Man fires gun twice to scare off teens near Appleton, sheriff's deputies say

[jpak]

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110629/APC0101/110629037/Man-charged-reckless-endangerment?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CAPC-News%7Cs

Sheriff’s deputies say a Dale man fired his gun twice Saturday to scare off two teens who were walking on a (edit bold) neighbor’s property.

Vance E. Nelson, 58, was charged Monday in Outagamie County Court with second-degree reckless endangerment, operation of a firearm while intoxicated and disorderly conduct.

Deputies were called to Nelson’s home about 5:30 p.m. Nelson told them he saw the teens, then got into his van, drove it to the property and yelled “trespassing” to the 17-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl. When the teens didn’t respond, he returned home and fired two “warning shots” with a shotgun, the criminal complaint says.

(edit bold) Nelson acknowledged the teens had not threatened him, nor had he witnessed them causing any damage while on the property.

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[MineralMan]

1. I hope he's convicted of a felony for this.

Then, he won't have the firearms to fire. The teens were probably just looking for a place to canoodle, anyhow.

[Ian David]

2. "Hey, you kids! Get off my neighbor's damn lawn!" n/t

[Hoyt]

3. Guy is getting too old and cantankerous to own guns. Kids, when you take the keys away, get guns too

[ileus]

4. He was probably using blanks...