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.