Ex-Marine, 72, Teaches Pickpocket a Lesson

[Sundowner]

This reminds me of a quote from "A Few Good Men".


Col Jessep :"You ****** with the wrong Marine!"

Regards,
Sun

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. —  Bill Barnes says he was scratching off a losing $2 lottery ticket inside a gas station when he felt a hand slip into his front-left pants pocket, where he had $300 in cash.

He immediately grabbed the person's wrist with his left hand and started throwing punches with his right, landing six or seven blows before a store manager intervened.

"I guess he thought I was an easy mark," Barnes, 72, told The Grand Rapids Press for a story Tuesday.

He's anything but an easy mark: Barnes served in the Marines, was an accomplished Golden Gloves boxer and retired after 20 years as an iron worker......

Full Text:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286847,00.html

[Holden McGroin]

I thought there was no such thing as an ex marine....


Reminds me of the time in 1999 a pickpocket in Spain stole the wallet of Larry Wade, champion 110-meter hurdler for the US Athletic team. Maurice Green saw him and Green (the 100 m world record holder at 9.79) and Wade gave chase and caught him rather quickly.

[Airscrew]

I'm beginning to detect a pattern here...

Barnes said he had just withdrawn the money from a bank machine and put it in the pocket of his shorts before driving to the Marathon service station

[Sundowner]

Another punk gets his comeuppance.

USMC

Regards,
Sun


"You ****** with the wrong Marine!"



Former Marine tackles robbery suspect

 DECATUR, Georgia (AP) -- A former Marine, already irritated about the disappearance of $100 from his bank account, tackled a suspected robber who came into the bank wielding a fire extinguisher and demanding cash.

Timothy Armstead was waiting at the Washington Mutual Bank branch on Tuesday to discuss the missing money when the man came in and told bank employees he had a bomb. The man gave them five minutes to get $2,000 in $50 bills, DeKalb County police said.

As the employees went to the vault to comply, the unidentified man began loudly counting down the minutes, which attracted Armstead's attention, police spokesman Michael Payne said.

When the man then tried to walk out with the money, Armstead, 27, knocked him to the ground. He held the man down -- lecturing him on his poor decision -- until authorities arrived.

"I just told him it was a very stupid decision and now you get to spend 20 years of your life just for taking some money," Armstead told WSB-TV.

The man was taken to the DeKalb County Jail on suspicion of armed robbery. Jail officials declined to comment on his case Friday. A call to the DeKalb County Sheriff's office was not immediately returned.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/13/robbery.tackle.ap/index.html

[texasmom]

verrrry nice

[TalonX]

Hail to those that can protect themselves.

[nirvana]

"POW, right in the kisser!"

Someone needs to tell these reporters that there is no such thing as an ex-marine.

[Irwink!]

Too many dumbarses, too few marines...