{"id":2620585,"date":"2026-06-28T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/punk-allegedly-pulls-pistol-on-workmen-ends-up-tied-to-front-porch-to-make-police-pickup-quick-and-easy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T15:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:17:30","slug":"punk-allegedly-pulls-pistol-on-workmen-ends-up-tied-to-front-porch-to-make-police-pickup-quick-and-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/punk-allegedly-pulls-pistol-on-workmen-ends-up-tied-to-front-porch-to-make-police-pickup-quick-and-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Punk Allegedly Pulls Pistol on Workmen, Ends up Tied to Front Porch to Make Police Pickup Quick and Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpunk-allegedly-pulls-pistol-on-workmen-ends-up-tied-to-front-porch-to-make-police-pickup-quick-and-easy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2620585&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A young man named Leotha Bush, aged 18, attempted to rob workmen in memphis using a fake semi-automatic BB gun. He approached a construction site, initially asking for a cigarette lighter, then returned to enter a home, pointed the gun at a worker, and demanded keys. The homeowner responded by turning around, grabbing the gun, and wrestled Bush to the ground, ultimately tying him to the front porch railings with a nylon strap and calling the police. Bush claimed the BB gun was a prank, but authorities charged him with armed robbery and imitation firearm possession. The neighborhood residents expressed relief and support for the vigilante action,criticizing the leniency of local law enforcement and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highlighting national issues related<\/a> to crime laws and prosecutorial independence in Memphis. The article also references ongoing political disputes between local prosecutors and the state government over laws affecting crime enforcement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Eighteen-year-old Leotha Bush thought, allegedly, that he was going to get one up on a group of workmen at a Memphis, Tennessee, home when he pulled a pistol on them earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, he was the one who ended up tied to the rails of the front porch of the home.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/victims-turn-the-tables-in-armed-robbery-tie-up-teen-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WREG-TV<\/a>, Bush allegedly tried to rob the work crew in the Highland Heights neighborhood on June 8 using a BB gun that looked like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrat-and-top-gun-control-advocate-thought-plastic-bb-gun-packaging-held-semi-automatic-pistol\/\" title=\"California Democrat And Top ... Control Advocate Thought Plastic ... Packaging Held Semi-Automatic ...\">semi-automatic pistol<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bush had apparently walked up to the house and asked for a cigarette lighter, the station reported. When none was to be had on the construction site, Bush walked away, but came back a few minutes later and entered the home.<\/p>\n<p>He then pointed the \u201cpistol\u201d at a worker and demanded the man\u2019s keys. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2026\/06\/10\/homeowner-wrestles-ties-up-gunman-during-robbery-attempt-police-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WMC-TV<\/a> reported that the man involved was the homeowner.<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t work out as planned:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The victim said he spoke in Spanish to alert another co-worker doing work near the open front door.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to police, Bush aimed a black handgun at the back of the other man\u2019s head and demanded he hand over his belongings. Instead, the victim turned around, grabbed the handgun, and threw it into the front yard.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Both men wrestled Bush to the ground, tied him to the front railing of the property with a nylon strap, and called police.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Neighbor Walter Holston said, \u201cThank God that everyone\u2019s all right,\u201d noting that the neighborhood is \u201cjust so dangerous now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to be careful with everything, you know,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s the first incident that has happened over here in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to an affidavit obtained by WMC, Bush admitted to police that he pulled out the BB gun on the owner, but said it was a prank and not a robbery attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Police disagreed, taking Bush into custody and charging him with armed robbery and carrying an imitation firearm. He was being held on $150,000 bond as of June 9.<\/p>\n<p>As for the idea of tying the suspect to the front porch, Holston was impressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that is pretty good,\u201d said Holston. \u201cThat was less work for [the police]. All they had to do was just charge him, take him on downtown, and get him booked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another neighbor, who wished to remain anonymous \u2014 such is the state of things in Memphis, apparently\u2013 said that he hopes more thugs like Bush got the same treatment, and that the fact it was a BB gun shouldn\u2019t factor into any decision-making when it came to charging or sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope it happens a lot because I\u2019m sick of the people around here who do that,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA BB gun is just like a real gun. You think your life is in danger. So, you try to protect yourself at all costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A final note: Part of the problem is that Memphis is in Shelby County, where the district attorney actually had a state law passed because of his lax enforcement of cases coming from the Memphis Safe Task Force, a federal agency.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseelookout.com\/2026\/05\/27\/shelby-county-district-attorney-sues-state-of-tennessee-over-two-new-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee Lookout<\/a>, May 27:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Shelby County\u2019s district attorney filed an emergency lawsuit against the state Tuesday to block two new laws he claims illegally interfere with his office in connection with cases coming from the federal Memphis Safe Task Force, according to a statement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>District Attorney Steve Mulroy, a Democrat, contends the two measures, both signed into law May 7 by Republican Gov. Bill Lee, violate the state Constitution and longheld principles of \u201cprosecutorial independence\u201d by micromanaging the DA\u2019s office and giving the state attorney general the authority to seek his replacement. He filed the lawsuit in Chancery Court in Memphis. \u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Memphis Safe Task Force Accountability Act, sponsored by two Shelby County Republicans, Rep. John Gillespie and Sen. Brent Taylor, a congressional candidate and critic of Mulroy as \u201csoft on crime,\u201d requires the DA\u2019s office to make reports every 10 days about the dismissal or settlement of charges filed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">federal task force<\/a>, which was ordered by President Donald Trump last fall.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>House Speaker Cameron Sexton, a Crossville Republican, responded to the lawsuit with a post on X saying, \u201cNothing says transparency like suing to stop transparency. DA Mulroy is so soft at his job that the Memphis Safe Task Force had to [do] it for him. They reduced crime to record lows but @SteveMulroy901 wants it to go back to the days of old so much, he is suing the State of Tennessee \u2026 DA Mulroy is a criminal\u2019s best friend.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When the state has to pass a law forcing a Democrat DA to take crime seriously, but homeowners are tying up thugs who try to rob them at gunpoint, it\u2019s time to get out of Dodge if you can.<\/p>\n<p>If you can\u2019t, maybe it\u2019s time to start electing some Republicans \u2014 or at least the guy who managed to subdue Leotha Bush, whatever his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-joint-terrorism-task-force-nails-dylann-roof-supporter-can-guess-political-affiliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political affiliation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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