STORM2K

Posted: **Wed Apr 30, 2003 10:07 am**

Man Admits Shooting Neighbor For Mowing Lawn Too Often

POSTED: 2:58 p.m. EDT April 29, 2003

ELMIRA, N.Y. -- An upstate New York man has pleaded guilty to shooting a neighbor he thought mowed his lawn too often.

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The shooting happened last October, just outside Elmira, New York.

Kevin French shot the neighbor in the head with an air rifle as the man drove his riding mower.

Prosecutors say the two men had a strained relationship for months before the shooting.

French's guilty plea today came on the second day of jury selection for his trial on a charge of attempted murder. In exchange, French will be sentenced to up to five years in prison. He faced up to 25 years for the original charge.

Posted: **Wed Apr 30, 2003 10:09 am**

That is a strange guy... :o

Posted: **Wed Apr 30, 2003 10:13 am**

HHHMM I wonder if he can plead "mower rage"? :o

Posted: **Wed Apr 30, 2003 11:15 am**

What's the matter, can't that guy stand lawnmowers nowadays?

Posted: **Wed Apr 30, 2003 12:08 pm**

can we do that to our neighbor??? She will mow her lawn at 7am on a Saturday or Sunday morning. (It was 6am but, my mom had a nice little talk with her about it) Mine and my mom & step-dad's bedroom faces her lawn. Believe me...its a nice alarm clock! Roar of a lawn mower!

Posted: **Wed Apr 30, 2003 12:27 pm**

Believe me, lawnmowing in my area doesn't start until like 8:00 AM or early afternoon hours.

Posted: **Wed Apr 30, 2003 9:49 pm**

I reside in a Condo and I am on the seventh floor and I can hear the lawn mower man mowing late afternoon. I can imagine how you all feel with the mowing at 7 in the morning. :o :lol:

Posted: **Wed Apr 30, 2003 10:39 pm**

Mine are more likely to shoot me because I don't mow my lawn enough :lol:

Posted: **Thu May 01, 2003 2:45 am**

I live in a community where the houses are close to each other, so it is very easy to hear someone mowing the lawn. I am usually sleeping around 7 to 9 am, so I don't normally hear a lawnmower, so it doesn't wake me up.

Posted: **Thu May 01, 2003 9:13 am**

I am part of what I would like to call "Lawnmower Wars". I mow my yard a lot and so do both neighbors on either side of me.

It is kind of fun sometimes! However, I do not mow the lawn at 7 a.m. because the grass is too wet.

Posted: **Thu May 01, 2003 11:07 am**

Can I shoot my neighbor for not mowing enough? lol JUST KIDDING

Posted: **Fri May 02, 2003 10:58 am**

furluvcats wrote:Can I shoot my neighbor for not mowing enough? lol JUST KIDDING

LOL

Posted: **Fri May 02, 2003 12:18 pm**

I like to get up early and mow my lawn - ONE ACRE - before it gets too hot. So I guess now I might get shoot one day. LOL - one of the benefits of living in the country! :-)

Patricia

Posted: **Fri May 02, 2003 12:44 pm**

Mowing before 8AM on the week-end is punishable by death in my book! :-)

Posted: **Fri May 02, 2003 1:58 pm**

I suppose I'd be shot too. (Because of the time, definitely not the frequency

)

I have a little theory, somtimes it works, sometimes not, "If it can't be done by 2pm, it wasn't worth doing that day".

It's a die hard "Morning Person" thing of mine I guess.