Friday morning feel good story

Chief Tango sends us our feel good stories for today. The first is from Iowa where a couple of people tried to turn their lives around in a stranger’s home;

Police were called to 3118 Jefferson Street just after 4:00 a.m. on an attempted burglary.

When officers arrived the victim, Rick Holland, told them two men had kicked open the door of his home. Holland used a 9mm Glock and shot a number of shots at the suspects as they fled the scene, hitting one of one of the suspects in the arm.

Mercy Hospital contacted police around 4:30 a.m. and let police know a man had been brought in suffering from a gunshot wound to the arm. The man was identified as 19-year-old Jesus Diaz. He initially told officers he had been shot in an argument near 30th and Forest Avenue.

During the investigation police were able to determine a vehicle at Diaz’s residence matched the description of the vehicle seen leaving the earlier burglary.

Diaz then admitted to officers that he and a friend, who is a juvenile, tried to break into the home at 3118 Jefferson.

The second story comes from Ohio, where 90-year-old George Hicks confronted someone who wanted to turn his life around with ill-gotten booty from Hick’s laundromat.

A man came into R&J Laundromat on Monday afternoon and demanded money from the owner, George Hicks, 90. Hicks grabbed his gun and chased the robber out the door and then called 911.

Here is an excerpt of that call:
911 Dispatcher: “Did he take any money?”
Victim: “No. No. When he shoved me, I jumped up and went for my gun and when I went for my gun I said I’ll blow your (expletive) brains out and he was gone.”

“I want to shake the man’s hand,” Tom Mauro said. Mauro owns the Third Base Drive Thru.

Video is at the link.

Category: Feel Good Stories