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."
Source
Friday, May 18, 2007
Thursday, May 17, 2007
'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.
Source
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.
Source
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Hazards at work, 44
Being hit by the student is bad. Hitting back is plain stupid. Could this retaliation have been avoided with a little knowledge and training? Quite probably.
Another thing is that the teacher really should have seen the punch coming. The pushing is a tell tale sign of escalation - in other words: a major red flag. Even more so when this student has what they call a "record of behavior issues"
Story:
Louisiana -- An 18-year-old student finished a test Tuesday and then shoved it in the teacher's chest. The 10th-grade teacher told her to take it back and hand it to him nicely, officials said. She shoved it in his chest again, school officials said, so the teacher repeated his request.
District officials said that on the final time, though, she threw the test in his face and followed up with a punch. He hit her back, officials said.
The 20-year teaching veteran was suspended with pay, and the student has been suspended indefinitely. The student has a record of behavior issues, according to the school district.
Source
Another thing is that the teacher really should have seen the punch coming. The pushing is a tell tale sign of escalation - in other words: a major red flag. Even more so when this student has what they call a "record of behavior issues"
Story:
Louisiana -- An 18-year-old student finished a test Tuesday and then shoved it in the teacher's chest. The 10th-grade teacher told her to take it back and hand it to him nicely, officials said. She shoved it in his chest again, school officials said, so the teacher repeated his request.
District officials said that on the final time, though, she threw the test in his face and followed up with a punch. He hit her back, officials said.
The 20-year teaching veteran was suspended with pay, and the student has been suspended indefinitely. The student has a record of behavior issues, according to the school district.
Source
Monday, May 14, 2007
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.
Source
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.
Source
Sunday, May 13, 2007
The nose-hold
Are you telling me this "biting various parts" woman is having an anger management problem? And another thing - what's so unusual about the nose-hold? Or is this a perhaps a secret Maori warrior variation that I don't know about?
Story:
New Zealand -- A New Plymouth police constable was forced to apply a nose-hold on an offender to try to stop her from biting her. The unusual hold was clamped on a woman in February after police were called to a disturbance.
When the female officer and her partner arrived, they found the woman arguing with her son. She then turned on the constables, spitting in their faces, jumping on them and trying to bite various parts of their body.
Despite being pepper-sprayed, the 34-year-old unemployed New Plymouth woman punched the male officer three times in the head. The female officer tried to restrain her, but the woman clamped her jaws down on her arm, piercing her uniform and skin.
After the constables finally managed to restrain her with a nose-hold they needed medical treatment for cuts and severe bruising.
In court, the woman admitted injuring with intent and assaulting police. Her defence counsel said his client was undergoing counselling for several issues, including anger management.
Source
Story:
New Zealand -- A New Plymouth police constable was forced to apply a nose-hold on an offender to try to stop her from biting her. The unusual hold was clamped on a woman in February after police were called to a disturbance.
When the female officer and her partner arrived, they found the woman arguing with her son. She then turned on the constables, spitting in their faces, jumping on them and trying to bite various parts of their body.
Despite being pepper-sprayed, the 34-year-old unemployed New Plymouth woman punched the male officer three times in the head. The female officer tried to restrain her, but the woman clamped her jaws down on her arm, piercing her uniform and skin.
After the constables finally managed to restrain her with a nose-hold they needed medical treatment for cuts and severe bruising.
In court, the woman admitted injuring with intent and assaulting police. Her defence counsel said his client was undergoing counselling for several issues, including anger management.
Source
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Hazards at work, 43
Scotland -- A 56-year-old former sales executive was left with painful physical injuries after a 39-year-old man tried to rape her at a furniture store in broad daylight, July 2006. The woman had been left alone after a colleague she was paired with went off to speak to a client.
When she went back to her desk, she noticed the man sitting in one of the designer chairs. She asked what he wanted and followed as he pointed up a short flight of chairs towards French furnishings. The woman said the man jumped on her and smashed her to the floor. She screamed 'help' and one of the store's managers pulled the assailant away.
The woman had two broken bones in her hand and three displaced vertebrae in her neck after the attack. "I loved my job, but I resigned because I thought security in the store was totally inadequate," she said.
Source
When she went back to her desk, she noticed the man sitting in one of the designer chairs. She asked what he wanted and followed as he pointed up a short flight of chairs towards French furnishings. The woman said the man jumped on her and smashed her to the floor. She screamed 'help' and one of the store's managers pulled the assailant away.
The woman had two broken bones in her hand and three displaced vertebrae in her neck after the attack. "I loved my job, but I resigned because I thought security in the store was totally inadequate," she said.
Source
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Didn't like the feeling
Seems very strange to me that the parents didn't check with the modelling agency, all the time her mother got this creepy "something isn't right" feeling.
Story:
Minnesota -- A 17-year-old girl told her parents a photographer had approached her at a local store, claiming to be affiliated with a modeling agency. The man even gave her $200 to buy clothes for the photo shoot.
"To make that money quick, there is something not right. I didn't like the feeling I got," said her mother. The parents took several steps to check out the man. They even contacted local police to check out his criminal history. They found out he had a clean record.
However, when the teen showed up at the hotel room in Brooklyn Park in March, she said she became frightened when the photographer locked the door. The man then showed her other teenager's pictures, some partially clothed, some younger than she. "Right there I was, oh my God, I mean, how much younger, I am 17-years-old and she looked very young and it scared me," the girl said.
After taking several photos of girl, she said, "All of a sudden he grabbed me by the shirt and ripped my shirt off and threw that on the ground." When the man stepped into the bathroom, the girl said she escaped, first peaking at his wallet to learn he had given her a fake name. She then ran to her car, called her Mom and then police.
Source
Story:
Minnesota -- A 17-year-old girl told her parents a photographer had approached her at a local store, claiming to be affiliated with a modeling agency. The man even gave her $200 to buy clothes for the photo shoot.
"To make that money quick, there is something not right. I didn't like the feeling I got," said her mother. The parents took several steps to check out the man. They even contacted local police to check out his criminal history. They found out he had a clean record.
However, when the teen showed up at the hotel room in Brooklyn Park in March, she said she became frightened when the photographer locked the door. The man then showed her other teenager's pictures, some partially clothed, some younger than she. "Right there I was, oh my God, I mean, how much younger, I am 17-years-old and she looked very young and it scared me," the girl said.
After taking several photos of girl, she said, "All of a sudden he grabbed me by the shirt and ripped my shirt off and threw that on the ground." When the man stepped into the bathroom, the girl said she escaped, first peaking at his wallet to learn he had given her a fake name. She then ran to her car, called her Mom and then police.
Source
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Another 'doork'
New York -- At a Macy's store on Manhattan - around 1:50 p.m. on Sunday - a 60-year-old man allegedly stripped in a nearby dressing room before heading to where a 16-year-old girl was trying on a dress.
The teenager said that the man hooked his arm around her neck before she managed to fight him off. The girl she fought off the man by hitting him with the dressing room door.
Source
The teenager said that the man hooked his arm around her neck before she managed to fight him off. The girl she fought off the man by hitting him with the dressing room door.
Source
Sunday, May 06, 2007
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.
Source
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.
Source
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Shout!
New York -- A man yanked a 9-year-old girl off the street in Melville Thursday evening, drove her a quarter of a mile, then released her, Suffolk County police said.
Police said they weren’t sure why the man released the girl, but they surmised it was because the child was screaming loudly.
Her mother had taught the girl to make noise if she was in harm's way, and police said they believe this may have saved her.
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Police said they weren’t sure why the man released the girl, but they surmised it was because the child was screaming loudly.
Her mother had taught the girl to make noise if she was in harm's way, and police said they believe this may have saved her.
Source
Friday, May 04, 2007
Hazards at work, 42
UK -- A Scottish market researcher fought back after a terrifying assault when a convicted sex fiend invited her into his Leith home for an interview on November 7, 2006.
The woman called at the flat unaware that the 59-year-old man who lived there had served jail terms totalling 18 years for assaults and sex attacks.
The man allegedly pushed her on to a sofa, held a knife at her throat, put his hand over her nose and mouth and threatened to kill her.
The woman fought back, cutting her attacker's face, and managed to get the knife and told him to "back off". She told the court: "I had to fight for my life."
Source
The woman called at the flat unaware that the 59-year-old man who lived there had served jail terms totalling 18 years for assaults and sex attacks.
The man allegedly pushed her on to a sofa, held a knife at her throat, put his hand over her nose and mouth and threatened to kill her.
The woman fought back, cutting her attacker's face, and managed to get the knife and told him to "back off". She told the court: "I had to fight for my life."
Source
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Homeless
Unusual? Just because attacks on prostitutes and homeless people don't get reported to authorities, doesn't make them unusual.
Story:
California -- A homeless woman fought off a would-be rapist in Mountain View this week, an attack police described as unusual.
The attack happened about 3:30 a.m. Monday. The woman, sleeping in bushes, began to scream for help when a man tried to pull off her sleeping bag.
The assailant began strangling the woman and sexually assaulted her before fleeing. Her screams alerted someone in the neighborhood, who in turn called police.
Some formerly homeless local residents say sexual assaults on homeless women are pervasive but simply never reported to the police.
"For women out there, there's always people coming on to them, all the time," said an outreach worker.
A former homeless woman in Palo Alto, said women living on the streets frequently have to fight off unwanted advances. Men approached her regularly, she said.
Reportedly, the most dangerous time is the first week of each month, when some predators spend welfare and Social Security checks on drugs and alcohol.
Source
Story:
California -- A homeless woman fought off a would-be rapist in Mountain View this week, an attack police described as unusual.
The attack happened about 3:30 a.m. Monday. The woman, sleeping in bushes, began to scream for help when a man tried to pull off her sleeping bag.
The assailant began strangling the woman and sexually assaulted her before fleeing. Her screams alerted someone in the neighborhood, who in turn called police.
Some formerly homeless local residents say sexual assaults on homeless women are pervasive but simply never reported to the police.
"For women out there, there's always people coming on to them, all the time," said an outreach worker.
A former homeless woman in Palo Alto, said women living on the streets frequently have to fight off unwanted advances. Men approached her regularly, she said.
Reportedly, the most dangerous time is the first week of each month, when some predators spend welfare and Social Security checks on drugs and alcohol.
Source
Monday, April 30, 2007
The 'Milky' Way
Can't help it, but I have quite a soft spot for fighter girls like this :-)
Drink you milk kids!
Story ("Milk-do" - or 'The Way Of The Milk'):
Massachusetts -- A 14-year-old Fairhaven girl fought off a man who first offered her a ride in his truck and then tried to grab her near a boat ramp early yesterday afternoon.
The girl said she was walking when a man in his early 30s pulled up and asked if she needed a ride. She refused, but the man allegedly began following her in his truck. As she neared the parking lot of the Pease Park boat ramp, he pulled in front of her, blocking her way, police said.
The teenager told police the man then got out of his truck and walked up behind her. He grabbed her by the back of the arm, trying to get her to stop, and said, "Come on and get in my car."
The girl struck her attacker in the face with a container of milk she was carrying, causing him to let go. When he tried to grab her arm a second time, she kneed him in the groin.
The man (wisely) gave up and the girl ran home to report the incident.
Source
Drink you milk kids!
Story ("Milk-do" - or 'The Way Of The Milk'):
Massachusetts -- A 14-year-old Fairhaven girl fought off a man who first offered her a ride in his truck and then tried to grab her near a boat ramp early yesterday afternoon.
The girl said she was walking when a man in his early 30s pulled up and asked if she needed a ride. She refused, but the man allegedly began following her in his truck. As she neared the parking lot of the Pease Park boat ramp, he pulled in front of her, blocking her way, police said.
The teenager told police the man then got out of his truck and walked up behind her. He grabbed her by the back of the arm, trying to get her to stop, and said, "Come on and get in my car."
The girl struck her attacker in the face with a container of milk she was carrying, causing him to let go. When he tried to grab her arm a second time, she kneed him in the groin.
The man (wisely) gave up and the girl ran home to report the incident.
Source
Thursday, April 26, 2007
False reports
In New South Wales, Australia, about 30 people faked their own kidnappings in the past year.
Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research figures show that NSW has the highest recorded kidnapping rate in the country, with 6.9 abductions per 100,000 people.
However, the bureau's report found that of the 238 cases of alleged abduction reviewed by researchers, only 57 per cent involved an actual abduction.
About one-third of victims experienced an attempted abduction and 4 per cent of cases did not fall into the legal description of abduction. In 7 per cent of cases, either no abduction took place or a false report was given to police.
There were 422 recorded abductions between October 2005 and September 2006. That would suggest about 30 people falsified kidnappings last year.
Source
Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research figures show that NSW has the highest recorded kidnapping rate in the country, with 6.9 abductions per 100,000 people.
However, the bureau's report found that of the 238 cases of alleged abduction reviewed by researchers, only 57 per cent involved an actual abduction.
About one-third of victims experienced an attempted abduction and 4 per cent of cases did not fall into the legal description of abduction. In 7 per cent of cases, either no abduction took place or a false report was given to police.
There were 422 recorded abductions between October 2005 and September 2006. That would suggest about 30 people falsified kidnappings last year.
Source
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
'Mall-Wart'?
Quite alarming statistics regarding Wal-Mart ...
Story:
Wal-Mart complexes experience a significant number of police incidents, more so than at other shopping complexes. This is according to a national study published less than a year ago by United Food and Commercial Workers International Union at WakeUpWalMart.com.
The study examined police reports associated with 551 Wal-Mart stores across the country. It collected data from 404 police departments from 434 cities and towns.
The study demonstrates that nationally, Wal-Mart stores cost local taxpayers an estimated $77 million in increased police costs in 2004.
What the report calls "magnet for crime" is not limited to merely in-store crimes like shoplifting and check forgery. Included is also violent and serious crimes including rape, attempted rape, aggravated assault, burglary, auto-theft, arson, narcotics, kidnapping and murder.
The report shows that there were 1,024 auto thefts reported at Wal-Mart stores, 154 sex crimes, 23 kidnappings or attempted kidnappings and 1,145 assaults with a deadly weapon.
Source
Story:
Wal-Mart complexes experience a significant number of police incidents, more so than at other shopping complexes. This is according to a national study published less than a year ago by United Food and Commercial Workers International Union at WakeUpWalMart.com.
The study examined police reports associated with 551 Wal-Mart stores across the country. It collected data from 404 police departments from 434 cities and towns.
The study demonstrates that nationally, Wal-Mart stores cost local taxpayers an estimated $77 million in increased police costs in 2004.
What the report calls "magnet for crime" is not limited to merely in-store crimes like shoplifting and check forgery. Included is also violent and serious crimes including rape, attempted rape, aggravated assault, burglary, auto-theft, arson, narcotics, kidnapping and murder.
The report shows that there were 1,024 auto thefts reported at Wal-Mart stores, 154 sex crimes, 23 kidnappings or attempted kidnappings and 1,145 assaults with a deadly weapon.
Source
Monday, April 23, 2007
Stockholm stats
A recent report from the 'Center for Public Health' shows that there was 6800 cases of assault on women reported to police in Stockholm during 2006 (in average 19 cases per day). There was 1178 rapes, on average 3 reports per day.
Two thirds of the women was subject to assault indoor, often by a spouse or family member. Karen Leander (who wrote the report) criticise the media for giving a false image of violence towards women. Media tend to spread the idea that women are being assaulted and raped by strangers, outside in the dark, she says.
She goes on to state that even rapes and assaults outdoors are, for a major part, being carried out by someone the victim knows.
Two thirds of the women was subject to assault indoor, often by a spouse or family member. Karen Leander (who wrote the report) criticise the media for giving a false image of violence towards women. Media tend to spread the idea that women are being assaulted and raped by strangers, outside in the dark, she says.
She goes on to state that even rapes and assaults outdoors are, for a major part, being carried out by someone the victim knows.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Another washroom incident
Florida -- A man in his 20s was spotted lurking inside a clubhouse in Miramar.
According to detectives, the man grabbed a female housekeeper in the men's room, bent her arm behind her back and raised her skirt, tearing it.
"The subject entered the bathroom and basically tried to pin her into one of the stalls," a police spokesman said.
"At that point, there was a confrontation and the subject tried to lift her dress, tried to reach in under her dress and she was able, at that point, to fight him off."
Source
According to detectives, the man grabbed a female housekeeper in the men's room, bent her arm behind her back and raised her skirt, tearing it.
"The subject entered the bathroom and basically tried to pin her into one of the stalls," a police spokesman said.
"At that point, there was a confrontation and the subject tried to lift her dress, tried to reach in under her dress and she was able, at that point, to fight him off."
Source
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Alcohol
I may enjoy a drink or two now and then - more and more seldom I might add. Still I have no problem seeing the potential dangers connected with alcohol consumption.
Story:
Guam -- Alcohol is the number one drug of choice among Guam's adolescents, and used by more young adults than any other illicit drug.
According to recent studies published in the medical journal, The Lancet, alcohol ranks among the five most dangerous drugs in our society. It has been ranked as being more dangerous than illegal drugs like marijuana or ecstasy.
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Story:
Guam -- Alcohol is the number one drug of choice among Guam's adolescents, and used by more young adults than any other illicit drug.
According to recent studies published in the medical journal, The Lancet, alcohol ranks among the five most dangerous drugs in our society. It has been ranked as being more dangerous than illegal drugs like marijuana or ecstasy.
Source
Friday, April 20, 2007
A target
A brilliant conclusion by the police: "Investigators believe the would-be robbers had figured out that the victim was depositing a large amount of money and waited for her to arrive at the bank."
Nooo! Really? Wow ... Do you mean it wasn't random?
Story:
California -- An employee at a Starbucks in El Segundo, was attempting to deposit money from the business when the assailants approached her at 11:50 a.m. in Manhattan Beach.
The woman was struck several times, but refused to let go of her backpack as a suspect tried to grab it from her. She held on real tight, and yelled 'help' as loud as she could. She continued screaming as she fought off the men, prompting people in the parking lot to call police.
Source
Nooo! Really? Wow ... Do you mean it wasn't random?
Story:
California -- An employee at a Starbucks in El Segundo, was attempting to deposit money from the business when the assailants approached her at 11:50 a.m. in Manhattan Beach.
The woman was struck several times, but refused to let go of her backpack as a suspect tried to grab it from her. She held on real tight, and yelled 'help' as loud as she could. She continued screaming as she fought off the men, prompting people in the parking lot to call police.
Source
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
(No rest) restaurant restroom
California -- A 26-year-old man entered a restaurant south of St. Helena, Napa Valley by the side door. This was on March 26. He then went straight to the women's bathroom and entered the back stall and removed his clothes.
A woman came into the bathroom and saw the suspect standing there naked. The attacker grabbed her and tried to pull her inside the back stall. The woman spun around and was able to break loose from his grip.
Her sweater got torn in the process. The woman ran from the bathroom.
Just as that was happening, a woman in another stall came out and the assailant grabbed her and tried to pull her into the back stall.
She was fighting him off when some men, who had heard the noise, came in and wrestled the man to the ground.
The woman who was in the stall heard the commotion between the man and the first woman, but thought it was just some girls playing around.
Both women had visible injuries to their arms, according to the report.
Source
A woman came into the bathroom and saw the suspect standing there naked. The attacker grabbed her and tried to pull her inside the back stall. The woman spun around and was able to break loose from his grip.
Her sweater got torn in the process. The woman ran from the bathroom.
Just as that was happening, a woman in another stall came out and the assailant grabbed her and tried to pull her into the back stall.
She was fighting him off when some men, who had heard the noise, came in and wrestled the man to the ground.
The woman who was in the stall heard the commotion between the man and the first woman, but thought it was just some girls playing around.
Both women had visible injuries to their arms, according to the report.
Source
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