

What this article doesn't say - though it is implied... is that by pleading guilty, Roberts likely received a "deal". So when the prosecutor says that 1 years was the "maximum available under the law at the time", that was for whatever actual counts he pleaded guilty to. It is quite possible that the charges he "accepted" were either "lesser" charges, or he was not charged with each assault separately. I suspect the 10 years was the maximum for ONE offense of this nature... But I am no lawyer or legal expert. I just know a bit about how these pleadings work...

"first-degree battery and driving while intoxicated"

Those are the only charges currently filed against him? Seriously? At the bare minimum, he needs to be charged with DWI resulting in a fatality (however Arkansas covers that in the law). Or maybe charge him with murder, with lesser charges thrown in as a "fall-back".

As someone who has lost a family member due to the careless and selfish acts of a drunk driver, this case breaks my heart. And for Strickland to be walking around the streets a "free man" is offensive enough. I am totally disappointed and saddened if these two charges that are listed comprise the entire case against this murderer. Yes - murderer. You drink and get behind the wheel - you are engaging in an action that can (and far too-often does) result in the death of others.

I am puzzled why most of the coverage of this tornado and its aftermath is centered on the damage zone near Botkinburg, when some of the widest damage is actually South-West of Clinton between Scotland and Clinton. Particularly hard-hit is an area just West of Culpepper Mountain (Walnut Grove) - centered on Hardy Hill Rd., and across 95 from that intersection. Barns, sheds, roofs, and homes destroyed and trees down everywhere. Power will be VERY slow getting restored, as power poles are all on the ground, and thousands of trees are also down across the power line right-of-ways. Several volunteers who have been to the Botkinburg area and the Walnut Grove area have said the overall damage is worse in the Walnut Grove part of the path.

How long will it be before folks in the area begin to file lawsuits against Exxon/Mobile for warts, sinus infections, birth defects, headaches, fibromyalgia, tumors, cancers, blindness, infertility, impotence, and gambling addiction?

And of course, as one infamous member of the Obama administration said a few years back - they cannot waste a good disaster...