5/13/2014
Landowner will protect property and his family with force
Landowner will protect property and his family with force
Getting called out to his property off Moorefield Road Sunday night because of a disturbance was nothing new to Monty Awbrey.
In fact, his family members who live on the 100 acres he owns are used to calling the sheriff's department often because of people trespassing, and this time it was authorities involved in a high speed chase that ended in their backyard with several shots fired.
"This happens a lot. There are stash camps set up in the orchard," Awbrey said.
Awbrey says the same people involved in the shooting attempted to get away by running right through his property, close to where his mother and sister stay.
"Criminals have more rights than the landowners," Awbrey said.
He says law enforcement does their best, but it isn't enough to deter illegal immigrants from seeking shelter on his land, even hiding in brushy areas where they have set up camps.
"We found where they had built a fire in there. I guess they were sitting around and watching us," Awbrey said.
To protect his family and his business, he's installed surveillance cameras and flood lights along the property lines, but since they've already had several break-ins he claims by illegal immigrants running from the law, the family has also armed themselves and will shoot if it comes to that.
"My family is armed and trained. We can only do so much since our hands are tied and we are law abiding. I would like law enforcement to patrol here more often or set up a tower out here to deter illegal traffic," Awbrey said.
Awbrey says he rarely sees Border Patrol in that area. Also, it takes roughly 20 minutes for authorities to respond because of where they are located north of Mission.
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