You in a heap o’ trouble, boy!

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The Lexington Police Department apprehended a young man who stole a vehicle, and then, after the vehicle owners tracked down the car, shot one of the owners.

Oh, come on now, the paper could have given whatever low-level staffer wrote this a byline, anyway! It might be his first, something he can cut out, frame, and put on the wall!

    Javon McMullen. Photo by Fayette County Detention Center. Click to enlarge.

    Lexington police have arrested and charged a suspect who allegedly shot one of two brothers who were hunting for a stolen vehicle in the city late last month.

    Javon McMullen, 19, was arrested about 9:20 a.m. Wednesday in the 1600 block of Claywood Court, Sgt. Donnell Gordon said.

    McMullen is accused of shooting when confronted by a man who had located and followed his stolen vehicle, Gordon said. The shooting happened about 1:35 a.m. on July 26. Police previously said the victim had been accompanied by his brother.

    The 31-year-old victim’s injuries reportedly weren’t life-threatening. He was taken to University of Kentucky Hospital in a passenger car following the shooting, police said.

    The stolen vehicle had crashed in the area of Buckhorn and Alumni drives.

    Police said immediately after the shooting that they would advise against people trying to track down their stolen vehicles themselves.

There’s a bit more at the original. But while the Herald-Leader does not publish mugshots, The First Street Journal does. The suspect’s name, birthdate, height, weight and the charges are all public records.

Mr McMullen, if convicted, well, picture the stereotypical sheriff and his comical line, “You in a heap o’ trouble, boy!” Mr McMullen is charged with Assault, first degree, and Wanton Endangerment, first degree, along with leaving the scene of an accident and an automobile theft charge. Assault in the first degree is a Class B felony, punishable by no less than 10 and no more than 20 years in the state penitentiary, along with a fine of between $1,000 and $10,000. Wanton endangerment in the first degree is a Class D felony, which is punishable by between 1 and 5 years in prison.

There are potential sentence enhancements for persistent felons, but the Herald-Leader made no mention of that. Given that he is charged with shooting someone, but not charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, he may have no previous adult felony record, and if he has a juvenile record, that would almost certainly be sealed.

Of course, the greater probability is that his public defender and the Commonwealth Attorney will work out some kind of idiotic plea bargain, sentencing him to far less time in prison. 🙁

Rudy Giuliani showed New York City, and America, what can happen when criminals, even at the lowest levels, are treated seriously, and harshly: crime goes down. Now, with all of the ‘defund the police’ idiocy, crime is skyrocketing. If Mr McMullen is found guilty, he should be locked up for the maximum time allowable under the law. The problem isn’t, as the left claim, “mass incarceration,” but that not enough people are incarcerated, for not enough time.

We can’t know that, if Mr McMullen is convicted but treated leniently, that he will commit another crime or three during the time he could have been locked up under a maximum sentence, but we do know that, for as long as he is locked up, he won’t be committing crimes against law-abiding citizens in the Bluegrass State.

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