Comments on: Man gets clocked with pool ball after pulling gun at Kapowsin bar http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2009/09/16/man-gets-clocked-with-pool-ball-after-pulling-gun-at-kapowsin-bar/ Go behind the yellow tape with The News Tribune Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:38:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: janicegammill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2009/09/16/man-gets-clocked-with-pool-ball-after-pulling-gun-at-kapowsin-bar/#comment-474 janicegammill Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:38:10 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/?p=771#comment-474 Love the guy that threw the ball! What a slam dunk. Love the guy that threw the ball! What a slam dunk.

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]]> By: janicegammill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2009/09/16/man-gets-clocked-with-pool-ball-after-pulling-gun-at-kapowsin-bar/#comment-473 janicegammill Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:37:27 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/?p=771#comment-473 My daughter was there and saved lives! My daughter was there and saved lives!

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]]> By: bpickard http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2009/09/16/man-gets-clocked-with-pool-ball-after-pulling-gun-at-kapowsin-bar/#comment-450 bpickard Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:37:57 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/?p=771#comment-450 This is worthy of national - maybe international - publicity. This is worthy of national – maybe international – publicity.

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]]> By: JanieJones http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2009/09/16/man-gets-clocked-with-pool-ball-after-pulling-gun-at-kapowsin-bar/#comment-442 JanieJones Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:05:04 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/?p=771#comment-442 Love it! This guy better not try to file assault charges on the ball thrower. He so deserved to get "shot" Love it! This guy better not try to file assault charges on the ball thrower. He so deserved to get “shot”

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]]> By: inukshuk http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2009/09/16/man-gets-clocked-with-pool-ball-after-pulling-gun-at-kapowsin-bar/#comment-441 inukshuk Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:55:41 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/?p=771#comment-441 Lawsuit. Lawsuit.

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]]> By: chip98404 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2009/09/16/man-gets-clocked-with-pool-ball-after-pulling-gun-at-kapowsin-bar/#comment-439 chip98404 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:40:36 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/?p=771#comment-439 If pool balls are outlawed, only outlaws will shoot pool. If pool balls are outlawed, only outlaws will shoot pool.

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]]> By: e8party8 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2009/09/16/man-gets-clocked-with-pool-ball-after-pulling-gun-at-kapowsin-bar/#comment-437 e8party8 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:41:00 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/?p=771#comment-437 He is the kid of a counselman in Eatonville. lol He is the kid of a counselman in Eatonville. lol

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]]> By: hvacguy http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2009/09/16/man-gets-clocked-with-pool-ball-after-pulling-gun-at-kapowsin-bar/#comment-435 hvacguy Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:42:00 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/?p=771#comment-435 Read this version from our same paper. KAPOWSIN: Pool ball lays out would-be robber Share this storyBuzz up! THE NEWS TRIBUNE Published: 09/17/09 12:05 am Comments (0) Recommend (0)A 40-year-old man didn’t fare very well after a Kapowsin bartender refused to serve him more alcohol, according to Pierce County sheriff’s deputies. As the man walked out of the Kapowsin Tavern on Saturday, he pulled a gun and pointed it at the bartender, deputies said. A witness threw a pool ball, hitting the man in the back of the head, court documents state. Kevin J. Valentine now faces second-degree assault charges. Court documents gave this account: The bartender told deputies Valentine got upset after she refused to serve him more alcohol because he was already drunk. She said he threw a glass into a cooler behind the bar and fell off his stool. Valentine started to walk out but stopped at the door, pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at the bartender. The witness told deputies he saw Valentine pull the gun and then clocked him with a pool ball. When deputies arrived, Valentine was lying on the ground in front of the bar, bleeding from a cut on the back of his head. “Defendant claimed he had been shot in the head,” charging documents state. “He was slurring his words, reeked of alcohol and had very red watery eyes. He was obviously intoxicated.” The deputies found a loaded gun on Valentine. Stacey Mulick, The News Tribune Read this version from our same paper.

KAPOWSIN: Pool ball lays out would-be robber
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Recommend (0)A 40-year-old man didn’t fare very well after a Kapowsin bartender refused to serve him more alcohol, according to Pierce County sheriff’s deputies.

As the man walked out of the Kapowsin Tavern on Saturday, he pulled a gun and pointed it at the bartender, deputies said. A witness threw a pool ball, hitting the man in the back of the head, court documents state.

Kevin J. Valentine now faces second-degree assault charges. Court documents gave this account:

The bartender told deputies Valentine got upset after she refused to serve him more alcohol because he was already drunk. She said he threw a glass into a cooler behind the bar and fell off his stool.

Valentine started to walk out but stopped at the door, pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at the bartender. The witness told deputies he saw Valentine pull the gun and then clocked him with a pool ball.

When deputies arrived, Valentine was lying on the ground in front of the bar, bleeding from a cut on the back of his head.

“Defendant claimed he had been shot in the head,” charging documents state. “He was slurring his words, reeked of alcohol and had very red watery eyes. He was obviously intoxicated.”

The deputies found a loaded gun on Valentine.

Stacey Mulick, The News Tribune


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]]> By: tirebiter http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2009/09/16/man-gets-clocked-with-pool-ball-after-pulling-gun-at-kapowsin-bar/#comment-434 tirebiter Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:30:51 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/?p=771#comment-434 Personally, I think the Mariners should track down the guy who threw the 8-ball and offer him a contract... Personally, I think the Mariners should track down the guy who threw the 8-ball and offer him a contract…

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]]> By: bigmeatgrinder http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2009/09/16/man-gets-clocked-with-pool-ball-after-pulling-gun-at-kapowsin-bar/#comment-432 bigmeatgrinder Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:07:04 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/?p=771#comment-432 This dude is VERY lucky he wasn't in Bonney Lake. Someone might have tried to get a piggy back ride out of him while he was laying there "shot in the head"! VERY lucky! This dude is VERY lucky he wasn’t in Bonney Lake. Someone might have tried to get a piggy back ride out of him while he was laying there “shot in the head”! VERY lucky!

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