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Friday, April 06, 2018

Sentencing of Alex Bartell


15 comments:

Anonymous said...

This sounds like a mental health issue. What would have happened if no one had attempted to get him out of the locked bathroom and just evacuated the house?

Anonymous said...

this fails to mention that he had assaulted his pregnant girlfriend in front of her then 3 yr old child as well then barricaded himself in a back bedroom with multiple weapons

Anonymous said...

I was thinking that also. Alot of times police escalate these situations to a very bad point. He most likely would of calmed down in a little bit and went on with his life. Now he has to do 25 yrs in jail. they could of gotten him some mental help. ANYTHING BUT the 25 yrs in jail. This kid will be RUINED AND USELESS after he gets out of prison.

Anonymous said...

No escalation by police in this case. He was Shooting out of the back and side of his house before officers arrived. They had to evacuate homes in the area due to him already shooting. Sometimes people make bad decisions and this case had nothing do with officers escalating it

Anonymous said...

11:43 Maybe not, remember all of the sentences sound good on the surface, but 99% of the time they are more BS, than actual time. What he probably got was the 25 years, but all but 5 suspended. How many times have we seen that?

Anonymous said...

Check case search. None of his time was suspended.

Anonymous said...

There are still at least 15 appeals before he goes away!

Anonymous said...

1143 this idiot fired at police! How can you even think they escalated the matter? Lets have people deal with their own problems when they have problems with their own family in their own homes. Don't get the police involved if you don't want police action. Sounds like he was ruined before they were even called. May he rot in jail.

Anonymous said...

Right this must be family making excuses for him. Any one else there would be all times of race and negative comments. Anyone barricaded in a house w/ guns are a threat and are lucky if they make it out alive, especially shooting at a cop.

Anonymous said...

Bye thug

Anonymous said...

Only criminals fear the police

Anonymous said...

His dad had no idea how evil Alex is and did nothing but make excuses for him at sentencing.

Anonymous said...

Try to kill 4 people by shooting at them, get 25 years and be out in 12. This is complete BS. He tried to kill cops and his wife. Judge Beckstead was way off. He could
Be doing 125 years. Don’t vote for her!

Anonymous said...

I have a question...why do people get in more trouble for touching/shooting at a police officer than a regular person. What makes them worth more than u or I ?

Anonymous said...

This guy also got in trouble for armed robbery of a pharmacy years ago. I'm sure this factored into his sentencing.