2 prison guards face charges for shooting range homicide-Stole Rifle for Overthrow of Govt

[RamboLiberal]

Two corrections officers from the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill are charged in the shooting death of a Cumberland County attorney and the theft of his custom, silenced rifle, authorities announced late Friday.

Raymond Peake, 64, of Hampden Township, Cumberland County is charged with homicide, robbery and other crimes for the shooting death of Todd Getgen, 42, of Enola. The shooting happened last Wednesday at a State Game Commission rifle range in North Middleton Township, Cumberland County.

According to Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed, a witness told investigators they saw a man matching Peake's description driving away from the rifle range on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 21, the day Getgen was found shot to death.

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Freed said police found three firearms inside of the storage unit. One was Getgen's custom, silenced AR-15 rifle that was stolen from the range the day of his death. The second was a scoped Remington rifle that had been reported stolen from the same range in May. And the third gun was another AR-15 that Freed said ballistics may prove to be the murder weapon.

On Saturday, CBS 21 News obtained court records. In them, Peake told police during an interview that he and Getgen were the only two people at the range. Peake said he found Getgen dead, then took his AR-15 with the attached suppressor. Peake said he later took the AR-15 to Thomas Tuso's home for the purpose of having Tuso keep it for him in Tuso's bedroom. Peake said he told Tuso that the weapon was from the man killed at the rifle range. Peake said Tuso kept guns for him and said they'd been " stealing guns for the purpose of overthrowing the federal government" ( of the United State of America.) Peake said he and Tuso together are members of this organization. Peake refused to name that organization and told police he would " kill to defend his country and he was stealing weapons to defend his country."


http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/2-prison-guards-face-charges-for-shooting-range/T7TywdSx-0efWskrT3nupg.cspx

Wow! Hope these b*stards have fun being in prison. Great work by the police.

Reading the whole story it's now turned into Holy Shit - get the motive!

[Historic NY]

1. Stealing guns to overthrown the federal government......teabggers?

Peake said Tuso kept guns for him and said they'd been " stealing guns for the purpose of overthrowing the federal government" ( of the United State of America.) Peake said he and Tuso together are members of this organization. Peake refused to name that organization and told police he would " kill to defend his country and he was stealing weapons to defend his country."

[jeepnstein]

14. Nope, I doubt the Teabaggers have a taste for that kind of fun.

I'm betting it comes down to the Aryan Brotherhood. Yes, they have members who work the corrections side.

[rrneck]

2. Shit nuts and stupid to boot. nt

[cowman]

3. What just a minute

I thought that certain people who post here said that the only people who should have the right to have guns are LEO. WTF?

[old mark]

4. What happened to "bipartisanship"?

I ALWAYS carry a concealed handgun when I'm at a rifle range, as well as a cell phone. I KNOW most of the other shooters are RWers and I have no reason to trust them.

Even if you are paranoid, sometimes you are right!


mark

[Unrepentant Fenian]

8. You and me both, Mark!

My "No W" and my "Don't blame me I voted for Kerry" bumper stickers get me some pretty evil looks at the range.

[Bitwit1234]

5. I don't buy it. Because if they loved their country

this organization would have been thinking of overthrowing the government when Bush stole two terms and ruined it.

[pipoman]

6. Prison Guards as a whole

are not the brightest bulbs. There certainly are some who are just honest people looking to make a living. There are many who are simply too stupid to do anything else, IMO and from my experience.

[gravity556]

7. Never shoot at an open public range

-one that lacks RSO's-alone. If you've got to check targets, loaded weapon goes with you AND one person stays on the line. Prevents idiots from stealing your shit and has the added benefit of keeping other idiots from opening fire while you're downrange.

[virginia mountainman]

9. More of Sara Brady's "only ones"...n/t

[Remmah2]

10. Are prison guards state government workers?

Don't they have access to firearms at work as part of their job?

Scary situation.

[jeepnstein]

11. Some of them have access to full-auto.

Working in a prison is like working in a sewer, after a while a little bit of it sticks to you. Some guys handle this better than others.

[Remmah2]

12. Corrections

Being a corrections officer has to be a difficult job. Boredom and negativity are a bad combination.

[jeepnstein]

13. It's beyond difficult.

It's impossible. You can't "correct" anything. The best you can hope for is one good outcome out of a hundred. Most of your day revolves around just not getting shanked or having bodily waste thrown on you.

You have to speak to and interact with the prisoners. Of course they're all lying to you to try to gain some advantage. After a while it starts to color the way you view the world.

[old mark]

15. Just read the reactions to this on a mainly RW gun forum....

at first report of the murder, the speculation was that the shooters were black/hispanic and the gun to be was "sold on the streets in the Bronx"...
After the arrest of the guards and their "secret organization", there was much mumbling about "innocent till proven guilty", and "are they scum or real patriots"...
I guess "real patriots" buy their own guns before they decide to overthrow the US Government?

mark

[chibajoe]

16. Would be interested to know what forum

Every forum that I've seen this story on, the condemnation of the suspects has been pretty universal.