Lame excuses #12

Arizona -- A 76-year-old man who was accused of forcing a maid to put her hand on his penis four times while the woman was cleaning his trailer home in Glendale, claimed 'Satan made him do it'. Yeah, right...

The victim reportedly said the old man made repeated sexual comments towards her while she was cleaning the trailer.

She said he tried to give her a hug, but then grabbed hold of her hand - forcing it on to his crotch instead.

And sure, why not blame Satan, or your penis, or alcohol, or "sex drive", or drugs, or your childhood, or your parents ... or the government. It can't be your own fault, now can it?

One tough old man!

China -- An 81-year-old man fought back in self-defense was reportedly able to send eight young would-be robbers fleeing in Hong Kong, according to monstersandcritics.com.

The man, identified as Mak, had finished his morning exercise when he was pushed to the ground in an underpass.

This has got to be one tough old guy... After all, three of the teenage attackers - between the ages of 15 and 19 - is said to have been given treatment at a hospital for cuts and bruises after the Sunday incident.

I sincerely hope these young punks have learned a lesson. In any case, I salute you, Mr "Mak Attack".

A rough week

Ohio -- An 80-year-old man have had a rough week. First, he was beaten during a home break-in and then later shot while trying to learn about guns.

When intruders broke into his home, the Columbus area resident was tied up and pistol-whipped. Four days later was shot in the hand during a self-defense lesson.

Ruined robber's day

Robber's day ... is that something akin to St. Patricks Day, or Remembrance Day? It seems only fair that the robber's get their own day...
My bad jokes and similar bad taste aside, this 84-year-old guy really made my day. Sweet!

California -- A teenager may have been fooled by his intended victim's appearance. The would-be robber threatened an 84-year-old Santa Rosa man with a knife Wednesday afternoon, saying he wanted the man's wallet, according to pressdemocrat.com.

The elderly target put his grocery bags down. He then informed the young man he had been threatened by knives and bayonets before -- having fought in three wars as a U.S. Marine. He made it quite clear that the teen would be sorry if he came too close.

When the would-be robber stepped toward him, he proved his point by kicked the young criminal in the groin, according to police.

The teenager, who was estimated to be 15 or 16 years old, was reportedly left doubled over on the sidewalk around 1:15 p.m.

Martial arts skills

Here's a great story about 73-year-old Bill Garner from Columbus, Ohio who used his martial arts skills to send two would-be robbers running.

According to a report, two armed men tried to force their way into his home at about 7 a.m. The home owner said one of the men put a gun in his face and demanded to go inside.

Instead of complying with the men's demands, Garner decided to fight back. "I didn't let them in the house," Garner said. "What was I supposed to do? Were they supposed to get into my house?"

The man said he fought back using martial arts."They were surprised because I knew karate, you know?" Garner said."

After a short struggle, the two men fled from the home, the report said."I'm 73 years old, I know karate, I know judo, I know everything," Garner said. "Nobody comes into my house
without my permission."

On a side-note I must add that stories like this also make me both sad and furious. It's a crying shame that decent senior citizens can't be treated with the kind of respect they rightfully deserve.

Another tough cookie

I really wonder what goes through the head of people like this...
The answer is most probably: Very little.
As far as I know it takes a brain to have a thought process. Consequently, one may argue that folks like these thugs here have sh**-for-brains - or belong to a league of zombies we refer to as air-heads.
As for the woman here - now, this is a real fighter! I would have her on my team any day.

Story:
Arizona -- A 78-year-old woman is lucky to be alive after surviving a vicious attack. Police say she was attacked by two men -- one of them using a baseball bat.

"I'm very mean when I want to be," the Tucson woman said. The Tucson woman said the attacked occurred when she open the door of her home and to two young
men, one with a baseball bat. "He hit me three times over the head," she said.

The woman fell against the wall and screamed, "you get the hell out of my house, you're not coming in this house."

She struggled to slam the door, while she says one of the boys kept taking swings at her head. The boys eventually ran.

From: Firstcoastnews.com

Nude dude in Duluth

Don't mess with angry seniors... Not all of them are easy push-overs!

Story:
Minnesota - A man who allegedly tried to burglarize a home lost his clothes in a scuffle with the 69-year-old homeowner and then tried to streak away before he was arrested, News.yahoo.com reports.

The home owner said the man made the mistake of grabbing his wife. "As soon as he grabbed my wife, I had him in the kitchen wrestling him to the ground in a headlock and arm-lock," he said.

First, he ripped the man's shirt off. Then, "his head was down over the railing, and in today's world, pants are worn fairly loose. I pulled his pants, and his pants and underpants and shoes came completely off. He was completely nude."

When police asked if he could identify the suspect, he said: "Oh, yeah. I believe he's the only guy running nude in Duluth."

Iron man

Sweet - hats off to this senior citizen!
Strange how these "tough guys" are not so tough after all when someone takes their "toys" away and doesn't want to play their game.

Story:
74-year-old Bruce Ferraro had no idea someone was following him as he walked out of a department store at the South Shore Mall in New York on Saturday and got into his car, according to News.yahoo.com.

The mugger demanded Ferraro hand over his wallet, calling the Bay Shore resident an "old man" and threatening to hit him with the tire iron, police said.

Instead, Ferraro grabbed the bar and the two fought, until the septuagenarian managed to snatch away the tire iron, police said.

Without the weapon, the 32-year-old suspect ran to his car and attempted to drive away, police said. But the vehicle stalled, and the man got out of the car and fled on foot. Ferraro later helped police identify the suspect.

One tought lady

This is one tough senior citizen. Hats off to her! Another thing all together is to argue how wise it is to fight against a (potentially armed and desperate) robber.

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California -- Ninety-seven-year-old Dorothy Buckingham is the last person you would think would fight off a robbery suspect. She loves to sew, and recently said she sensed her friend Elizabeth needed help.

It all happened in a Bel Air shopping plaza. Dorothy was waiting for her ride when she saw a friend with a woman she thought was up to no good - noticing the strange woman holding her friend's grocery bag.

"I said 'give me her groceries.' Finally, she said 'give me three dollars'," said Dorothy. That's when things got nasty. Dorothy said the suspect then grabbed her friend's purse. That's when Dorothy went into action.

"We kept jerking back and forth. She tried to hit me, but couldn't because strap was too long," said Dorothy.

Dorothy adds, her adrenaline got her going as she fought off a woman, who was 50 years younger. "I wasn't angry; just determined she wasn't going to get away with it," said Dorothy.

Eventually, the woman let go of the purse. A witness called police who found the suspect in the parking lot.

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Another "tough" guy

This is just sad. And I bet he's got a good excuse since he was drunk. We all know we can't possibly control ourselves when we've had something to drink, so it wasn't his fault ... right?

Story:
Canada -- A 40-year-old man faces assault and possible hate-crime charges after attacking an elderly Asian man in broad daylight on a busy Vancouver bus.

The attack happened at about 1 p.m. Sunday, said police."The man, for some inexplicable reason, starts making racial slurs against the 87-year-old man, punches him in the face and runs off," a police source said.

The man, of medium build and smelling strongly of alcohol, jumped off the bus and ran into a nearby pub.

Ornamental stick-fighting

UK -- A 66-year-old mother of five originally from Belfast, grabbed an ornamental wooden stick (called a shillelagh) from her wall, shouting "Are you ready for me?" before swinging it at two men, who burgled her home after claiming to be from the water board.

The feisty woman told police the men were frozen to the spot as she grabbed one by the neck and lashed out at them, before shouting to neighbours for help. The men fled and made off in their van with her purse and a sum of cash, but were arrested after police chased them down.

The woman said she hoped that her bravery would inspire other elderly people to defend themselves."I shouted at them and I started hitting them. I think they realised then that they had picked on the wrong person," she said.

"They thought I was an easy target, but I am not soft. I grew up in Belfast and I've got five children and 17 great grandchildren. I won't be pushed around. "I don't think I was brave," she said. "I just didn't think about it. They were trying to rob me and I was going to defend my home."

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Flower power

An armed robber proved no match for a 71-year-old woman's water hose Tuesday afternoon. The Wilmington woman scared off a would-be robber by spraying him with a water hose and screaming for help in the backyard of her Forest Hills home.

Police said the woman was unloading flowers from her van in front of her home when she noticed a man walking near her yard bend down and get something out of his shoe.

The woman took her flowers to her backyard and began watering them and when she looked up she saw a man in her backyard pointing a gun at her. After seeing the gun, she turned the hose on the man and began to scream, police said. The man ran away.

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'Lettuce rejoice'

Sir, I take my hat off to you!

Story:
UK -- A pensioner of 82 was shopping when a raider walked into the village store in Speldhurst, Kent, and pointed the gun at the postmistress.

The man demanded money - but the senior citizen belted him in the face with an iceberg lettuce. A second hit persuaded the robber to run off.

The World War II Speldhurst veteran said: "The best form of defence is attack - so I did. I clobbered him twice."

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'Yankee-do'

Don't mess with granny! Don't they teach kids this lesson today?

Story:
The Yankees have honored a robber-bashing Bronxville grandmother of eight yesterday in a home plate ceremony.

The 68-year-old woman foiled an April 26 robbery at a sandwich shoppe in Tuckahoe where she worked by smacking the robber with a 1961 Yankees miniature bat.

With her 16-inch weapon in hand, she waved to the stadium crowd when she was introduced yesterday, then got a surprise when Derek Jeter came out of the dugout and presented her with a real bat signed by the team and gave her a hug.

During the attempted robbery last month, the man told the woman he had a gun, and demanded she empty the cash register. The lifelong Yankees fan said she threw the money on the floor, then as he was bending over to pick it up, grabbed her commemorative bat and hit him in the back of the head twice. He dropped the money and ran out of the store.

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One tought customer

I'm not sure if this was the smartest thing to do. Still, I must say I'm impressed by this senior citizen!

Story:
A suspect, who was in his 20's, walked into a shop in North Nashville on Sunday night. Police say he held up the clerk, then turned the gun on a customer.

That customer, a 77 year old man, wrestled the gun away from the suspect and shot the suspect in the leg. The elderly man was not hurt.

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Holly cow ...

Cow self-defense perhaps?

Story:
An unsuccessful sexual advance by an elderly Cambodian man on a young heifer ended badly when the bovine fought back, kicking him to death.

The 67-year-old man of south-western Svay Rieng province had been divorced for just 10 days when his urges apparently overcame him in the middle of the night.

Sounds of a scuffle caused the man's grandson to investigate, whereupon he found the man's naked body lying under the family's frightened cow with injuries to his head and genital area consistent with being kicked by the beast, the paper reported.

Police concluded he died in a rape attempt gone wrong, the paper said. Villagers were quoted saying the man had been divorced twice, with both wives citing his insatiable desires as the cause.

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'Peas-keeper'

Here's your new self-defense weapon "the peas-keeper" :-)
Brilliant teamwork, I'd say!

Story:
UK -- Two plucky pensioners foiled a chip shop robber with a bowl of mushy peas and a pan of boiling hot water, a court heard today.

The 21-year-old robber stormed in with a hammer and jumped over the counter of shop in Bolton, Greater Manchester.

The masked raider struck the 65-year-old male owner on the head and shoulder before his 61-year-old partner came into the room with a bowl of peas. She threw the peas at the robber causing him to slip over.

The robber got back to his feet and tried to open the cash till but was stopped in his tracks as the couple picked up a pan of water and launched it at him.

The raider ran out of the shop empty-handed and was later found to have suffered burns to his right arm, chest and neck, which needed hospital treatment.

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Busted

In one word: Respect. This gent is really something! Karate, kung-fu, who cares - this is just one tough dude.

Story ('Karate kick Buster, 100, floors gang'):
Britain's oldest worker told on Wednesday how he fought off a gang of would-be muggers – using kung fu. Buster Martin showed that, even at 100, he still knew how to handle himself when he was confronted by the teenagers after a night at the pub.

The World War II veteran scared his three attackers so much they fled empty-handed. Mr Martin, a car washer-cum-mechanic, said: 'They just came at me and pushed me against a wall and tried to take my money from me.

'Then they pushed me on the floor and I went mad. I was lashing out on the floor and then I stood up and was kicking them all.

'I pushed one and kung fu kicked the other one between the legs and he let out a scream. They ran off scared after I did that and I still had all my money.'

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Band of muggers

It is always sad when someone gets killed. Still, I applaud this gentleman for fighting back.
If someone decide to be a criminal, that person should also be prepared to pay the consequences. My sympathy will never be with the criminals ...

Story:
San Jose, Costa Rica: A tour group of U.S. senior citizens fought off a band of muggers in eastern Costa Rica, sending two of the assailants fleeing and killing a third, police said Thursday.

One of the tourists — a retired U.S. serviceman whom officials estimated was in his 70s — allegedly put one assailant in a headlock and broke his clavicle after the 20-year-old and two other men armed with a knife and gun held up their tour bus Wednesday, said the police chief of Limon, 130 kilometers east of San Jose.

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No push-over

An 82-year-old Seattle man whose walking stick was damaged when he struck a younger man who witnesses say had doused him with lighter fluid is getting a replacement cane from the Seattle Police Officers' Guild.

Gus Jones responded to the January 31 attack by smacking his assailant with his cane. Police say the attacker then ran over to two women, doused them with lighter fluid and lit a match, singeing their coats and one woman's hair. The women were not seriously injured.

The older man survived the ordeal with just a cut to his ring finger. His cane, however, was bent in the attack and rendered unusable.

"Maybe if he didn't take the action he did, more people could've been hurt," a police spokesman said. "He was going to fight back -- he wasn't going to be a passive victim."

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