My Stepfather's brother, (step uncle??) Was a bad, bad man20/30 years ago, he was a 'career' criminal.

He was vey well known in the small town where I grew up, strangely he was well liked, and everyone remembered him fondly when they spoke of him, I guess he pretty much confined his criminal activeties to the 'big city'. He started out young, stealing cars, burglery, etc. this got him sent to 'Juvie' as a teen, thats where he learned to be a real criminal. He 'graduated' and moved on to aggrivated assult, armed robbery, trafficing and selling narcotics, (he moved lots of Heroine back in the 70's when it was really serious.

He actually got out of prison for a while when I was kid, my dad got him a job and he stayed with us for a while, he actually started to clean up his life and even got married and had a son.

One day a couple of his old 'running buddies' showed up at his house while he was at work and demanded money from his wife, they said my uncle 'owed' them from a 'job' from years passed,(I guess the fact that he kept quiet about their involvement in the 'job' and him taking the rap for the whole thing didn't mean much to them,....No such thing as honor amongst theives) Long story short she didn't have any money to give them, so they beat and raped her while his two yr. old kid watched.

I guess you could say my uncle sort of wigged out after that, it seems the cops didn't try too hard to find the scumbags,(I guess he was just a scumbag too in their eyes so why bother) so he found them himself in less than a week.

They were sitting out under the shade of an old Cotton Wood tree when my uncle drove down the old dirt road and parked in front of my wifes house, (she wasn't my wife then, she was just a kid but she remebers it well).

She said my uncle told her and her sister to 'go in the house' instead they just hid behind the short wall, she says my uncle walked calmly across the street pulled a pistol from his back and opened fire!!

She said there were 'Montoya's' running in all directions trying to get away, in the end he killed one, crippled another, and wounded two more.

He supposedly got 'life' for that, but do to 'extenuating circumstances' he only did 15yrs. I remember several years later after my Grandfather died they actually let him out to come to the funeral, of course he was 'escorted' by two Corrections Officers and he was cuffed, (In front with a jacket over them) but at least he got to come. I guess since my Grandfather was well respected in our Church the priest sent a letter to the warden and made a special request to let him out for the day, since the Prison was less that 20 miles from where we lived they didn't see it as too much trouble. They had already told him that he would be out on parole in six months, so I guess that was a factor too.

By that time I had already got married myself and moved to AZ. my GF's funeral was the last time I saw my uncle. After he got out he left the state and moved to Colorado where he worked with my Aunts husband as a roofer till he died about 10yrs. ago, that funeral was the last time I ever saw him, yeah I guess you would have to say he was dirtbag and brought all his trouble onto himself, but he always treated my sister and I very well when we were kids, he tried to 'go staight' and take care of his family, but it just wasn't ment to be.

I actually learned alot from my uncle, mainly to stay out of trouble and not do the things he'd done, which is what he had always told me when I was a kid back when he stayed with us for a while.  I think he would have appreciated knowing I took his advice and turned out Okay, sometimes I feel bad that I didn't keep in touch after he got out, I think in the back of my mind I was a little scared of him considering his past I don't think it was wrong to be cautious. Even though he never did anyone from the family wrong, everyone knew he was a 'crazy' S.O.B and not the kind of man you wanted to be on the 'bad side' of, he was the kind of person who if he ever said he 'I'll kill you', you had better believe it......

I got a cousin who's all messed up on meth.  Pretty much a leach to society.  We used to hang out a lot when we were younger, but if he croaked now I probably wouldn't give a damn.  I have no tolerance for that crap.

My granpa was a cowboy. My great-uncle and him did the Texas/Kansas cattle drives. He suddenly relocated to Oregon, and homesteaded an island on the Columbia accesssible only by boat. Hmm. My dad told me the story of when he was about 10 yrs old on a dark and stormy night they had just finished dinner and were sitting at the table when the door opened. All they could see was someone standing there in the rain,wearing a long black coat and a slouch hat pulled down low with a pistol pointed at gramps. Said," You murdering SOB, I had to track you all the way from Dodge City but I'v finally caught up with you,and you'r going back to face the judge"! Gramps gasped and let out a groan. About that time the stranger took off his hat and it was his brother that he had'nt seen since he'd left Kansas. Guess he could'nt talk for a few minutes and then was so POed that its surprising Unc lived thru it.  He never talked about it and would end the conversation if you brought it up,but I'v always wondered.
Other than that I'v got a couple of 1/2 brothers that are the epitomy of low life punks. From what I'v heard they'v been in & out of prison all of their lifes starting with reform school at an early age. I'v seen them once since I was 5,about 25 yrs ago, when they showed up at my door and within 5 minutes attempted to run a rediculous pathetic scam on me. Showed 'em the door (and doorframe on the way out,remember Al Bundy?) and told them what would happen if they came near me or mine again. Haven't seen them since.

Yes.

Max

Short and long one:

Paternal Great Grandfather got mad at a guy who worked at an auto shop in the 30's.  He walked up when the guy was working in a pit under a car, doused him with gas and burned him.  Guy died - Great Grandpa walked (supposedly).

Cousin who's now dead was a POS fag con artist.  In 1992 - 1993, he sent letters off to all kinds of sports & music celebrities claiming he or a made up child had cancer/lukemia/whatever and asked for signed memorabilia.  He'd then turn around and sell the items.  Apparently he got quite a bit of money.  Ended up spending a short time in jail, then probation.  Fucker should have died in prison, but he had all kinds of diseases (chrones disease and probably AIDS) and was released early on medical reasons.  Died in 99 i think.

Link to 2nd story

The "story" as it was told to me....

My brother, age 19 at the time, stopped in front of a friend's (loser) house to pick him up on a Saturday night. They were going out to party [read:pot]  He didn't leave his car & friend (loser) came running from the neighbors house.  They left.  5 minutes later brother's car was pulled over.  Seems loser did a B&E on neighbor's house so he could have some party money for the night.  Brother got arrested as well as the "get away driver".  Loser wasn't smart enough to ditch the pot & got the possesion cite.  Brother spent a night in jail but was never charged when friend (loser) did the right thing & told the cops the truth.

Wife's side on the other hand....
She had to dig up the skeletons in her family's closet for her job. She cannot be anywhere around convicted criminals.  She works at a maximum security B&B and had to disclose any known criminals in her family.  Two cousins are felons.  One managed to get his first felony the night he turned 18 armed robbery....did 18mo in prison.  Current where abouts unknown.  

Another cousin was caught with stolen property.  Lots of stolen property.  That he stole.  Several B&E's were solved when they caught him.  1yr prison, 5yrs prob.   My wife had to call her aunt this past spring and tell her that while she & the rest of the family were invited to our son's graduation party, aunt's son could not attend & explained why.  Aunt was understanding.

Yep.  Bartholomew Sharpe, a pirate.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

Yes . My cousin is about half-way through a 50 year sentence for strangling his ex-wife.

My mom.  Total meth-head.

Quoted: I have a cousin that is on the shady side. He made a lot of money making and selling fake Gucci bags and bringing them into the US years ago.  He is legit now but I remember as a kid, a large truck pulled up to my house in the middle of the night and disgorged several thousand Gucci fakes into my basement.  He gave me a $100 bill to unload the truck.  Not bad when you were 14.   We took a whole bunch and my mom's friend, teachers etc all got Gucci bags for Christmas that year. But he was always looking for an angle and trying make money quick.  No jail time but he did flee from the FBI and couldn't come back into the US for a while.

Apparently one of my great-grandfather's cousins used to run moonshine with Jerry Fallwell's grandfather.....