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Keeping your cool.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(monitoring career criminals)(Brief article)

The New American

| December 11, 2006 | Williamsen, Kurt | COPYRIGHT 2006 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The house was near a busy street in Reno, Nevada; the dog was barking loudly; it was the middle of the day. Jeffrey Johannessen got up from a nap and saw a man, later identified as career-felon Ernest Carpenter, prying at a window, unfazed by the presence of the dog.

Johannessen, a realtor who'd been a deputy in his younger days, grabbed his shotgun and "waited for the suspect he nicknamed 'Cool Hand Luke' for his criminal confidence," reported RGJ.com. When Carpenter entered the house, Johannessen told him to get on the floor. When Carpenter did not comply, Johannessen struck Carpenter with the butt ...

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