Finally, a detailed account: http://www.wjbf.com/jbf/news/crime/article/meteorite_hunters_jailed_in_burke_county_for_trespassing/12297/
The True Citizen | Liz Billups Published: April 1, 2009 Burke County, GAAccording to The True Citizen, two Southwestern meteorite hunters found fame they werent searching for. Just one week after Las Vegas meteorite hunter Ralph Sonny Clary, Jr. was interviewed by WJBF News Channel 6, he and Arizona hunter, Michael William Miller, were arrested for criminal trespass in Burke County. According to officers, the pair was searching for debris from the big March 20th meteorite sighting, when they zeroed in on a farm in the northern portion of the county, without permission. They went from famous to infamous, one ranger said, after the pair was carted off to jail. The landowner called authorities, Monday morning, when she saw a strange Kia Rio parked on her property, and suspected poachers. DNR rangers say they were thrown off by the tiny white compact car, which is not popular among turkey hunters, but backed the landowners suspicions when they saw camouflage clothing inside. After an unproductive search in the nearby woods, the landowner had the Kia towed. The landowner and meteorite hunters came face to face when they came out of the woods and found their car missing. They knocked on her door for help; she ordered them to stay put, then both parties began simultaneously calling the cops. Clary and Miller told officers they hadnt damaged anything and just wanted to pay the towing bill, and be on their way. The landowner said the men were profiteering on her property, without permission, and that she wanted them prosecuted to the fullest extent. The suspects are scheduled to appear in state court, Wednesday morning. Would-be criminals should probably take heed. Last October, the same homeowner, at age 66, held two burglars face-down in the dirt with her pistol while she waited for deputies to come arrest them. ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
