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From the Nashua Telegraph (http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps...0119/NEWS01/101190061&SearchID=73196646211533):
Man credits gun in foiling intruder
By ANDREW WOLFE, Telegraph Staff
Published: Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005
HOLLIS - Donald Narkis said he’s glad he had a gun handy to confront an intoxicated intruder who was smashing furniture in his house.
He’s equally glad he didn’t need to shoot the intruder.
“I think it’s important that people realize that the first line of protection is themselves. By the time the police arrived, there could have been three bodies here,†Narkis said of the incident at his home early Monday morning.
“This could have been a tragedy, and fortunately for all of us, it wasn’t,†Narkis said. “I was told specifically from police, ‘It’s a good thing you have a gun, because it could have been very bad for you.’ â€Peter Camplin, 38, of 22 Maple Knoll Drive, posted $10,000 cash bail and was released after his arraignment Tuesday in Nashua District Court. He faces a felony burglary charge, punishable by up to 7½ to 15 years in prison, and a probable cause hearing set for Jan. 27.
Camplin received cuts from breaking glass in both his and Narkis’ house, police reported, but otherwise no one was hurt in the incident.
Camplin refused to speak with police after his arrest, Sgt. Richard Mello wrote in a report filed in court.
Police Chief Richard Darling said Camplin had been drinking and using cocaine, and smashed up furniture and items in his own house before jumping out a window and heading across the street to his neighbor’s house.
Narkis declined to discuss details of the incident, saying he would have preferred that it not be publicized. The incident traumatized his wife and adult daughter, both of whom were home at the time, he said.
“It was a nightmare that we were actually living,†Narkis said. “This is a terrible, terrible ordeal to go through.â€
Narkis, 69, and his wife and daughter woke up to hear a man in their yard, swearing and yelling about President Bush, Mello reported. Narkis armed himself, and went downstairs to check it out, he told police.
Camplin, who is branch manager for a local mortgage company, donated $1,000 to the Bush-Cheney campaign in 2003, federal election records show.
“They (Narkis family) were awakened in the middle of the night,†Darling said. “He (Camplin) was in the backyard, screaming and yelling and making a general disturbance.â€
Narkis had reached the living room when he heard someone breaking into the kitchen, he told police. Narkis fired his .45-caliber Smith & Wesson twice by accident, while trying to cock it and chamber a round. The first shot hit a lamp in the living room, and the second hit a grandfather clock near the front door, police reported.
Meanwhile, Camplin kept on yelling and swearing, picked up an end table in the sitting room, and smashed it on the floor, police reported. Narkis confronted Camplin at gunpoint, holding the .45-caliber, and ordered him to lie down on the floor, he told police.
Camplin complied, and Narkis called police. At some point, Narkis’ daughter, Karen Narkis, 39, came downstairs and also stood by, armed with a .357 Ruger revolver.
Narkis told Camplin not to move, and kept his gun pointed toward Camplin while he spoke with a police dispatcher on the phone, Darling and Narkis said. He never aimed at Camplin’s head, Narkis said.
Camplin began to get up while Narkis was on the phone with police, however, and Narkis fired a round toward his legs, thinking that at worst, he would wound him, he said. Police found the shot lodged in the floor, near Camplin’s legs, Mello reported.
Camplin was still on the floor when Mello and officers Christopher Bonin and Kevin Irwin arrived, Mello reported. While police cuffed him, Camplin yelled something to the effect that “psycho tried to shoot me,†Mello reported.
Narkis broke no law, Darling said, and police have no plans to charge him. State law gives people the right to use deadly force against intruders who threaten them in their own homes.
Police had to keep Narkis’ pistol and the three spent cartridges as evidence, but they returned his revolver, Mello reported.
Camplin had moved into the neighborhood in October, and Narkis had met him only once, briefly, he said. The two had never had any conflict, Narkis said. Camplin filed for divorce from his wife in November, and he lived with a girlfriend, who told police he’d been drinking at Boston Billiards earlier that night, and was acting “paranoid,†police reported. Camplin’s girlfriend wasn’t home at the time of the incident, Mello reported.
Narkis has lived in Hollis for 40 years, he said. While there is very little crime in town, he said, he has long believed that a loaded gun is the best defense.
Man credits gun in foiling intruder
By ANDREW WOLFE, Telegraph Staff
Published: Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005
HOLLIS - Donald Narkis said he’s glad he had a gun handy to confront an intoxicated intruder who was smashing furniture in his house.
He’s equally glad he didn’t need to shoot the intruder.
“I think it’s important that people realize that the first line of protection is themselves. By the time the police arrived, there could have been three bodies here,†Narkis said of the incident at his home early Monday morning.
“This could have been a tragedy, and fortunately for all of us, it wasn’t,†Narkis said. “I was told specifically from police, ‘It’s a good thing you have a gun, because it could have been very bad for you.’ â€Peter Camplin, 38, of 22 Maple Knoll Drive, posted $10,000 cash bail and was released after his arraignment Tuesday in Nashua District Court. He faces a felony burglary charge, punishable by up to 7½ to 15 years in prison, and a probable cause hearing set for Jan. 27.
Camplin received cuts from breaking glass in both his and Narkis’ house, police reported, but otherwise no one was hurt in the incident.
Camplin refused to speak with police after his arrest, Sgt. Richard Mello wrote in a report filed in court.
Police Chief Richard Darling said Camplin had been drinking and using cocaine, and smashed up furniture and items in his own house before jumping out a window and heading across the street to his neighbor’s house.
Narkis declined to discuss details of the incident, saying he would have preferred that it not be publicized. The incident traumatized his wife and adult daughter, both of whom were home at the time, he said.
“It was a nightmare that we were actually living,†Narkis said. “This is a terrible, terrible ordeal to go through.â€
Narkis, 69, and his wife and daughter woke up to hear a man in their yard, swearing and yelling about President Bush, Mello reported. Narkis armed himself, and went downstairs to check it out, he told police.
Camplin, who is branch manager for a local mortgage company, donated $1,000 to the Bush-Cheney campaign in 2003, federal election records show.
“They (Narkis family) were awakened in the middle of the night,†Darling said. “He (Camplin) was in the backyard, screaming and yelling and making a general disturbance.â€
Narkis had reached the living room when he heard someone breaking into the kitchen, he told police. Narkis fired his .45-caliber Smith & Wesson twice by accident, while trying to cock it and chamber a round. The first shot hit a lamp in the living room, and the second hit a grandfather clock near the front door, police reported.
Meanwhile, Camplin kept on yelling and swearing, picked up an end table in the sitting room, and smashed it on the floor, police reported. Narkis confronted Camplin at gunpoint, holding the .45-caliber, and ordered him to lie down on the floor, he told police.
Camplin complied, and Narkis called police. At some point, Narkis’ daughter, Karen Narkis, 39, came downstairs and also stood by, armed with a .357 Ruger revolver.
Narkis told Camplin not to move, and kept his gun pointed toward Camplin while he spoke with a police dispatcher on the phone, Darling and Narkis said. He never aimed at Camplin’s head, Narkis said.
Camplin began to get up while Narkis was on the phone with police, however, and Narkis fired a round toward his legs, thinking that at worst, he would wound him, he said. Police found the shot lodged in the floor, near Camplin’s legs, Mello reported.
Camplin was still on the floor when Mello and officers Christopher Bonin and Kevin Irwin arrived, Mello reported. While police cuffed him, Camplin yelled something to the effect that “psycho tried to shoot me,†Mello reported.
Narkis broke no law, Darling said, and police have no plans to charge him. State law gives people the right to use deadly force against intruders who threaten them in their own homes.
Police had to keep Narkis’ pistol and the three spent cartridges as evidence, but they returned his revolver, Mello reported.
Camplin had moved into the neighborhood in October, and Narkis had met him only once, briefly, he said. The two had never had any conflict, Narkis said. Camplin filed for divorce from his wife in November, and he lived with a girlfriend, who told police he’d been drinking at Boston Billiards earlier that night, and was acting “paranoid,†police reported. Camplin’s girlfriend wasn’t home at the time of the incident, Mello reported.
Narkis has lived in Hollis for 40 years, he said. While there is very little crime in town, he said, he has long believed that a loaded gun is the best defense.
Glad he had back-up, and that all turned out well. Methinks Camplin could use a couple month's vacation in a nicely padded room, and plenty of pink pills, the ones that keep ya from screamin' 