Village?s resident has purse, car stolen in home invasion
 

A Village’s woman experienced a frightening ordeal after a man broke into her house and stole her Cadillac this morning. Around 7:30 a.m., Michael A. Prouty, 39, forced his way into a residence on Ballesteros Drive where he engaged in a brief struggle with a woman before fleeing the scene with her cellphone, purse and

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Lock him up...again...

I wonder of he does contract work in TV? Interesting location for a home invasion. If he entered TV on foot, he may have cut through the Polo grounds.

Interesting that he robbed a home of a single woman. They must have met somehow, prior. I doubt that the home was a random pick.

Where is our justice?
 

According to the article this mutt is a career criminal, habitual offender and all other lame names they call convicts. Why hasn't our system of justice seen the light and given him a life sentence? Police can only arrest the miscreants our courts have to step up.

It also seems like a very strange time 7:30 in the morning for a violent crime. Perhaps he had slept in the polo grounds, she was out for a walk & he saw her & followed her onto her property. Blaming the victim is easy & odious. Sometimes, bad things happen to good people.

Yes, he does handyman work in the Villages. Thankfully he didn't show up to finish our job 2 weeks ago.

Wow! Thanks for the info. I've seen lists of trusted providers, maybe we should have a list of 'never hire these people, ever'.

This is why Texas has a 3rd strike law. I was on a jury once for a career criminal and "Bloods" gang member, who attempted to burglarize a store and then led police on a high speed chase the wrong way during morning rush hour traffic on the freeway. It was his third felony offense. He should have gotten life.

We gave him 50 years, on the prosecution's recommendation. We all felt bad handing down such a long sentence, but as I explained to the lone holdout -- an elderly lady of the same melanin persuasion -- the kindest thing we could do for the guy was to send him back to the only place on Earth where he could survive without terrorizing his neighbors. Because, in addition to his violent criminal record (which included nearly beating a man to death in a bar), the man was covered from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet -- not an exaggeration -- with gang tattoos. When the State presented it's case, they explained to us the "secret" meaning of all those tattoos, and it was horrifying. In among all the other face tattoos, there were FOUR tear drops, representing murders. Whether or not that was just a false boast, this was a man who had managed to engineer his life so that the only place he would ever be accepted is prison.

I am convinced there are people on this planet walking around without souls. What else can you do with them, but remove them, once identified.

This clown had NINE felony convictions in the past 20 years.

Which begs the question: what was he doing on the street and NOT in prison?

Pray tell. What does "melanin persuasion" mean?

And to me it also seems he was mentally ill. But as a violent person, he needs to be away from where he can harm anyone. It is sad that anyone can be that worthless.

Catch and release program...

I’m surprised this don’t happen more often with all the drug addicts living amongst use?:duck:

Yes, got the “I don’t want to work syndrome” :eclipsee_gold_cup:

There may be more to this story………….

A euphemism for an unmentionable subject that has not yet been declared verboten because I made it up.

They watch women at the stores and restaurants then follow them home. There use to be a couple that went to the doughnut shops looking for single women and elderly couples to take advantage of.

Wonder why they didn’t call Onstar could have saved the car. Onstar could have located and turn the car off, that is the one thing I miss about not having a GMC

I hope she is ok what a terrible thing to happen

I witnessed this a few times at the squares. Younger men following women around, watching, lurking, and waiting for an opportune moment. I have told several ladies to be careful and pointed to the individual. Sometimes, they run away, proving they were planning something. Be careful and keep your eyes and ears open.

Every state should implement the 3 strikes and your out law, no ifs or butts about it. How can someone call a tattoo gang member that has committed many crimes mentally ill? This is why we have these criminals back on the streets because we have softies on the jury’s that can’t see right from wrong, they think the criminal can right himself. Bring back Alcatraz for all 3 strikes and your out criminals.

I wish other states would follow Texas. That's a very interesting story and you spoke great truths to you cohorts on that jury. You probably saved a 4th teardrop, at least until he was back in prison. You did a great civic duty.

I took it as a way to avoid use of the “N” word, but I may have misinterpreted the commenter’s intention. Still don’t know why it was important to mention a jury member’s race.

One potential problem is that someone who is facing a third strike might take extreme measures to avoid capture and endanger the public in the process.

He looks like a nice christian boy to me. This all must be a mistake.

This shows exactly that The Villages is a SOFT TARGET. That is why more POLICE are needed and more cameras are needed around all The Villages' areas. Older people are SOFT TARGETS. And I see relatively few POLICE patrols. The Community Service patrols do NOT seem effective. They may be a waste of money that could be spent on sophisticated surveillance equipment.

You lost me at melanin
 

SORRY BUDDY - your point was lost to me no matter how valid it may be once your racism kicked in. This world of ours does not stand chance unless we all change the way we see our neighbors.

How many innocent black men have been convicted and executed just because they were convenient and easy to convict?

You might want to read “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Nine Convictions
 

If he was convicted nine times one can only imagine how many times he did not get caught, and how many times he plead out to several crimes so he was only convicted of one. It's got to be in the hundreds.

This is just one reason to keep a loaded gun in everyone's home!

I read this response to a woman friend over the phone she felt the same way that she would actually find it creepy that someone was actually paying enough attention to her that he had to come up and tell her this, google says there are 145 ,000 people here now we are not having a major crime wave

Not sure the Nanny State prevents crime. People need to make their safety their responsibility. There is no simple solution to crime. Bill Clinton had the three strikes law. Only years later he regrets it because of the overcrowding of jails. Ask those that come from a Nanny State if they feel safer because of so many surveillance cameras. They don't prevent crime, they just sometimes help with the aftermath. Don't blame the money spent on community watch. I think they do well with their intended purposes. Every corner of every block could have an armed police person, but I am pretty sure crimes would still happen. Remember Smokey the Bear, "Only YOU can prevent fires.". Same is true with crime prevention. Don't rely on others for one's protection.

If you are trying to be funny or serious, please stop. It is a ludicrous statement with no point but to stir emotions on certain issues. If that was your intention, hopefully no one but me replies.

I think 3 strikes refers to life without parole for the 3rd conviction. There are some very sad cases where that resulted in excessive prison terms and great cost to the state.

Isn't it possible for the judge / jury to impose appropriate sentences that may include life on a case by case basis without a 3 strike rule?

Maybe for your neighborhood but keep that nanny state stuff away from me. I find The Villages to be relatively crime free with just the right balance of security and freedom.

Not creepy at all. When you are walking to a restaurant or store and see a man following a woman, you want to make certain she is aware. I'm always with my wife and keep a distance. We do not make it a long ordeal. Just a quick, excuse us ma'am, but that gentleman has been following you. Point to him and tell her to be careful. Once the woman sees the man running away, she thanks us.

I have lived here 18 years and walk LSL or Brownwood for exercise each night. (BTW: It is usually the same group of young men) There are opportunistic people in the squares. The woman is free to believe us or not.

Pay Mexico or some other South American country to hold him in prison. In the long run, it would cost the U S less and Mexico or Venezuela probably could use the money.

we both have been here longer then you and it’s certainly taken these opportunistic young men a long time to seize there opportunity , hmmmmm let’s see the last time a young man followed a woman home after stalking a her at the square and did her wrong wasssssssss ,hmmmm never FYI her sister thought this was funny , creepy but funny ,

It means ignorance of the writer.

Racism was the reason. The lone holdout's unconscious racism almost released a maniac to kill again. If people would quit demanding special treatment for their race, and quit hating people for crimes against their race that occurred 100 years before they were born, and quit assuming some affinity with criminals because their skin color is similar to their own -- the "N" word that I couldn't use would go back to being merely the scientific racial designation you will find on the birth certificate of 15% of the population old enough to live in the Villages, and I wouldn't be forced to make up silly euphemisms to mention it.