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	Marvin Heemeyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marvin John Heemeyer (October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004) was a skilled welder and owner of an automobile muffler-shop.
		Marvin was described as an obedient, honest, and loving man. However, prior to his rampage, his family life was also falling apart: his father had just died, and he was forced to auction his house.
		Although a number of rumors reported that Heemeyer was terminally ill at the time of his rampage, an autopsy revealed that he was in good health other than an abnormally large heart[1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer (632 words)

	hawaii-cruise.info Marvin Heemeyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Marvin John Heemeyer (1952 – J⋃ne 4, 2004) was a skilled welder and owner of an a⋃tomobile m⋃ffler-shop.
		Marvin was described as an obedient, honest, and loving man. However, prior to his rampage, his family life was also falling apart: his father had j⋃st died, and he was forced to a⋃ction his ho⋃se.
		Described by local people as very intelligent and an expert at welding, Heemeyer constr⋃cted an improvised 85-ton tank by welding two layers of steel armor sandwiched with concrete onto a 53-ton Komats⋃ D335A b⋃lldozer (which was initially identified as a Caterpillar D9).
	www.hawaii-cruise.info /en/Marvin+Heemeyer (603 words)

	Tapes Detail Rage Of Man Who Hit Town With Bulldozer
		Heemeyer, who carried out the attack to avenge those in town he felt had wronged him in a property dispute and had cost him his retirement savings, shot himself to death when his bulldozer got stuck in the back of the Gambles hardware store.
		Heemeyer was resigned to his death and mentioned it several times as inevitable.
		Though Heemeyer mentions at the beginning of the first tape that a "good friend" convinced him to record his thoughts, Johnson said his department has been unable to determine the identity of that person or whether the person knew of the attack before it happened.
	www.rense.com /general57/dozer.htm (662 words)

	Martyr Without a Cause
		Most of the locals were too angry, especially about Heemeyer's decision to demolish the home of a former mayor's 82-year-old widow, and his decision to fire a volley from a.50-caliber rifle in an attempt to explode massive propane tanks across the street from a dense cluster of senior housing.
		Heemeyer began his work in earnest, apparently at night, in a space stocked with everything from a portable cement mixer to peanut butter to movie videotapes.
		She suspects Heemeyer already had made the choice that would lead to his own death, but he apparently was at peace with it.
	mysite.verizon.net /res7ynax/id26.html (4069 words)

	WHO WAS MARVIN HEEMEYER? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Heemeyer appealed, and got neighbors to sign petitions against the use, and they attended the meetings, the newspaper editor said.
		On top of that, Heemeyer was fined $2,500 by the fine Granby government for various violations, including "junk cars on the property and not being hooked up to the sewer line".
		Heemeyer sought to cross 8 feet of their property (the concrete plant's) to hook up with the sewer line.
	www.geocities.com /northstarzone/BULLDOZER.html (1371 words)

	KOMO : Bulldozer Rampage In Colorado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Heemeyer loved to weld, and this surely was his masterpiece, probably constructed over a several-month period, he said.
		Heemeyer's first target was a shop at the cement plant, which sat about 100 yards from where he built the amored-plated bulldozer.
		Heemeyer had installed TV cameras connected to three monitors so he could see where he was going.
	www.komotv.com /news/printstory.asp?id=31578 (509 words)

	WWSB.tv (article details) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Neighbors and acquaintances said Marvin Heemeyer, 52, was furious with town officials after fighting with them over zoning rules and town code violations at his muffler business.
		The coroner said Heemeyer shot himself in the head shortly after the bulldozer ground to a halt Friday in the wreckage of a warehouse.
		Heemeyer knocked down two trees just feet from her plantings, but on Monday the flowers were taking root.
	www.wwsb.com /news/details.asp?id=15204 (429 words)

	Marvin Heemeyer
		Heemeyer purchased a bulldozer with the intention of building a road connecting his store to the main road, but city council members rejected his proposal.
		On the afternoon of 4 June 2004, Heemeyer decided to put his plan into action, and took the finished killdozer on a long, lumbering joyride through the concrete plant, the town hall, and several businesses and homes before becoming stuck in the rubble of a collapsed warehouse.
		Heemeyer's attack, though premeditated, apparently had nothing to do with the 1974 TV movie Killdozer, directed by Jerry London and based on a book by Theodore Sturgeon; or, for that matter, the band Killdozer.
	www.nndb.com /people/527/000064335 (348 words)

	Wild bulldozer driver apparently shot self \| Arizona Daily Star ®
		Friends said Marvin Heemeyer hadn't been seen much lately, and now they know why: He was turning a bulldozer into an armor-plated vehicle that was impervious to SWAT-team bullets.
		Heemeyer's buddy Pete Mitchell said his friend was probably smiling when the tank, equipped with a TV camera for guidance, busted out of the side of a garage.
		Heemeyer loved to weld, and this surely was his masterpiece, probably constructed over a several-month period, Mitchell said.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/25002 (373 words)

	USATODAY.com - Colo. town bulldozed into shock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Marvin Heemeyer, 52, apparently killed himself at the end of the 1 1/2-hour rampage Friday in his homemade contraption — dubbed the "Armageddon tank" by townspeople.
		Heemeyer, a local resident for about 15 years, protested angrily at several meetings and sued unsuccessfully to stop the project, which he argued would bring noise, dust and traffic.
		Hundreds of residents and tourists watched as the tank was hauled to a fenced yard across the road from the cement plant.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-06-05-bulldozer-rampage_x.htm (727 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Bulldozer driver marveled that no one uncovered his plan
		Heemeyer shot himself in the head shortly after the bulldozer ground to a halt in the wreckage of a warehouse.
		Heemeyer, 52, refers in the notes to a dispute over a concrete plant he opposed because he worried it would ruin his neighboring business.
		Heemeyer appeared healthy and suffered only from an enlarged heart, a condition that was not life-threatening, Grand County Coroner Dave Schoenfeld said.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20040609-1713-bulldozerrampage.html (413 words)

	farkleberries :: chicago style culture warbloggery
		Maria Rios, co-owner of a Grand Lake restaurant that Heemeyer frequented, told the Rocky Mountain News on Sunday that Heemeyer had said to her earlier this year that he was sick and "had nothing to lose." Rios said he didn't elaborate further.
		One more thought on Marvin Heemeyer: on the Usenet, which always has plenty to say about any news event, the name is now associated with the words "madman," "superman," "gun nut" or "hero," depending on the writer's political persuasion.
		Heemeyer must have known all along this would be a trip with no exit, and all accounts from neighbors and townspeople he tangled with suggest he was not one to allow himself to be carted away in handcuffs, or locked away in a prison cell.
	farkleberries.blogspot.com /2004/06/was-marvin-heemeyer-terminally-ill.html (1274 words)

	Fourwinds10.com - News - Government > U.S. Constitution -- Colorado Rampage - Whores And Tyrants Drooling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Marvin Heemeyer’s Constitutional rights were violated, to the point that he was forced out of business by a town council, whose insatiable lust for money is never satisfied, and their infatuation for power, to dictate and control is never curbed.
		When Marvin Heemeyer had the audacity to stand up to these people and assert his rights, he became one of the many on the oligarchy’s list of enemies.
		Marvin Heemeyer was unwelcome by the holders of the birthright in Granby and Grand County.
	www.fourwinds10.com /news/05-government/G-US-constitution/2004/05G-07-03-04-colorado-rampage-whores-and-tyrants-drooling.html (1717 words)

	Marvin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marvin the Paranoid Android, a fictional character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
		Marvin the Martian, a fictional character appearing in the Looney Tunes cartoons
		Marvin, a supporting character of the Super Friends cartoon
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marvin (117 words)

	9news.com \| News \| Friends of bulldozer driver say he was a nice guy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GRANBY- Friends are defending Marvin Heemeyer, 52, the man who fortified a Caterpillar bulldozer and crashed it into more than a dozen buildings in the town of Granby Friday, before taking his own life.
		Heemeyer was later fined $2,500 for not having a septic tank and for other city code violations at his business.
		Cannon said Heemeyer was treated as an outsider from the time he bought the property back in the early 90s.
	www.9news.com /acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=f62a4b14-0abe-421a-013b-78582cb357f9&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf (513 words)

	Scotsman.com News - International - Store owner's bulldozer rampage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Marvin Heemeyer brandished a number of guns including a.50 calibre rifle as he ploughed the vehicle into several buildings, including the town hall, over a dispute with city officials about a planning application.
		Heemeyer appeared to be deliberately avoiding injuring anyone during the 10-hour rampage, which began on Friday afternoon.
		Heemeyer, who lost two bitter disputes with town officials, smashed the armour-plated bulldozer into the town hall, a former mayor’s home and at least five other buildings before the machine ground to a halt in the wreckage of a warehouse.
	news.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=642422004 (876 words)

	deseretnews.com \| We should see trouble — and intervene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Heemeyer was reportedly angered by a zoning decision that placed a concrete mix plant too close to his muffler shop.
		In this case, Heemeyer had the means and the motive to lash out at his community, which he had warned he would do.
		Heemeyer's rage reportedly went back four years, when he fought in vain to get the local planning authority to block construction of a concrete plant.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595068760,00.html (783 words)

	portland imc - 2004.06.06 - Rocky Mountain Demolition Man Marvin Heemeyer Was An Air Force Veteran
		Marvin Heemeyer, the Granby, Colorado man who assaulted the town in protest against the building of a concrete factory near his muffler shop, and allegedly killed himself, was an Air Force veteran according to this Rocky Mountain News article about him.
		My immediate response to Heemeyer's military style assault on the town was that he must have had some military training in his past, and sure enough he did.
		Heemeyer said he was angry about how the town had treated him, that he felt he had been cheated.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2004/06/290173.shtml (1547 words)

	cbs4denver.com - Bulldozer Rampage Ends In Granby
		The driver, identified by the town manager as Marvin Heemeyer, appeared to have shot himself, said Grand County Sheriff Rod Johnson.
		Heemeyer plowed the armor-plated bulldozer into the town hall, a former mayor's home and at least five other buildings Friday before the machine ground to a halt in the wreckage of a warehouse.
		Holahan said Heemeyer was armed with a.50-caliber weapon but appeared to have deliberately avoided injuring anyone during the rampage, which began about 3 p.m.
	cbs4denver.com /topstories/local_story_156173524.html (794 words)

	LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF COLORADO BLOG: Granby rampage
		Heemeyer was firing a weapon from inside the hulking bulldozer, and police returned fire, witnesses said.
		Ken Heemeyer of Castlewood, S.D., the suspect's younger brother, said his family was in shock Friday night and awaiting confirmation that Marvin Heemeyer was driving the bulldozer.
		Marvin Heemeyer was God- loving and "would fight anything that was wrong," his brother said.
	lpcolorado.blogs.com /lpcolorado/2004/06/breaking_news_i.html (1423 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| US man in bulldozer rampage
		Marvin Heemeyer damaged trees and seven buildings in the town of Granby before ploughing into a warehouse.
		Local residents said Mr Heemeyer was angry because he thought a concrete plant had been built too close to his business.
		The buildings that were damaged by Mr Heemeyer included the cement plant, a utility company, a bank, a newspaper office, a hardware store and warehouse, a former mayor's home and the municipal building, which also housed a library.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3778875.stm (385 words)

	Home - Marvin Heemeyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Marvin John Heemeyer (1952 – June 4, 2004) was a skilled welder and owner of an automobile muffler-shop.
		Described by local people as very intelligent and an expert at welding, Heemeyer constructed an improvised 85-ton tank by welding steel armor fortified with concrete onto a 53-ton Komatsu D335A bulldozer (which was initially identified as a Caterpillar D9).
		Heemeyer apparently committed suicide after the radiator on his Killdozer failed.
	genealogie.nl.infoax.org /en/Marvin+Heemeyer (9239 words)

	Summit Daily News for Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper and Frisco Colorado - News
		Heemeyer reportedly angry at local government went on a rampage in an armored bulldozer, smashing buildings and firing shots as police tried helplessly to stop him.
		Heemeyer said four people, including himself, had died "prematurely" since the plant was approved.
		Heemeyer, 52, shot himself inside the cab of his bulldozer when it got stuck in a hardware store he had destroyed minutes earlier.
	www.summitdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040609/NEWS/106090013/-1/ARCHIVES04 (563 words)

	DenverPost.com - LOCAL NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Fraser - Most of the tools worth having during Marvin Heemeyer's off-road rampage in Granby on June 4 were in containers or held in brackets he welded into the compact cockpit of his bulldozer.
		An air tank, which Heemeyer may have used to blow dust off three small video monitors, was pressed against the wall to his left with a metal band he welded in place.
		One miscalculation Heemeyer made was in not knowing the effect of when the ripper in the back of the bulldozer was raised.
	www.fortmorgantimes.com /Stories/0,1413,36~53~2233762,00.html (620 words)

	Colorado Central Magazine July 2004 Page 12
		In case anyone has forgotten, which seems doubtful, Marvin Heemeyer, who had once owned a muffler shop in the town, tried to demolish Granby by knocking down the newspaper office, library, town hall, Gambles, an electric co-operative, concrete plant, bank, and private home with an armor-plated bulldozer on June 4.
		Heemeyer's neighbor had been given the green light for an industrial use, and Heemeyer had objected, saying it harmed his business, a muffler repair shop.
		Despite these light-hearted musings, the carnage in Granby was tremendous and one person died; Marvin Heemeyer committed suicide at the end of his rampage.
	www.cozine.com /archive/cc2004/01250121.html (1985 words)

	Man who bulldozed through Colo. town is dead - Crime & Punishment - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Residents of this mountain tourist town of 2,200 described a bizarre scene as the bulldozer slowly crashed through buildings, trees and lampposts, with dozens of officers walking ahead or behind it, firing into the machine and shouting at townspeople to flee.
		Heemeyer also was fined $2,500 in a separate case for not having a septic tank and for other city code violations at his business, Hale said.
		Hale said owners of all the buildings that were damaged had some connection to Heemeyer’s disputes.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/5139598 (950 words)

	cbs4denver.com - Welder Begins Demolition Of Granby Dozer
		Last summer Marvin Heemeyer used the bulldozer to destroy several buildings.
		He was upset over a land dispute with the county, and killed himself at the end of the rampage.
		Marvin Heemeyer ended the standoff by killing himself.
	cbs4denver.com /topstories/local_story_110092713.html (278 words)

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