Cops: Dougherty sister claims no harm intended

Now in police custody following a cross-country manhunt, Lee Grace Dougherty, 29, says she and her brothers, Ryan Dougherty, 21, and Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26, weren't trying to hurt anyone, according to law enforcement.

But, as CBS' Bigad Shaban reported, the pending charges by the federal government and three separate states say otherwise.

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The siblings' cross-country crime spree began in Florida last week with the Doughertys allegedly firing nearly 20 rounds at police and then robbing a Georgia bank the next day.

It all came to a violent end 145 miles south of Denver, near Walsenburg, in southern Colorado. According to court documents, when the group was pursued by Colorado State troopers, Ryan Dougherty drove the car, while Dylan fired out the window with his AK-47 assault rifle. The high-speed chase ended when the Doughertys' car hit a spike strip laid by law enforcement, sending them crashing into a guard rail. Two of the three siblings then took off running creating chaos on the ground.

Officers say as Lee Dougherty tried to escape, she aimed her weapon at another officer, but was shot first in the leg. She allegedly told detectives, "I pointed my gun at the cop...I deserved to get shot."

The trio was booked in southern Colorado on Wednesday.

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On Thursday, Shaban reported, Lee Dougherty was laughing in handcuffs as she her brothers made their first appearance in court through a video line from jail. The trio were officially charged with attempted murder and assaulting an officer.

The siblings are being held on $1.25 million bail each. The Doughertys' next court date is set for Monday.

[baileyccc]

This family doesn't look like college material.

[ojossogood]

When you enter a bank with weapons and then fire the weapon during the attempted bank robbery, you have scared the employees and patrons out of their wits!!!

How can you say you did not mean to hurt anyone? Carrying a weapon into the bank and firing it say otherwise! You scared those employees and patrons and now you will be judged by your peers.

It is my hope and prayer that you are found guilty and sentenced to prison.

[HRPuffinstuff]

They probably couldn't SEE the cops clearly enough to hit them with their-shots. Two of them are cross-eyed as hell.

[freeamerica31]

No harm intended....LOL! She and her brothers are lucky they didn't get caught in Texas...they would've never made it to the hospital...just the slab at the coroners office.

[rocketjl]

I guess if I were 'exposo', I would chastise the police for not cutting off the hands of these perverts. Just think how happy 'exposo' would be if all the bad guys won and all the rest of the people would lose.

[kbbpll]

"Lee Dougherty was laughing in handcuffs" - a few years from now when you're still rotting in jail, it's not going to be a funny game to you anymore.

[MilitaryRetiree]

Reckon they said "goodbye" to each other ? ? It's going to be many, many years before they can hold each other again. Since she was a stripper and pole dancer, bet she's given her last lap dance for a long, long time. Well, she might give a dance to the women in prison....the ones who want to "provide for her, and 'protect' her while she is in prison". Yeah, THEM.

[you_MAY_be_right]

"On Thursday, Shaban reported, Lee Dougherty was laughing in handcuffs as she her brothers made their first appearance in court..."


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I was at the court house a few weeks ago to watch sentencing of a perp who had offended a friend. One of the cases that was sentenced that day was a Hispanic female ganger who had this smartars smirk on her face and smiled broadly when the judge read her gang affiliation. Her tone changed a bit when he sentenced her to 7 years in federal and return back to county to wait for the Marshals to come and get her. Wasn't so funny to her when it was all over and done.

[167irishboy]

Now that is one crazy Irish family.

[credibility2]

It's apparent that young people who commit crimes and then laugh it up as if it isn't serious (think of the smirk on Casey Anthony's face. Gerald Loughner, etc.) goes right back to the way the parents raised their kids without any level of responsibility or accountability for their actions and more than likely indulged, gave them whatever they wanted, and convinced them that they were special.

[Montana5]

Ok, we understand now and all's forgiven....we took this all wrong.