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Kirby Alan Ridley
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Ricky Dean Wilson
WALHALLA — The Oconee County Sheriff’s Department incident report lists Donnie Murphy as the victim, but it appears the suspect arrested for the burglary of Murphy’s house might have gotten the worst end of the deal.
Sheriff’s deputies responded Sunday afternoon to a burglary call at 163 Murphy Drive in Walhalla and learned that Murphy had shot a burglar in the buttocks. Kirby Alan Ridley was later brought into custody on burglary charges at a Ranger Road home in Walhalla and sent to Oconee Medical Center for treatment of his wound.
The report summary states Murphy told officers he was in the bathroom when he heard a noise near his kitchen. He then walked out of the bathroom, retrieved his .22 pistol from his closet, and discovered a man standing in front of his fireplace. After telling the burglar to stop, the subject allegedly reached into his pocket as if to get a gun or weapon and began walking back towards the kitchen, at which point Murphy shot him.
Deputies located Kirby, called an ambulance and followed him to Oconee Medical Center.
It was the second arrest connected to a burglary deputies made during the weekend. Ricky Dean Wilson was brought into custody in connection with a 2005 burglary of $16,000 worth of items such as scrap metal, radian tubes and heating elements from the carport of the Timken U.S. Corporation location at 430 Torrington Road in West Union. Three others; Richard Uren, Joseph Smith and James Hensley have already been arrested for the burglaries, which occurred during June and July of 2005.
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December 23, 2008
12:55 a.m.Report inappropriate content
I'm sure Kirby's christmas gift is now going to be a Donut for him to sit on for the next 2 wks after his little lesson
December 23, 2008
1:22 a.m.Report inappropriate content
Bravo Donnie Murphy!! Too bad you didn't do more damage than just a butt wound!! Maybe these slugs that are too lazy to work and think stealing is a better option will take note. It's a sad, sad world we live in.
December 23, 2008
7:55 a.m.Report inappropriate content
Now ain't that a shot in the butt! lol
December 24, 2008
12:56 a.m.Report inappropriate content
nice 'stache turd.