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Burglar Steals Tools From The Miracle League
June 19, 2023
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect or suspects that stole tools during a burglary at The Miracle League of Pensacola over the weekend.
According to Miracle League officials, someone forced their way into a locked building at their park at 555 East Nine Mile Road. They stole a compound miter saw, air compressor, backpack blower, hand tools and other items.
The miter saw a Metabo brand worth over $400 (similar model pictured)that was mounted with clamps to a plywood table. It was used for cutting the rubber tiles for the playing surface.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or call Gulf Coast Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
The Miracle League provides physically and mentally challenged children a safe and spirited program in which they can hit, run, and catch on a baseball field – just like other kids. MLP offers a unique and memorable opportunity these children would not otherwise have. It is a place where every player plays, every player hits, every player gets on base, every player scores, and every player wins – every inning.
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18 Responses to “Burglar Steals Tools From The Miracle League”
Additionally:
“a safe and relatively crime free country way or understanding and compassionate treatment for criminals. You can’t have it both ways!”
You’re wrong. Not only can you have it both ways, you can’t have one without the other.
If you want a safe and relatively crime free country, you have to understand *why* crime exists and understand *why* people commit it.
Seriously, people who think like you are exactly the reason why our country has the largest number of prisoners, both total number and per capita, in the world.
REGARDING:
:You can disagree what is more important – a safe and relatively crime free country way or understanding and compassionate treatment for criminals. You can’t have it both ways!”
Not only can I disagree on what is most important, I can even contend it is possible to have both. We do not have to become monsters to stop some other evil. Punishment does not have to be much worse than a crime
Punishment for a crime inherently comes after the crime. Fear of punishment comes before the crime. If a person figures he will not be caught or punished, the degree of punishment may not figure in as highly.as it should. For example, the biblical punishment of being required to pay back 4 or 5 times the value of what you were caught stealing doesn’t involve lopping off limbs, does insure restitution is paid, and is expensive enough that people don’t want to take the risk. Your muslim system goes overboard, is excessive, in my opinion.
By the way, if the punishment is harsh enough, a jury is less likely to find a person guilty even though guilt is nearly certain. Some kid stole gum but someone on the jury doesn’t want her to lose her hand, so the jury hangs up or finds her not guilty. Add to it the actual chance that someone else stole the gum and she actually IS innocent.
Imagine a one percent surcharge on income tax for those convicted of a crime and more for each following conviction. Knowing you would be paying for the rest of your life would be a mite cruel too, but not as bloody.
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“Cruel or not- history all over the world shows that the pendulum can only swing so far in criminals‘ favor – then people take the law into their own hands”
This is true. Not that people are pendulums but that they can decide to defend themselves from thieves. Maybe they will start chopping off hands as you wish.
While we are at it, let us remember there is more than one way to steal. Some do it by not giving their best effort for their employer, some by not paying every dime of taxes the government THINKS is owed to them, some by claiming something is worth more than it is, and some by claiming to have worked more hours than they actually did.
Which hand are you ready to lose?
Be careful what you wish for, you might get it. Or: “For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” Matthew 7:2
David for better ways while still stopping bad guys
First of all, I despise a thief and something has to be done to stop this mess…whatever works I’m for it. To the worthless pieces of whatever you want to call yourself that stole from this organization, turn yourself in (I doubt these tyoes have a conscience and/or read this publication) and do the right thing. Knowing the ones who run this GREAT ORGANIZATION, I bet if you dropped off the stolen stuff and agreed to work off the damages they would forgive you.(just my thoughts)
@ Graham, I’m with you Brother, something has to be done to teach these types that we won’t tolerate this behavior any longer. To those saying this type of treatment is inhumane, cruel and evil? I bet your opinion would change if you happen to become a victim of this type of crime. I’m all for “eye for an eye” type punishment of those who choose a life of crime…I just pray that the ML gets their things back and damaged building repaired.
I despise a dadgum thief!
Chop. Chop!
I’m genuinely shocked that some people in our community are sick enough to support the idea of bodily mutilation as a form of punishment.
If the idea of causing physical suffering to people accused of a crime just to be vindictive, genuinely seek help. Being that vile and hateful of your neighbors is disturbing and unhealthy.
David Huie Green I beg to differ with your comment. To chop off a thief’s hand would first of all render him unable from ever stealing again and fear of suffering the same fate would deter others. You can disagree what is more important – a safe and relatively crime free country way or understanding and compassionate treatment for criminals. You can’t have it both ways! Cruel or not- history all over the world shows that the pendulum can only swing so far in criminals‘ favor – then people take the law into their own hands
So if your daughter stole bubble gum from the store, OFF with her hands? I’m all for it!! Justice for one, justice for all!! Exceptions for your family of course.
Bob, nothing you mention is deterring crime.
Being locked up stops crime but getting out of lockup a majority of the time leads one back to crime.
Such a great organization with all they do for the kids.
Hopefully the items will be recovered and returned.
@Graham
Justice serves three purposes: to rehabilitate, to deter, and to prevent.
Prison work-placement programs are rehabilitative. High wages and affordable housing deter crime. Putting violent criminals behind bars prevents additional crimes.
Mutilating people, even if they committed a crime, isn’t justice. It’s sick.
GRAMAM YOU ARE RIGHT, WHEN I WAS IN VIETNAM, I SAW THAT HAPPEN, AND YES IT STOP ALL THE STEALING OVER NIGHT , YOU COULD LAY DOWN $100.00 IN THE ROAD AT CAMP AND IT WOULD STAY, CUT THE HANDS OFFI IT STOP IT WOULD ONLY THKE ONE
Although chopping off a hand or hands of thieves may stop them from committing another crime, it probably will not stop some other thief to think they can get away with a crime. Remember they are not very bright to begin with.
RE: “We should not…(blah,blah,blah)
Without empirical proof that chopping off the hands of brazen thieves is an ineffective deterrent to thievery or objective standards indicating that such punishment is either cruel or unusual, this point is completely invalid and unfounded.
Graham for a better society
REGARDING:
“We should go back to chopping off the hands of these scumbags and end this nonsense”
We should not. What they or he or she did was bad but we should not adopt the practice of bodily mutilation as punishment. It didn’t stop crimes back then, it doesn’t stop them in the backward nations which still practice it.
We would like to punish the guilty but not like that. Or to put it another way:
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
NOR CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS INFLICTED.
Even if it became usual, it would never become other than cruel.
Yes, whoever did this is bad. Let us not follow them. Let us obey our own laws.
David for better people
Sad is a understatement, there should be camera’s installed especially in the places where kids are. I did watch sb in a ford ranger on 9 mile steal a whole buggy of stuff from Ollies went straight across the road, they had tools on it was two males in older ranger. Ollie’s cashier said they do it all the time it’s a long shot but very close.
How about sirens that go off if the locks are touched. Cars can yell now if they are messed with, why not out-buildings? Flashing lights would be good too. Make the robber feel like the fool he is.
You have to be a horribly selfish, filthy, no good, pathetic imp to steal from these precious children. Yes, you are void of a heart, no conscious whatsoever, a hateful bag of air. Someone knew those tools were there and I hope the police know who you are. One thing we know, God knows who you are.
The lowest scum, stealing from the disabled.
We should go back to chopping off the hands of these scumbags and end this nonsense