Thursday morning feel good stories
From Tolland, Connecticut;
State troopers from Troop C in Tolland responded to a home on Peter Green Road around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday to investigate a burglary and a resident said he arrived home to find a pickup in his driveway, backed up near the garage.
The homeowner approached the woman sitting in the passenger seat and she said she and the man were lost and looking for directions from the victim’s neighbor, police said.
As the resident was speaking with the woman he heard noise behind him, turned around and saw a middle-age man running toward him with something in his hand, police said.
The victim feared for his safety, pulled a handgun that he carries and shot at the man, who got into the pickup and fled, police said.
No injuries were reported and police said the victim legally owns the handgun.
Police said the back kitchen sliding glass door to the house had been smashed in.
From Yuma, Arizona;
The suspect jumped over three fences while the officer still chasing him. The officer soon lost contact with the suspect while jumping the fences.
The suspect entered a home on Augusta Drive where he was met with the homeowner.
The homeowner was armed with a weapon and a short scuffle ensued. A shot was fired and the suspect was hit but was non-life threatening.
The suspect took the homeowner’s firearm and left the residence with the weapon. The officer heard the gunshot and yelling inside the home leading him to enter to search for the suspect.
As the suspect crossed the street he was apprehended and arrested.
Last week, we talked a bit about 19-year-old Andres Herrera who was killed by a father protecting his family from the thief at Popeye’s in San Antonio, Texas. Now a local real estate broker has come forward and said that he had fired his gun at Herrera and missed when the teen tried to rob a Dollar store a few weeks prior to his ultimate demise.
From Rochester, Minnesota on a slow Thursday morning, a story added just to play TAH Name Scabble. 21-year-old Teekajwok Oman and 21-year-old Ali Gombo were arrested after two home invasions the other night. They are being uncooperative with police who arrested them based on victim descriptions.
Category: Feel Good Stories
“Teekajwok”…..that was the middle name I chose for my Confirmation name around 1958-59.
Those Minnesota kids, Teekajwok Oman and Ali Gombo, obviously need jobs.
The tendency nowadays to hold up the counter peeps at fast food joints and low price housewares stores is a good reason to use that piece of plastic instead of cash. But it will happen anyway, so the cashiers might as well arm themselves.
“Teekajwok Oman and Ali Gombo”
Clearly a couple of those wild and crazy Scandinavian Minnesota kids…
Is Ali Gombo related to Ali Baba?
And isn’t Teekajwok a typically Amish name? I get so confused sometimes.
Per Jonn’s request, the basic scores per the TAH Name Scrabble (Home Version)®™ are posted:
Teekajwok Oman – 33
Ali Gumbo – 13
Since they were snatched up by the po-po, If you think there may have been a slight wounding (WRT) involved (stairs, curb, etc.) a multiplier of two (2) is applicable.
Speaking of convenience stores, I believe I read that Philadelphia is trying to BAN the partitions most stores in high-crime areas use to protect their workers from robbers. They feel it demeans the customers (and this is REALLY specious) that it would delay a possibly choking customer from getting quick medical assistance. I guess 7-11 is where local Philadelphians prefer to go to get their Heimlich… and Lord knows we don’t want people, like, you know,PROTECTED or anything….