LIFE IN FAYETTEVILLE
I guarantee that there’ll be all sorts of LttE in the paper this week about how Moretti is a hero and that McLeod got what he deserved.
As he’s done regularly for the past two years, Stan Moretti stopped into Primo Pizza on Yadkin Road with his wife Friday night, hoping to get some food.
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It was about 10 p.m. Almost closing time.
Moretti’s wife waited outside, near the side entrance. He waited inside for the food.
Then she started screaming. Moretti looked out and saw a man holding her with a knife, apparently trying to rob her.
That’s when police say Moretti snapped into action.
He pushed open the door and fired two warning shots with his handgun. Then, when the man fled, Moretti jumped into his GMC Yukon, chased the man down a nearby street, and ran over him three times — twice going forward, once in reverse — according to a warrant.
Within minutes, Moretti, a 41-year-old tattoo parlor owner, had gone from ordering a pizza to being charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
The man he ran over, Aaron Lazarus McLeod, was still in critical condition at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center on Saturday night.
Firing the first (and possibly second shot) was warranted. Jumping in his vehicle and running the guy down (3 times!) goes just a bit beyond self-defense.
11 Responses to “LIFE IN FAYETTEVILLE”
Comment by NJRoadie February 24th, 2008 at 4:45 pm |
OH, but it would have felt good to hurt someone who was trying to attack someone you love. I can’t say I wouldn’t do the same thing. I bet a jury would let him off too. |
Comment by Nance Confer February 24th, 2008 at 5:56 pm |
That’s why we don’t put loved ones on juries. Nance |
Comment by COD February 24th, 2008 at 5:57 pm |
//41-year-old tattoo parlor owner// i can make a pretty good guess at what he looks like, and it’s not a look that will get a lot of sympathy in the bible belt. |
Comment by john February 25th, 2008 at 5:47 am |
His mugshot makes him look like a lowlife. I’m from fayetteville, and the few people I know that know Mr. Moretti, say he is known to be violent, and is being sued by a former employee for assault. |
Comment by Daryl Cobranchi February 25th, 2008 at 6:29 am |
Just a reminder:
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Comment by NJRoadie February 25th, 2008 at 1:56 pm |
Had to chuckle when I saw this in the paper today – hey, the guy was mad the bar wasn’t open, so he ran down the bouncer and the bartender… |
Comment by faith February 27th, 2008 at 10:45 am |
NJRoadie-stfu. Doesnt matter that i knew that guy, or any of that… It was excessive, but in the heat of the moment, you WOULD want to hurt them… RIP Aaron, you will be missed |
Comment by Jennifer Comer February 29th, 2008 at 12:05 pm |
Hey Daryl, Looks like you were wrong. He hasn’t gotten off scott free yet but they did charge him with first degree murder. How come you didn’t put that letter in the blog???? Anybody with an ounce of common sense knows that here in Fayetteville you can kill your child and oh, maybe get about fifteen years or so. Sometimes you can even walk away from it completely. Guess what, all of us that pay taxes pay for that legal system. Blah, this whole place is a freaking mess and since there is no God, we are the ones who did it. |
Comment by Daryl Cobranchi February 29th, 2008 at 12:14 pm |
The FO is typically about a week behind in publishing LttE. They’ll show up next week. As for my prediction being wrong about him being called a hero, check out the comments to Myron Pitts’ blog post on this. A sample:
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Comment by Jennifer Comer February 29th, 2008 at 2:43 pm |
Yeah, I skimmed over that article but Mr. Pitts and I rarley agree on anything. Hero, my foot. I have two tattooes(as much as a lot of people judge by apperance) does that make me a bad person who would want to run over someone three times. Uh, no. He fired two shots and that was where it should have ended imo. Well, we’ll see about those letters. Maybe you’re right. I don’t mean to start a war, but what do you all think about the fact that the young man who died was black? Do any of you think that might have been a factor in Mr. Moretti’s reaction. Would he have run a white person over three times? I don’t personally know him so I can’t say. I know that Mr. Pitts is black but tell me what you think. |
Comment by TheOtherSideoftheCoin March 3rd, 2008 at 10:03 am |
Maybe you should read the other comments on that blog: |