Boise
Felony Assault (2 incidents)
Danny and Gayle Bunn of Boise, Idaho, have a countercultural Halloween tradition that pro-aborts apparently don't like at all.
Instead of passing out candy, they give the children Christian tracts that explain the connections between the ancient Druid sacrifice of children and the present-day American child sacrifice of legalized abortion.
Gayle Bunn explained how they decided to give out Christian tracts instead of candy, "For the last two years, Halloween nights have been spent trapped in our house with all the lights out so that nobody would ring our door in order for us to avoid celebrating a day that was very anti-Christian ... .Two weeks ago I was standing in a Christian bookstore and seeing a box of Halloween Christian treat bags with tracts about Jesus that could be used as a witnessing opportunity on Halloween. "This is a great idea!" I thought to myself."
One of the tracts they passed out is called "Buckets," explained Danny, which is "a story about an abortionist who has the babies he has killed show up at his doorstep on Halloween, except now they have grown up and he can see them as they would have looked had he not killed them."
Danny said "I figure that it will cause some problems. More than likely there will be those in the neighborhood who will agree with what I am doing and those who will disagree. Those who strongly disagree will let me know. I just submitted it to the Lord and sought his guidance."
Now Gayle Bunn testifies about what she saw that Halloween night.
"The doorbell rang and I knew the trick-or-treating had begun. As Danny opened the door, "Trick-or-Treat" yelled some children. Danny said "We don't celebrate Halloween here, but I have something for you to give to your parents, only one per family."
"The doorbell rang again a short time later. "Trick-or-treat," yelled some more children. "We don't celebrate Halloween," said Danny. "Please give these tracts to your parents to read."
"Thank you" said the children.
"All together, we probably only had around 10-15 rings at the doorbell from various trick-or-treaters. ... the doorbell rang again. This time I heard an adult male voice when Danny opened the door. "You should not be handling these out!" said a man who I could hear but didn't see.
"I have every right to hand this out," said Danny.
"The man left quite aggravated and Danny closed the door. ...
"My son Daniel, at that moment came into the living room. I noticed he was still a little tired as his squinting eyes struggled to open. I place him on the couch next to me while giving him a hug. I saw in him the future of what was once a great nation. "There's still hope," I thought.
"The doorbell rang again. As Danny opened the door, the visit wasn't from children anymore. "What in the f— are you doing handing this junk out?!" said two men (I did not see them at this point). "I have every right to hand this out," said Danny.
"You had better f—ing stop it or else!" one man yelled.
"You can't stop me — this is my house — and I will keep handing this out!" exclaimed Danny.
"I knew at this point we were in trouble, but thought that reason might still work here. I moved towards the door.
"You are f—ing handing this out to kids and it better stop!" one of the men yelled.
"Yah, you better stop it!" yelled the younger man.
"Danny's not giving them to the kids to read, he told them to give it to their parents and that we don't celebrate Halloween," I said.
"The older man began to reach his arm through the door. Pointing his finger at me, he yelled "You're f—ing giving them to kids!"
"I realized that this person was not going to listen to reason at this point and saw that this situation was clearly going to get out of hand quickly after recognizing his arm was clearly moving beyond the boarder of the exterior of our house.
"We are not going to talk anymore and I am closing the door." I said as my hands started to move the door.
"At that moment, the arms of both men slammed the door against my arm while they yelled, "We're going to f—ing deal with this now."
Fear began to rush through me like I had never felt it before. I knew our family was in trouble at that moment. "I'm calling the police!" I yelled.
"As I moved away from the door to get out of harm's way, I ran over to the phone and dialed 9-1-1. At this moment I saw both men enter our house and grab my husband and pull him out of the house. Danny disappeared from my sight. My arms began to shake severely as I knew that Danny's life was in danger.
"I could hear what sounded like wrestling and I screamed into the phone, "Two men are hitting my husband!" I couldn't hold the phone steady to hear what the police were saying. I finally recognized they were asking me for my phone number. After yelling the number, I saw my husband's head thrown down to the baseboard of the door. I knew this was it for him if I didn't do something now.
"I started yelling, "The police are coming, the police are coming, the police are coming."
Danny Bunn continues to tell the story: "I open the door and after I agree that I gave the pamphlets out they were holding in their hands they start cussing me out big time. They tell me that it I give out one more of these that they are going to kill my ass or something to that effect. They are saying "f— you! You f—ing a—hole" and a bunch of nice words. They are hollering so I start hollering back. They keep it up, telling me to come out there, threatening me, etc. The smaller guy who was about 5'8" pushes me in the doorway and he is seeking to come in so I push him back out. They keep telling me that I better not hand out one more of the pamphlets. I tell them that I am going to give them to anyone and everyone who comes to my door. A lot was happening but the next thing that I remember was my wife coming over to the door and telling them to leave that she is going to call the police. They are not really listening to her and she attempts to shut the door on them and they push it back open fairly hard and it hurts her arm in the process. She calls the police and that is about the time that they come in a little bit over the threshold. The older guy (in his 40s) about 6'1" grabs my arm and the other guy (approx. 30 years old) grabs my other arm and they pull me out on the front porch. The older guy starts choking me while the other one is trying to hit me with his fist. I am holding his arm while I am getting my neck turned enough so I can breathe a little bit. I end up on floor of my entranceway. They finally hear my wife I guess. She is telling them that the cops are on their way. That must have finally hit them so they walk out into the yard. I jump up and tell them to hang around we have company coming, meaning the police. They keep walking toward their truck. It was a light colored truck, fairly new. I run back into the house hoping that I could get my camera before they got away. I run back out with it, but they are in the truck and leaving" [end of Danny's testimony].
A police officer was dispatched to the scene and after talking with Danny and Gayle, he found two men, David Liehe and Del Rude who initially denied everything and then finally confessed. The police officer taped their confession, and the two men were charged with felony assault.
Reference: Neal Horsley. "A Truly Scary Halloween Story: Handing Out Christian Tracts Almost Got the Bunn family of Boise, Idaho Killed." Christian Gallery News Service, November 3, 2003.
Vandalism (2 incidents) and Disorderly Conduct (2 incidents)
Pro-abortionists despise anyone who speaks up against them or their precious 'right' to kill preborn babies. Although they posture and pose and say that they will "support the right of anyone to say anything," they are lying. They really will only defend or support speech that agrees with them.
They proved this once again at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho. On January 12th, 2002, parishioners erected a "cemetery of the innocents," consisting of 3,200 small white crosses, in a small field owned by the church. It represented the number of abortions committed in the United States every day. That evening, several pro-aborts destroyed the entire display by knocking all of the crosses down.
The parishioners put all the crosses up the next day, a Sunday. But early Monday morning, the pro-aborts were back in force, and this time a much larger group of them destroyed all the crosses again. Two pro-abortionists were charged in the first incident. Police arrested 18-year old Salvatore J. Licastri and 20-year-old Jacob Schisel, both of Boise, and charged them both with disorderly conduct and vandalism. Schisel said that the vandalism was politically motivated, and that the two men disagreed with the pro-life statement communicated by the cross display.
References: "Abortion Demonstration Vandalized." KBCI-TV 2, Boise, Idaho, January 12, 2003; "Pro-Life Cross Display in Idaho Vandalized." Boise News 2, January 12, 2003; Vince Trimboli. "Vandals Strike Again At Church's Pro-Life Display." KBCI-TV 2, Boise, Idaho, January 13, 2003; Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org, January 14, 2003; "Idaho Pro-Choice Vandalism Not Treated as Hate Crime." LifeSite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, January 15, 2003.
Mountain Home
First-Degree Murder (2 counts)
Staff Sergeant Albert A. Ciccone was a non-commissioned officer (NCO) who worked at Mountain Home Air Force Base. He married 22-year-old Kathleen Terry on August 29, 2003, and they separated less than two months later. Kathleen, who was pregnant, moved in with her mother.
On October 23, 2003, they went to a marriage counselor. On the way back from the session, they began to argue. They both got out of the car and scuffled near the road. Kathleen then walked away, headed toward a friend's home in the sparsely-populated area. When she had walked about 200 yards, Ciccone gunned his turbocharged car and accelerated to a speed of about 40 to 50 miles an hour, then ran down his pregnant wife on the rural road Northeast of Tipanuk. The impact, witnessed by a teenager, threw Kathleen's body an estimated 50 feet through the air.
Ciccone's car then struck a concrete mailbox stand, damaging the car and disabling it. As the family at the house rushed to aid Kathleen, Ciccone got out of his car and began walking away. Kathleen died within minutes.
After sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene, they found him about a mile from the murder scene, wandering in the desert.
He was arrested and soon confessed to the murder.
County Prosecutor Aaron Bazzoli said after hearing Ciccone's confession and reviewing the physical and witness evidence, he had decided to file two first-degree murder charges in the case, noting that "if you have time to think about what you are doing" and have time to stop but don't, the law justifies the filing of pre-meditated murder charges. Bazzoli also said that under changes recently enacted in Idaho law, the circumstances allowed for the filing of charges relating to the death of the preborn baby Kathleen was carrying at the time of the incident, which was the reason for the second murder charge.
References: "Sergeant Charged in Death of Pregnant Wife." Casper Star-Tribune [Casper, Wyoming], October 18, 2003; "Man Charged With Murder for running Over Wife with Car." Mountain Home News [Elmore County, Idaho], October 27, 2003.
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