No Bail For Woman Accused Of Killing Agent

Wife Of Suspected Drug Dealer Allegedly Shot FBI Agent During Pa. Raid

(CBS/AP)  A judge denied bail on Thursday for a woman accused of killing an FBI agent during a drug raid that led to her husband's arrest on cocaine-dealing charges.

Christina Korbe, 40, was arraigned early Thursday on a homicide charge in the shooting death of Special Agent Sam Hicks on Wednesday.

Korbe told investigators she thought her home was being burglarized and that she was shooting at an intruder.

Hicks and other law enforcement officers went to Korbe's home to serve a warrant on her husband, Robert, as part of a drug sweep.

Christina Korbe called 911 during the raid and said her house was being robbed and that she had fired at a burglar. She was arrested while still on the phone with an emergency dispatcher.

She later told investigators that she never heard police announce themselves, according to a criminal complaint.

CBS station KDKA in Pittsburgh reports that local residents who know the Korbes were shocked to learn of the raid and shooting.

The Korbes often dined at the restaurant next door to their family-owned convenience store on Main Street in Sharpsburg, according to KDKA.

"It's real hard to understand," said one woman who works in the restaurant. "It's just something, you know, when I met her here, you know - very nice - when she had a meal here."

The Allegheny County Police Department, which filed the homicide charge and participated in the raid with the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration, said the team that went to the home to arrest Korbe's husband knocked on the door around 6 a.m. and shouted "police!" several times.

Hicks was shot almost as soon as he entered, shouting "I'm hit!" before falling to the ground, police said. He was wearing a bulletproof vest, but was wounded just above it, authorities said.

Christina Korbe was with her 10-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son when agents arrived and may have feared for their safety, said her attorney, Sumner Parker.

"It became very chaotic and confusing and based on some other things taking place. ... My client may have taken actions that she thought was appropriate and ultimately called 911 to get local police to her house based on what she thought was happening," Parker told The Associated Press.

Robert Korbe, however, knew police were at his door, according to a police affidavit.

He told investigators that, when he heard and saw agents pounding on his front door, he ran to the basement to retrieve some cocaine and pour it down a drain, according to the criminal complaint. He allegedly told investigators that, when he was finished, he was surprised that no police were in the basement, so he ran into his backyard, where he was arrested.

Parker, who also represents Robert Korbe, said he can't explain why the husband appeared to realize police were raiding his home when his wife didn't.

Robert Korbe, 39, was one of 35 people charged Wednesday in the 27-count indictment that accuses the defendants of conspiring to traffic cocaine and crack from October 2007 through September. Christina Korbe was not named in the indictment.

FBI Director Robert Mueller III was in Pittsburgh on Thursday to meet privately with Hicks' family and colleagues.

[johncarl54]

the cowboys do it again, break into a house at odd hours and not expect the homeoners to fight back. they do not announce that they are officers, that would defeat the idea of the midnight attack. in texas we have a right to shoot anyone who comes into our homes uninvited. so should we all have that ability. drugs or not, knock on the door in broad daylight, and quit wearing that stupid cammie uniforms. does that make you invisible? i am a viet nam veteram with the 101st airborne div. a fire team leader. these clowns are wantabies, it is easy to assult a home where citizens are asleep. this reeks of nazi germany or the soviet union. people there had no rights. the cops of today are cowards. you wnat battle, well go where it is. be a man for a change, or continue to shoot citizens who cannot shoot back. you break into my house, and you will be met with massive fire power. i will live, you will not. you are amatures. cowboys like blackwater. kill for no reason.

[slim1h2o]

The odds are in favor of the criminal being unarmed. Gun owners are using their guns mostly against criminals that do not have any weapon at all. Basicly the odds that you are evening, if you may, are that the gun owner is a whimp and the criminal is not.

Posted by truthrocks at 09:49 AM : Nov 21, 2008

You''re an idiot if you think homeowners are whimps for defending themselves against armed thugs breaking down the front door.

[slim1h2o]

That''''s not true. I have said gun owners like YOU lack courage!~

Posted by truthrocks at 06:46 PM : Nov 21, 2008

LOL, I''m not a gun owner, just someone that speaks up for my rights to defend myself, and my home by any means necesary.

Btw you said that criminals had more courage than law-abiding ctizens..which is *********.

I will be posting that post of yours. And people will know what kind of person you are.

PRO-CRMINAL!!!

[evian_ycnan]

Evian said "Guns keep everyone honest..."

Are you that desperate in your attempt to defend guns? Guns are designed to kill people. We have 30,000 gun deaths per year many of them kids, teens, and women killed by their spouses or ex-spouses. What`s honest about that?

Posted by truthrocks at 05:03 PM : Nov 21, 2008

The dead don`t lie. How much more honesty can you expect?

[slim1h2o]

The homeowner was the shooter.

Posted by truthrocks at 05

That''s what happens when you kick-in somebodys'' door unanounced.
Next time they should knock!!

BTW, you still on here, talking how much courage a criminal has?

[evian_ycnan]

Evian said "Wrong address; 70-year old woman puts a 45 in his brain pan."

Let me tell you the outcome in a home without guns. The old lady screams. The police realize they are in the wrong house. They apologize and leave. She could still sue and make a ton of money. No one gets killed. She doesn''''t have to live with killing an innocent man.

Posted by truthrocks at 02:57 PM : Nov 21, 2008

Court refuses to hear the lawsuit, police state ensues.

Guns keep everyone honest... at a price, but honest.

[evian_ycnan]

Parker, who also represents Robert Korbe, said he can''t explain why the husband appeared to realize police were raiding his home when his wife didn''t.


Piece-o-cake. He was sleeping on the couch in the den having fallen asleep watching Jay Leno. Happens to me 2, 3 times a week. That''s why he knew they were cops and she didn''t.

All that "Cops" no-knock nonsense and the Hubby STILL managed to flush his stash!

[evian_ycnan]

Posted by truthrocks at 02:26 PM : Nov 21, 2008

"She" is a woman. "She" has kids present. If the intruders are big enough to kick in a door, then "she" is already as a severe physical size disadvantage.

"She" merely equalized the situation.

"She" may not be at fault.

[evian_ycnan]

These are a whole lot more fun when the cops pull a no-knock on the wrong address and the first guy through gets plugged.

Kitt Hurst. Best one of all. Son of the Chief of Police; 1970s; out to make a name; kicks in the door of the bedroom of a house they did a no knock on.

Wrong address; 70-year old woman puts a 45 in his brain pan.

[kittykatsky]

Her husband knew it was the police. And waht did she think was in the filing cabinet---powdered sugar for Christmas cookies? She won''t fry, but I hope she goes away for a long time.

[slim1h2o]

As I said before you have a right to protect yourself but do you need a gun for that purpose? Guns are not designed to protect people. They are designed to kill them.
Posted by truthrocks;

In short,Yes.
The people that are breaking in, just might have a gun, so you''d need one to even the odds.

[attheapex]

Oddly enough this officer was only charged with misdemeaner counts and faced only 8 months at the most if convicted.Why can''t the police nab these people while they''re out of the house and then search instead of the home invasion tactics which also are increasing used by criminals.

[attheapex]

An all-white jury found Lima, Ohio, Police Sgt. Joe Chavalia not guilty on all counts in the January shooting death of 27-year-old Tarika Wilson during a January SWAT team raid on the home of a low-level crack cocaine dealer who was her live-in boyfriend. Wilson was shot and killed as she cowered at the door of a second-floor bedroom holding her infant child, Sincere Wilson, in her arms. The child was also hit; he had a finger amputated because of his wounds.

The officers defense was that he heard shots fired and feared for his life.The shots fired were fellow officers shooting a dog.

[slim1h2o]

One thing is sure--the people who should have been in the home were there and those who busted in were intruders--the question is--how safe/smart is it to check id of intruders before trying to shoot/repel them from your home?

Posted by harbinger09 at 05:06 AM : Nov 21, 2008


I agree,, Just think if that Doctor was in a position to put a cap in those two scuzz buckets, as they entered their home, they''d still be alive.


What I can''t grasp, are these anti-gun people who feel that home owners "do not" have a right to protect themselves. Anybody who busts down doors to gain access to a occupied home, I don''t care who you are, without proper notification, deserves what they get.

[harbinger09]

he''''s a drug dealer, who''''s breaking into his house? the cops,or someone who''''s trying to steal his drugs. they''''re crimminals.

Posted by mike18881 at 10:16 PM : Nov 20, 2008


or.... just like what happened to that family from Conn. (where the doctor was thrown down the basement stairs while his wife and daughters were repeatedly tortured and raped and set on fire) the "intruders could have been just criminals unconnected to the drug trade--after all, there is no law or signs that would prevent other criminals from victimizing people who sold drugs.

One thing is sure--the people who should have been in the home were there and those who busted in were intruders--the question is--how safe/smart is it to check id of intruders before trying to shoot/repel them from your home?

[harbinger09]

And therefore argue, that she believed a a criminal enterprise was about to kill her and her children. To attack her defense the government might argue that she knew the raid was coming and therefore her response was premeditated. But if they did that would would say about the competency of the police? Not much. In the end, no one kills a cop and walks away free--even in the unlikely instance that they are "absolutely" innocent. So, she is going away for a while-- reduced sentence perhaps.

Posted by jrc_903 at 05:46 PM : Nov 20, 2008


If she "knew the raid was coming" she would have not been home--neither would her husband or her kids.

[harbinger09]

meaning you cannot stand in a middle of a crowded plaza and scream FIRE..and if there is a stampeed that resulted because of that..THEN YOUR ARSE IS GRASS

Posted by obamasNUTZ at 04:22 PM : Nov 20, 2008


No aspect of home invasion laws require homeowners to id intruders before they defend their home--now just imagine burglars/rapists/serial killers etc invading a home and identifying themselves as police to disarm/distract the homeowners. You go into someone''s home uninvited you run the risk of getting shot no matter what you holler out--the risks are too great to a home owner to ask questions after the fact.

[harbinger09]

"Parker, who also represents Robert Korbe, said he can''t explain why the husband appeared to realize police were raiding his home when his wife didn''t."

This reminds me of several occasions when I or my husband got interpreted the same situation differently. One time, he overheard me and a friend shouting and rushed to my defense--it took a minute for him to realize we were not fighting but both excited about something and had both been discussing it, before we were in polite speaking distance.

another time, we had to deal with work personnel and it was astounding how each of us interpreted the remarks/situation totally differently.

In other words, just because the hubby knew who was at the door and why and rushed to destroy evidence does not mean the wife heard the same thing or even knew about her hubby''s drug involvement. Married couples are not the borg--they do not speak or interpret things with one mind. The premise of her thinking and/or knowing the same things as her husband(and thus reacting accordingly) is ridiculous. Definitely in her favor is that she did not keep shooting the others and that she did call 911 either before or as she was shooting.

[babooph]

Notice all the crooked CEO guys are not busted at 6am with no knock warrents & sent to real prisons-they only steal billions & destroy the economy of the nation !

[babooph]

These "warrents" allowing trashing peoples homes on "searches" must be radically reduced-I recall the feds murdering some fool longhair in Cal. for Nixon -he was guilty of running from what he thaought were armed hippy nuts !!The "agent" was rushed out of town & never charged for the murder-bet this one gets no trial !!