Remember in June, I made a thread about how I saw something freaky in front of a cemetery, and I was convinced it was that fugitive, Bucky Phillips? Well, I got called crazy and everything, but a part of me still thinks it may have been him. Well, since then, a lot of hicks in the area have sort of put him on a pedastool, making him sort of a folk hero. A restaurant even named a burger after him, and other stupid stuff like that. Anyways, two months have gone by, and there haven't been any real incidents with him, besdies a few sightings, "close calls" of him being captured, and numerous car thefts accredited to him. Well, about a week ago, maybe a week and a half, six people got arrested when it was seen that they had harbored this guy for the better part of a week. This was two different households. One household included his daughter, his daughter's mother, and his daughter's boyfriend. They also took away the guy's (Bucky Phillips is his name) three grandchildren and put them in CPS. Because of this, Bucky sent in verbal threats to police, vowing to kill them. Then, about 3 days after the daughter, etc. was arrested, a local gunshop was burglarized - 41 guns were stolen. High Powered rifles, handguns, shotguns, etc. Now Bucky Phillips had already shot a state trooper in the stomach (June 10th), and like 10 guns he had left behind had been found too, so police suspected them. Well, fast forward to Thursday night, and here's what happened: Bucky Phillips shoots two state troopers. WANTED POLICE SEARCH FOR RALPH BUCKY PHILLIPS, REWARD INCREASED Posted by: Theresa Fulcher, Producer Created: 9/1/2006 1:29:07 AM Updated: 9/1/2006 11:03:07 PM 2 On Your Side has confirmed that two New York State Troopers were shot in Chautauqua County Thursday evening. The two troopers are identified as 32-year-old Joseph Longobardo with Troop G and 38-year-old Donald Baker, Jr. State Police Superintendent Wayne Bennett says two troopers shot while on surveillance, were "ambushed", and fugitive Ralph Bucky Phillips is the number one suspect in that shooting. Meanwhile, The New York State Police have announced that the reward for the arrest of Phillips is now over $200,000. WEB EXTRA: Interactive Map showing important dates and situations in the search for Phillips The reward money was made possible by various law enforcement unions, businesses and concerned citizens. The TV show America's Most Wanted has moved Phillips to the top of their list on their website. Click here to visit the site. WEB EXTRA: Interactive Map showing important dates and situations in the search for Phillips State Police Superintendent Wayne Bennett says the two troopers were shot while on surveillance in the Town of Pomfret. Superintendent Bennett says the troopers were "ambushed". They do not know who is responsible for the shooting. But, Superintendet Bennett says he believes fugitive Ralph "Bucky" Phillips is the #1 suspect. Superintendent Bennett says Phillips has made threats against police officers. Also, the shooting happened near the home of the mother of Phillips' daughter. The troopers were able to call for help. A special weapons team removed them from the site of the shooting. Trooper Longobardo was airlifted to ECMC where he is in critical condition. He was shot in the leg. Trooper Donald Baker, Jr. was airlifted to Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was shot in the back and is also in critical condition. Meanwhile, State Police have converged on an address in Chautauqua County, some 40 miles southwest of Buffalo, in connection with the search for fugitive Ralph "Bucky" Phillips. Phillip's has been on the run since escaping from the Erie County Correctional Facility back in April. Kasey Krowe, the mother of Phillip's child has been arrested again, and has had her bail revoked on the charge of assisting Phillips. Click here to read that story. Members of the SWAT team and State Police from outside the area are being called in at this point. 75 additional officers have been called into to assist in the manhunt for Philips. Twenty-two road blocks have been set up around Chautauqua County. They are being manned by New York State and also Pennsylvania State Troopers. They are currently stopping and searching all vehicles. ------- Now, I know I'm panicking, but most of this (the gun thefts, many auto thefts, the trooper shootings, arrests, spottings, etc.) has all happened less than 20 miles from me. Something huge is gonna happen before this guy is caught. Either, police are going to have to shoot and kill him, or he'll shoot and kill a bunch of the cops. Either way, hopefully nobody is harmed. I'm just scared to drive anywhere but in town (I live about 5 miles out of town), for being caught in some kind of crossfire. I can't even imagine how people that live nearer to where all this is going down feel. By the way, the reward is up to 200 grand, and he is the number most wanted on America's Most Wanted, so I'm sure they'll have another story on this sometime. He has been known to travel from here (southwestern New York) to Philadelphia quite frequently, and they say that he has a large network of people helping him out. Anyways, in a weird way, I kind of wish I could meet him face to face so that I could hurt him violently and collect the reward money.
Yes, but also about fugitives/murderers becoming celebrities through the media and what not. Your story just reminded me of that. I hope they find the guy.
Trooper shot by fugitive dies This case is starting to pick up national attention. The reward is starting to increase, also. One of the crazy rednecks in the area may actually turn him in now. I know I would if I knew him. Trooper wounded in 'Bucky' hunt dies POSTED: 11:21 p.m. EDT, September 3, 2006 (CNN) -- One of the New York state troopers shot last week during a search for fugitive Ralph "Bucky" Phillips died Sunday, New York State Police Superintendent Wayne Bennett said. The officer, 32-year-old Joseph Longobardo, had a leg amputated on Saturday as doctors at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, New York, tried to save his life. The other officer who survived Thursday's shooting, Donald Baker Jr., 38, has been upgraded from critical to serious condition in Hamot Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, Trooper Rebecca Gibbons said. (Watch police fed up with fugitive, saying enough is enough -- 1:48) Longobardo and Baker were combing a wooded area in Chautauqua County in New York for Phillips when they were shot by what may have been a high-powered rifle, Bennett said in a statement released Friday. State police believe Phillips, 44, is the prime suspect in the shooting. He escaped Erie County Correctional Facility in April where he was serving time for a parole violation. He also allegedly shot a state trooper in June. That trooper, Sean Brown, is recovering. The search for Phillips continued in Chautauqua County, located in the westernmost corner of New York state. Bennett said he has assigned an additional 75 officers to the search. "We will be here as long as it takes to bring Ralph Phillips into custody," he said in the statement. Phillips has served time in prison for eight felony convictions, among them burglary, Gibbons told CNN. (Watch relatives angry at police: "Bucky's not a bad guy!" -- 1:30) Police have issued a $225,000 reward for anyone with information that may lead officers to the arrest of Phillips, whom they consider to be "armed and dangerous." Phillips is 6 feet tall, approximately 240 pounds with short, black, wavy hair, according to police. Anyone with information regarding the investigation is urged to call (716) 679-1520.
Is this the same person that looked at you and didn't look human? Or was that someone else on this board that saw a strange being?
Sorry. It's weird driving home at night around here anymore. I'm always driving home at one in the morning. In the back of my head, I hope he steps out from the woods, and stands right in front of my car so I can run him down and get the reward money, but in the back of my head, I'm always scared to look in my back seat. They say he's stolen "dozens" of cars in the county in the past few months.
Man, I read Anne Rice books! I believed you. I just didn't say anything... Did you see "The Mothman Prophecies"?
I just want to add this to the thread: Apparently, from what my sister says, they did a story on this on Channel 13 in Houston tonight(maybe?). Anyways, this is all people are talking about around here. Now, the city I live near has about 33,000 people in it, but it's the nearest decent-size city, as it's about 10 miles from where all this is happening. At the hospital today, where I attend school, every table around me in the cafeteria, literally, was talking about this. It's so bad that nobody even hardly mentioned Steve Irwin. This is one of the biggest things that has hit here in forever. It's weird that a town that produced someone who is arguably the most famous female comic of all time, as well as a Supreme Court Justice, a State Govenor, a famous outdoorsman, and a famous pop singer (as well as the birthplace of the new NFL commisioner) may be known for some hillbilly redneck who made a name of himself through crime. Another thing is the feeling of driving home every night. I drive home from my girlfriend's, who lives in the city, out to my house, which is about 10 miles away in the country, every night, and the feeling is just so weird. At any moment, I feel like this guy is just gonna run across the road like a deer or something. It just feels imminent. Imagine driving through a forest where bigfoot is known to be, and expecting him to pop out at some point. You want to catch a glimpse, but you don't know if you want to see it. That's how it is. Blah, I think I'm obsessed.
Also, as an update, the one trooper did succomb to the blood loss he suffered when he got shot in the leg. I don't know if I said that or not. Plus, in a town about an hour away in Pennsylvania (which is ironically, the town my girlfriend's mother grew up in), they arrested another guy for harboring "Bucky", as everyone calls him. They apparently also found 33 of the guns that he's suspected of stealing at this guy's house.
hmm, 30,000 or 4 million weighing my options. the cold freezing hill billies of new york, or the it's pretty damn hot outside rednecks of texas. i'd hate to say it, but the 'necks win, barely.
Nothing personal Eddie, but this "high powered rifle" bull**** always gets to me. Call me anal, but I would like to point out that rifles are not "powered." They don't have fusion cells spitting out plasma through the barrel. You pull the trigger, a pin hits a round, etc, etc. Unless your finger has become "high powered" through extensive Pinky Wars or intense masturbation, the rifle is no more "powerful" than a toaster ejecting your morning bread.
Rifles are chambered to fire specific ammunition, which goes a long way to determining the KE of the bullet that comes out. In that way, the term high powered rifle makes sense, at least in layman's terms. High energy rifle would probably be more accurate, since the amount of time that the powder is working on the bullet in miniscule, and the important factors are more muzzle velocity and the mass of the bullet. So, while rifles are not powered, they fire bullets which vary in "power" according to the caliber of the rifle.
