Unarmed Texas Homeowner, Former Oklahoman, Victim Of Home Invader With Baseball Bat
By Mike McCarville ~ At 41, Randy Glasser had it all going his way. He was chief technician at Fresenius Medical Care in Dallas, a serious fisherman and accomplished bowler with a perfect 300 game to his credit.
His home in Midlothian, Texas, at 1813 Millbrook, revealed his Oklahoma ties. The son of Rich and Pat Glasser, former owners and operators of Mustang Bowl who now live in Edmond, Randy grew up bowling as he attended Western Heights High School. He worked for his parents as manager and mechanic at the popular bowling establishment, where I met him while bowling in tournaments with my grandson.
Randy had become friends with Fresenius Medical Care coworker Wendy Lane, who was ending a strained relationship with another man. At a New Year's party, Lane's former boyfriend, John Robert Spencer, a 37-year-old with a raging temper (shown here after being arrested for assault on New Year's eve), had confronted Lane. Randy defended her. Police were called and Spencer was charged with assault; she and Randy filed the police report. On January 30th, Randy called police to report he and Lane, who had moved into his home from her home in Waxahachie a short distance to the southeast, were being harassed by Spencer over the telephone. Police took a report. Randy turned his phone off last Friday night to stop the ceaseless calls.
Shortly before 2 a. m. last Saturday morning, the Midlothian Police Department's 911 operator took a call from Wendy Lane and a neighbor. Lane told the operator Spencer had broken into the home, in the Dallas Metroplex suburb with a population of only 14,000 or so, found the couple in the bedroom and that Randy had tried to defend them. She said Randy, unarmed and with nothing to defend himself, was being beaten with a baseball bat.
Police arrived on the scene at 2:05 a.m. and were confronted by Spencer at the front door.
“Officers were told ‘don’t come in and I’m not coming out,’ ” said Britton Snipes, public information officer for the Midlothian Police Department. “Officers couldn’t see Spencer’s right hand behind a pillar and knew there was an injured person inside.
“Officers told Spencer they didn’t want to hurt him and they didn’t want him to get into any more trouble,” Snipes said. “Spencer told them ‘I can’t get into any more trouble than I’m already in.’ ”
Snipes said at that point one of the three officers on the scene shot Spencer below the left eye with one round from a 12-gauge bean-bag gun. Spencer was subdued and transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital by ambulance.
Inside the home, in the bedroom, police found the body of Randy Glasser; he was dead at the scene of multiple blunt force injuries. Snipes said emergency medical technicians were unable to treat Randy due to the extent of his injuries. Spencer is charged with murder.
Snipes said this was Midlothian’s first homicide in at least five years. Randy was buried Tuesday in Resurrection Cemetery.
His home in Midlothian, Texas, at 1813 Millbrook, revealed his Oklahoma ties. The son of Rich and Pat Glasser, former owners and operators of Mustang Bowl who now live in Edmond, Randy grew up bowling as he attended Western Heights High School. He worked for his parents as manager and mechanic at the popular bowling establishment, where I met him while bowling in tournaments with my grandson.
Randy had become friends with Fresenius Medical Care coworker Wendy Lane, who was ending a strained relationship with another man. At a New Year's party, Lane's former boyfriend, John Robert Spencer, a 37-year-old with a raging temper (shown here after being arrested for assault on New Year's eve), had confronted Lane. Randy defended her. Police were called and Spencer was charged with assault; she and Randy filed the police report. On January 30th, Randy called police to report he and Lane, who had moved into his home from her home in Waxahachie a short distance to the southeast, were being harassed by Spencer over the telephone. Police took a report. Randy turned his phone off last Friday night to stop the ceaseless calls.Shortly before 2 a. m. last Saturday morning, the Midlothian Police Department's 911 operator took a call from Wendy Lane and a neighbor. Lane told the operator Spencer had broken into the home, in the Dallas Metroplex suburb with a population of only 14,000 or so, found the couple in the bedroom and that Randy had tried to defend them. She said Randy, unarmed and with nothing to defend himself, was being beaten with a baseball bat.
Police arrived on the scene at 2:05 a.m. and were confronted by Spencer at the front door.
“Officers were told ‘don’t come in and I’m not coming out,’ ” said Britton Snipes, public information officer for the Midlothian Police Department. “Officers couldn’t see Spencer’s right hand behind a pillar and knew there was an injured person inside.
“Officers told Spencer they didn’t want to hurt him and they didn’t want him to get into any more trouble,” Snipes said. “Spencer told them ‘I can’t get into any more trouble than I’m already in.’ ”
Snipes said at that point one of the three officers on the scene shot Spencer below the left eye with one round from a 12-gauge bean-bag gun. Spencer was subdued and transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital by ambulance.
Inside the home, in the bedroom, police found the body of Randy Glasser; he was dead at the scene of multiple blunt force injuries. Snipes said emergency medical technicians were unable to treat Randy due to the extent of his injuries. Spencer is charged with murder.
Snipes said this was Midlothian’s first homicide in at least five years. Randy was buried Tuesday in Resurrection Cemetery.
Labels: Home Invasion, Randy Glasser
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