Wednesday morning feel good stories
First up this morning is Phoenix, Arizona where an armed private security guard interrupted a robbery in an auto-parts store. The thief un-assed the AO to his getaway car, but, he couldn’t leave well-enough alone. He pointed his firearm at the guard, but the guard was faster on the draw and made the thief DRT (dead right there).
In Orlando Florida, Tyrell Owens was toting his case of beer home when, outside his apartment he was confronted by an armed thief, Wilmar Jolteus, who demanded his beer. Owens wouldn’t give it up and Jolteus fired his weapon at Owens. Lucky for Owens, he had his own firearm and a permit to carry it concealed and he was able to dive for cover and return fire, striking Jolteus who un-assed the AO and, after a couple of trips and falls, jumped in his partner’s car. His partner dropped Jolteus at the hospital where he was arrested with wounds to his leg and buttocks. Orlando PD praised Owens for his quick thinking.
In Union County, South Carolina, Ralph Rice was awakened by a knock at his door. On his porch was four men, one of whom suffered from a gunshot. They asked Ralph for help for their wounded buddy. Then they dumped the injured man in a chair on Ralph’s porch and thanked him for calling the ambulance before they un-assed the AO. Apparently the man was shot in an exchange of gunfire with a homeowner in Winnsboro, South Carolina. I can’t find the article of the home invasion (there’s no accounting for local news directors’ preferences for news). So here’s the story of Ralph instead.
In Manchester, New Hampshire, Dawn Kahwaja a clerk at the local convenience store was confronted by a thief with a 3″ knife. She did a Crocodile Dundee and pulled out her own pig sticker which frightened off the criminal. “Now, that’s a noif!” Dawn’s advice to the criminal is “get a job!”
DocV sends us a link from Chicago, Illinois where former member of the UK’s Royal Air Force, and current student in Minneapolis, Neil McCarthy was with his girlfriend in the Windy City when they were confronted by three thugs who demanded their stuff. McCarthy handed it over, but they began accosting his girlfriend so he took their knife away after suffering a shoulder wound. then he chased after one of them who was cuffed and stuffed by the local PD.
Category: Feel Good Stories
The store in Manchester is a half mile from my old townhouse. The neighborhood was on a downhill slide years ago when I left. That’s what happens when a bunch of Massholes decide to move north for all the benefits of NH but want it to feel just like Lowell. They forget that actions that state line is a cultural difference that doesn’t allow for the outlaw big knifes and concealed hand guns with high capacity magazines.
Are we sure the first story wasn’t Tombstone, Arizona?
“Orlando PD praised Owens for his quick thinking.” In other states–maybe even other FL jurisdictions, there would have been condemnation, not praise. I like that Owens took cover before returning fire. Don’t know his background but, the fact is, having a CCW and weapon is one thing: facing off against a would-be killer is quite another.
I like Dawn’s response.
“I got a knife, see?”
“Oh, yeah? Mine’s bigger than yours. See?”
That moment when a gal has bigger balls than the would-be thief dude.