[The Gazette]

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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[manaboutown]

Man steals car during home invasion in The Villages, crashes it in Ocala, deputies say

Lock him up...again...

[cjrjck]

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.

[Randall55]

Originally Posted by cjrjck

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.

[BillY41]

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.

[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by Randall55

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.

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.

[AZTOFLA]

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

[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by AZTOFLA

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'.

[Blueblaze]

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.

[ThirdOfFive]

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?

[Nanlob]

Pray tell. What does "melanin persuasion" mean?

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Blueblaze

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.

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.

[MrFlorida]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

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?

Catch and release program...

[Topspinmo]

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

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Velvet

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.

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