maynard Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 By Cristina CorbinPublished March 22, 2011Armed Beauty Queen Fatally Shoots Intruder in Florida Home InvasionBy Cristina CorbinPublished March 22, 2011| FoxNews.comFlorida beauty queen Meghan Brown, right, shot and killed an intruder with her pink .38-caliber handgun during a home invasion March 12 (FoxNews.com).Florida beauty queen Meghan Brown, right, shot and killed an intruder with her pink .38-caliber handgun during a home invasion March 12 (FoxNews.com).When a burly ex-convict forced his way into a posh Florida home last week, he had no idea what awaited him -- a 25-year-old beauty queen with a pink .38-caliber handgun.Meghan Brown, a former Florida pageant queen, shot and killed 42-year-old Albert Franklin Hill during a home invasion March 12 at the 2,732-square-foot house she shares with her fiance in Tierra Verde, Fla.Hill barged into the home at around 3 a.m. after Brown responded to a knock at the front door, according to a police report. He allegedly grabbed the 110-pound Brown around her nose and mouth and dragged her to an upstairs bedroom.The woman’s fiance, Robert Planthaber, said in an interview that he was quickly awakened by the altercation and ran to Brown’s side."I attacked him and took a severe beating to the head," Planthaber told FoxNews.com. "But I got him off of her long enough for her to scramble to the room where she keeps her pink .38 special.”Brown, who reigned as the 2009 Miss Tierra Verde, snatched her gun from a nearby bedroom and shot the suspect several times – hitting him in the chest, groin, thigh and back, her fiance said. Hill was pronounced dead at the scene.Panthaber, a 42-year-old arborist, said he believes he and his fiancee were targeted because of their wealth. He claimed a pizza delivery man and possible accomplice staked out the home for three months before Hill attempted to burglarize it.“We live in a very prominent area and my fiancee wears a $60,000 engagement ring,” he said. “The pizza man knew we had money because sometimes we needed change for a $100 bill when he came to deliver pizza.”Hill had a criminal record stretching back nearly three decades -- including arrests for burglary, battery, drug possession and grand theft. He reportedly served a 13-year prison term in 1987 and was released in September after serving a fourth term behind bars.Detectives with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Robbery/Homicide Unit are still investigating the crime but believe the motive was robbery, according to local press reports. They say they haven’t yet determined the relationship, if any, Hill had with the couple. A police report said the ex-convict demanded money before the altercation between Hill and Panthaber ensued.Panthaber, meanwhile, said he and his fiancee are lucky to be alive. He said he purchased the pink handgun for Brown last Christmas and that the two had gone to target practice together.“She was not a good shot at the range,” he quipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted March 23, 2011 Administrators Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Just read this on a gun forum. I'm wondering if there isn't more to this story?Who opens a door at 3 am unless you look through the peep hole and recognize the person behind the door?Why would a 25 year old girl answer the door at that hour without waking her BF or fiancé? Hey wake up, someones at the door!Glad they are OK but there is more to this.Also the fiancé is an idiot. Who states that they are wealthy and that their fiancé wears a 60,000 dollar ring on her finger. Smooth move there smuck, you just gave the bad guys your name, address, and pics of you and your girl who you just said wears a 60,000 dollar engagement ring! Good job!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Just read this on a gun forum. I'm wondering if there isn't more to this story?Who opens a door at 3 am unless you look through the peep hole and recognize the person behind the door?Why would a 25 year old girl answer the door at that hour without waking her BF or fiancé? Hey wake up' date=' someones at the door!Glad they are OK but there is more to this.Also the fiancé is an idiot. Who states that they are wealthy and that their fiancé wears a 60,000 dollar ring on her finger. Smooth move there smuck, you just gave the bad guys your name, address, and pics of you and your girl who you just said wears a 60,000 dollar engagement ring! Good job!!! [/quote'] Ju got it mang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOPER&BURNETT Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Just read this on a gun forum. I'm wondering if there isn't more to this story?Who opens a door at 3 am unless you look through the peep hole and recognize the person behind the door?Why would a 25 year old girl answer the door at that hour without waking her BF or fiancé? Hey wake up' date=' someones at the door!Glad they are OK but there is more to this.Also the fiancé is an idiot. Who states that they are wealthy and that their fiancé wears a 60,000 dollar ring on her finger. Smooth move there smuck, you just gave the bad guys your name, address, and pics of you and your girl who you just said wears a 60,000 dollar engagement ring! Good job!!! [/quote'] Bingo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary1911A1 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Despite some mistakes, I'm glad she is OK. I get tired of the BGs' hurting people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOPER&BURNETT Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 What she REALLY needs is her own private Castillo and Crockett to take care of matters like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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