Prosecutors have filed a voluntary manslaughter charge against an Indiana homeowner accused of killing a house cleaner after she showed up at a house by mistake.

LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana homeowner accused of killing a house cleaner who mistakenly arrived at his front door was charged with voluntary manslaughter on Monday in a case that could test the limits of stand-your-ground laws.

Curt Anderson, 62, could face anywhere from 10 to 30 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if he’s convicted. He was being held in the Boone County Jail pending an initial court hearing.

  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I had to look up Lebanon, Indiana. Is it a dangerous shithole with a population of 16,000 people? These are the same MAGA asswipes that claim the large Blue Metropolitan areas are crime ridden. Fuck them and rural AmeriKa is just as dangerous… If the stupid fuck Anderson missed, the bullet could hit one his neighbors or an innocent bystander. I would hate to deliver packages requiring a signature in those rural dumps filled with paranoid shitheads.

    • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
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      8 hours ago

      I had to look up Lebanon, Indiana. Is it a dangerous shithole with a population of 16,000 people

      I grew up there, and the answer is no. It’s just another conservative exurb of Indianapolis. Also, this happened in Whitestown which is substantially smaller than Lebanon, the county seat.