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STOW CREEK TWP. — A man was left with a broken jaw after he was assaulted outside his home on Stow Creek Road home Saturday night.

As she watched Norman Kacewich get airlifted to Cooper University hospital, his wife, Lynette, thought she would never see her husband again.

“I was scared to death,” she said.

The Kacewichs were in their home when they saw a car driving slowly down the road just before 9 p.m., shining a light at houses and fields along the way.

She said that deer spotting, though illegal, is common in the area, but they were worried that the goats they keep on their property might be mistaken for deer.

“You see them driving down the road at night shining lights,” she said. “But usually when you go outside they just move along.”

The spotters came closer and Lynette Kacewich said her husband went outside to tell them to get off his property.

“He went out to write down their plate numbers,” she said.

When he confronted the spotters, they exchanged words and Kacewich ended up getting assaulted, being hit several times by the spotters, according to State Police Spokesman Sgt. Brian Polite.

Kacewich told police there was three young men in the car and the two in the front got out when he confronted them.

Lynette Kacewich said her husband was walking back to the house when he was hit in the back of the head with a tire iron.

Once on the ground, the spotters then began stomping Norman’s head, according to his wife.

“He has a footprint on his face,” she said.

The spotters got back in the car and drove away.

Lynette, who is confined to a wheelchair, had a hard time seeing what was happening from the house due to the darkness, but said she saw some cars pass along a few minutes after her husband went outside.

She said the cars looked like they were moving to avoid something on the side of the road. Perhaps a dead animal she thought. The cars were actually trying to avoid her husband, who was laying unconscious on the side of the road.

With no idea what was going on, Lynette Kacewich became frightened and locked the door.

“I just started screaming out the door,” she said. Her husband had been gone for some time and was nowhere in sight.

Kacewich regained his senses and made his way back to the house.

“He came in and was bloody,” his wife said. He was very disoriented, and for a moment, he thought he had been hit by a car.

He was able to call police and provide a basic description of what happened once a trooper arrived.

A helicopter arrived to take him to Cooper. His wife said the whole street was lit up.

Norman Kacewich is resting at home according to his wife. His jaw had to be wired shut and he is recovering from a concussion.

“He’s pretty sore,” his wife said. She, however, is confident that he will make a full recovery.

He was only able to provide a description of one of the men, according to his wife.

The case remains under investigation, according to Polite.

Anyone with information on this crime are urged to contact detectives at the Bridgeton State Police Station at 856-451-0101.
 
Not for nothing, I know that what happened here is B.S. and I hope they catch these guys and they spend serious time in jail, but spotlighting deer is only illegal if you have in your posession a weapon capable of killing deer. If these guys were simply shining a light and did not have a gun or bow, then they did not break the law against spotlighting deer.Though aggravated assault/attempted murder come to mind as possible charges.

The article says spotlighying is "illegal." Its only Illegal under certain circumstances, not all the time.
 
Regardless if they had a weapon or not, i would probably react the same way if some suspicious vehicle was driving around, shining a light at my house or whatever, They didn't have to beat the guy. This kind of crap really annoys me.
 
Yeah spotlighting is only illegal if you have a weapon too!! Sounds like a case of a landowner not knowing the law, trying to take the law into their own hands, and running into a bunch of thugs who equally didnt know the law and decided to play for keeps.

Now if you're spotlighting deer on private property that is suspicious for sure, granted deer move between properties.

It wasn't right for the land owner to start a confrontation, and it certainly wasnt right for the thugs to end it like they did.
 
pshh... what why we need CCW laws in NJ!!! Remember that family that got attacked in old bridge a year or two ago? They were going for a walk around their development and 3-4 kids killed the dad. The mom and kids escaped but the father passed away. It sounded like the kids were "out having fun", maybe started it cause the family was Indian or something. You just dont know who you are gonna run into and what their state of mind is, ESPECIALLY if they think they are doing something illegal.
 
Shine a light in my yard and your liable to catch lead poisoning, quick! If not for " taking the law in ones own hands" as a homeowner, what is one to do? You won't catch me waiting for the police to do anything about it. It's your responsibility as a home or property owner to safeguard your property against assholes like this who may have been scouting for deer or god knows what else. Perhaps anything else you've got outside that's not bolted down. People should quit taking up for these unsavory characters. Obviously they were up to no good and have problems with self control.who the F stomps an old man?
 
Jason1, I suggest you read this book and really take what Ayoob has to say to heart. Pay special attention to the parts where he talks about diffusing potentially lethal situations before they occur. As a firearms owner you really need to lose the attitude and be prepared to take an insult or let some act slide without intentionally escalating a situation.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=.../dp/0936279001&ei=H0WhUNKPNsm30AHYgYHIBQ&usg=AFQjCNE2U9vxfSwcl52Ev-eXRfEQFEMi5w

I sincerely hope you are joking when you say you would shoot someone for shining a flashlight in your yard. This AIN'T Texas. If you want to act like that, I suggest moving out of NJ (and to Texas). This state has EXTREMELY liberal views on personal protection, which absolutely DOES NOT include rights to protect personal property. Heck, you can even be found guilty of an array of crimes for shooting a perpetrator in your own house.
 
The spotters came closer and Lynette Kacewich said her husband went outside to tell them to get off his property.
Unfortunatly the Mr. Kacewich didn't call the cops first and then go out with some protection visible to the tresspassers. He may not have been assaulted and the cops could have busted them for tresspassing IF the cops could get there in time.

I'm also not familiar with the town where this happened. Is it in NJ?

IMHO NJ needs to allow CCW.
 
I witnessed someone breaking into my neighbors car at 3am about a year ago, right in front of my house. I could have grabbed my .357 and 12 gauge and ran outside to confront.... but I dont want to shoot anybody and I dont wanna be shot. I called the police, they had like 5 freakin squad cars there in no joke 60 seconds. It was insane how fast they got there. Apprehended the kid... just some local punk stealing crap outta cars. Could have been a thug with a pistol tho, you never know.

Lots of people get their FID, get like this superman complex, go to the range and shoot up zombie target, and vow to blow away the first person to drop a cigarette butt on their yard. Its crazy... [spy]
 
What I'm saying is that I am constantly alert to the goings on around my house and in my neighborhood and should anything be out of the ordinary, rest assured I will be there to investigate said abnormal conditions which would include someone spotlighting my property. Long before anyone clubs me with a tire iron or stomps my head I would pump them full if lead. Ill take my chances with a jury of my peers over laying in the ditch next to my road. I certain understand that shining a light in my yard wouldn't warrant shooting someone.
 
...and what i'm sayin is you could go outside to confront these hooligans with your guns or whatever and they could have guns and bad intentions. Why unnecessarily put yourself in a situation like that...and I totally get the whole protecting the homestead thing. I'm right there with ya, but its just not worth it.

If I see someone stealing something in my yard, THEY CAN KEEP IT! I'll call the police. They want my generator? Sure take it... I'll pay $400 for a new one versus the genuine possibility of having to shoot someone or being shot. They want to steal my car? Sure! Steal it! I'll call the cops and sit in my house while they deal with it. I'll take my insurance money and get another one. Not worth the risk! Possessions can be replaced, your life can not be replaced. Don't screw it up.

Think about it... you can see some people spotlight, call the police, and go about your business. OR, you could go outside like a tough guy, confront these people with your guns, they got guns, you all start shooting and you may end up dead, they may end up dead, you may end up in jail for the REST OF YOUR LIFE. Its just not worth it! Let someone else be the sucker thats sitting in court battling for their freedom because they had too much pride and couldn't let some minor event slide without a severe overreaction. Those peers you talk about... 98% of them in this state are not hunters. The majority of them voted for Obama. You want a Obama supporter deciding your fate?? [ko]
 
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