Comments on: Flomaton Man Convicted Of Davisville Burglary (With Crime Video)

By: molino jim

molino jim — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:32:26 +0000

@mnon: He breaks into a store and steals property— if the owner sued what would he get beside a bill from his lawyer and the wasted time the owner would have to spend in court.

By: Just Me

Just Me — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:03:30 +0000

So how many more times will this criminal get a light (or joke) sentence? What happens when his crimes advance? He obviously has not learned anything from the 1st time he was arrested…….

By: Hill:)

Hill:) — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:24:47 +0000

I know this man! He is not a bad person at all. Everyone has made bad choices in their lifetime and this happened to be a bad choice.

By: Chrstiana

Chrstiana — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:34:37 +0000

Oh I completely agree with people having the right to be angry. I am not justifying what he did at all. He knows we don’t agree with what he did but I myself know that I couldn’t call myself a very good Christian if I had turned my back on a beaten down person and been able to look at myself in the mirror. I only know what I see and what I have seen since his release. I can’t say we will change him and I am not saying we are perfect. We are however showing him a life he is capable of giving his children. We are teaching him by example and praying for the strength to change his life for our nephews sakes. So please know I love ya Dee and you know me enough to know I don’t just let anyone around my family or in my house, related to my kids or not. I pray in time he can be a good member of society and never have people doubt his judgement again. I will give it my all to help him but ultimately its all his choice.

By: dee from the b.p.

dee from the b.p. — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:09:45 +0000

i know quite a few of u who have posted, some of you i dont. i dont know mr. black either, or what changes he is making. i do however know the owners of the store and what this did to them as people. not only did it cost them money, it threatened their peace of mind. i certainly hope that he knows it was upsetting to the community as a whole. some people seen it as, first store robbery and then home invasion. you know me, christiania, i am all about being nice to everyone, but this crime he is gonna have to do a lot of praying and asking for forgiveness. this was serious to a lot of people. especially to the men who owned the store. small town people like us, who worked for everything they got. and there is alot of people who feel he shouldve had to pay a higher price. i for one thank god nothing else happened. thank god there were no people injured or lives taken. people are going to express their anger, and as a grown man who made the decision to commit this crime he is gonna just have to sit back and take it all in. you cant be angry for the opinions he helped build. he can be a great guy, but all they see is his past and the choices he made that affected other people.

By: Patriot

Patriot — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:48:40 +0000

@Christiana,

I suppose we’ll see….
You’ll forgive me for being skeptical, but he has been down this road before.

He was convicted of grand theft in 2006. He got probation the then too, along with “anti-theft counseling”, whatever that is. It apparently didn’t work.

By: Christiana

Christiana — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:42:11 +0000

I apologize for my last post not making sense. I was on a tablet and it messed up. Curtis is currently living in my home. he came to me and my fiancee for help when he got out of jail. He begged us to deliver him from the drugs and to help him find God again. We have taken him under our wing and are helping him any way we can. I assure those of you who think he is a threat to society he is not. He is drug free and really doing well. I know he is sorry for what he did and I know he regrets ever breaking into that gas station. I also assure those of you that think he got a slap on the wrist he didn’t. He was and still is paying for his crimes. People can change if given the correct chance to. Curtis is lucky cause we are drug free and very stubborn people. I act as his Drill Seargent and keep him straight. The rest of it is his free will to change. I pray those of you that have convictions about who he is now find it in your hearts to forgive and see who he is now. I personally have faith he is going to achieve great things now that he has seen what being drug free is accomplishing in his life.

By: christiana

christiana — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:25:41 +0000

So, many people know me as a person that does not taken crap from anyone. So , what I am about to saw you can believe is truth. When Curtis got out of jail he risked so much to make sure he could change his life. Now does not GOD’s law state we all must forgive? Well I for one know he has changed. I have watched him daily , he has not done one drug since being in my home. I trust him with my lids and home. Point is he is paying for his crimes and those you whom say he is not need lives. Your not Jesus and have no right to pass judgement. I hope Curtis becomes more then the negativity that flow’s from all places. We are behind you Curtis and love ya dearly.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:59:20 +0000

more proof that the justice system is broken. so much for making a criminal pay for their damages.

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:32:39 +0000

“mnon on September 4th, 2012 7:00 am
He can still be sued for damages by the owners of the store in civil court.”

I’m sure he is scared out of mind of that. Not to mention, if he is on probation then he has to pay probation fees for those three years. What you are suggesting is that the station owner hire an attorney to file a suit. There is no doubt they would win and Black would have a judgement against him for the cost, but you can’t force someone to pay a debt through a civil suit, so that business would end up paying a few thousand dollars for the civil suit at the risk of collecting nothing.

As far as the judgement goes, maybe the owner of the property knows Black and that has something to do with the minimal sentence. The other consideration is that with the B&E after the store closed, he wasn’t threatening some clerk during business hours, so that would imply that Black is not so much a threat to society, just property. Maybe his first offense also?