NFOA members help to catch a Real SOB in Holdrege area Saturday, watch the news

[SBarry]

Even bigger news than the NFOA Raffle, NFOA members helped police catch a thief and a home invader Saturday.

Saturday at the show, it was brought to an NFOA member's attention that a man in a van was selling guns from the van in the parking lot. Rifles for $100 and pistols for $50. That member let another member know, and he called the police with info.

The man was chased and caught near Atlanta. The guns and the van were stolen. This capture led to the discovery that the man had tied up a woman and her daughter, stold a car and went to Colorado, where the van was stolen and brought to the Kearney and Holdrege areas.

I personnally talked to the man, who was spoken to by the State Patrol this afternoon with this info.

Watch the news. Gun people helped catch this guy, lets hope the media tells it straight.

Names and more specific info has intentionnally been left out of my story. Watch the news tonight or tomorrow, and remember your fellow NFOA members were the reason this guy is behind bars and two people are now safe.

[wrenrj1]

Outstanding! Look forward to seeing it on the news tonight.

[DanClrk51]

Good job NFOA!

[Chris Z]

Outstanding work!!!

[NE Bull]

I think this may need to be 'leaked' to the Lincoln and Omaha press. 
NFOA is not a bunch of hillbilly gun nuts, We are also a group of responsible law abiding citizens! 

[DaveB]

I haven't heard anything on the news about this yet. I was there Saturday and didn't see this going on, what an idiot! Great job by the NFOA! It would be good for the media to report the facts on this one.

Are there any links at all yet?

[Chris Z]

Can't post a link from my phone, but this NSP press release tells the story I think.

Suspect Arrested in Short Pursuit Wanted
in Seward County Home Invasion


(Holdrege, NE)- A man wanted in connection with an August home invasion robbery in rural Seward County is in custody following a short pursuit in Phelps County over the weekend.

Around 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, a trooper with the Nebraska State Patrol Troop D Headquarters- North Platte, attempted to stop a 2004 Silver, Chevy Venture mini-van, southbound on U.S. Highway 183 from Holdrege, in Phelps County.  The mini-van matched the description of a vehicle reported stolen out of Aurora, Colorado. The driver of the mini-van had also been reported to the Holdrege Police Department on Saturday for selling guns out of the van in the parking lot of the Phelps County Ag Center.

The driver refused to stop and a pursuit ensued on county roads south and east of Holdrege. The pursuit which lasted 11 minutes ended approximately three miles north of Atlanta, on 729 & H Road when the mini-van blew a tire.

The driver of the mini-van identified as Lawrence Joe White, 50, address unknown was taken into custody without incident.  Eight guns, along with knives, ammunition and a laptop were recovered from the vehicle.

White has three outstanding warrants for his arrest including one out of Seward County for an August 17, 2010 home invasion robbery, in which a juvenile female and her mother were held captive and locked in a closet before the suspect fled in the family?s SUV.

He is also wanted in Aurora, Colorado on a stolen vehicle and weapons charges.
Authorities are asking anyone who may have purchased a gun from White to contact local authorities.  It is believed he sold two weapons in the Kearney area the week of Dec. 6-9 and two weapons in Phelps County on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010.

White remains in the Phelps County jail, where he is lodged on charges of Flight to Avoid Arrest, Speeding, No Operator?s License, Willful Reckless Driving, Possession of Stolen Property, Felon in Possession of Firearms, and Selling Stolen Firearms.
  
The Nebraska State Patrol was assisted by the Phelps County Sheriff?s Office and the Holdrege Police Department

[HuskerXDM]

http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/article_c74cf866-6936-5ba9-a81b-06a471dc44ce.html
There you go

Sadly, no mention of the NFOA involvement in his capture 

[DaveB]

Thanks. I just watched the news here and once again there was no mention of it, but they did have celebrity birthdays.

I also am going to bet that there will be no mention of the NFOA in order to make the SP look like heros for stalking this guy for weeks before making the bust on him.

I wonder if anyone is going to turn in the guns that are missing?

[NE Bull]

Also love how LJS picks and chooses which articles a person can comment on, I was planning on adding to the article. Oh well.

[DaveB]

It is in the Kearney Hub now

http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/article_e3fa027a-06fd-11e0-bdab-001cc4c03286.html#user-comment-area

It appears they are taking comments. Some that were there and know what was going on should comment.

[Chris Z]

I'm afraid if we tried to get the rest of the story out, here is what papers like the OWH would lead off with.

"Gun Shows should be shut down since they are a source of illegal guns"


They would focus on the two knotheads that actually bought guns from this guy in the parking lot, and try to condemn all gun owners at gun shows.

[DaveB]

Chris, you are probably right. Nowhere in the news does it say there was a gun show, just at the Ag center building. As unfortunate as that is, it is probably best to keep it that way. Just would have been better if the media would have spent the time to tell the whole story correctly.

[SBarry]

Well, I was there, and law abiding citizens that are also NFOA members are the reason this prick was caught when he was.