was "mugging" per se, but rather snatched the purses from a park bench
in one case and a bar room in the other). In both cases when faced with
a pretty dedicated pursuit they drop the purse and take off (faster,
unfortunately, than my fat ass could go). So in both cases I got the
purses back, but lost the thief.
In general most of them will follow suit - it's when you actually want
to catch them (and not just retrieve the property) that that may get
nasty. But in any case most police will tell you specifically not chase
down a potentially armed, potentially dangerous person. (Most purse
snatchers aren't armed but most muggers are).
Lemme see. I've also been in several fights (or close to) with thieves
while working at 7-Eleven. I stopped one snatch-n-grab car thief (saw
him trying all the door handles down the street and followed him until
got in one). The weirdest thing was rescuing a girl from her car trunk
(tiny little thing: had climbed in the trunk to try and make space for
something and closed on her. my wife and I walked by and heard sobbing
from the back of a running car - thought we had foiled a kidnapping
caper at first, but it was just bad timing for her. ;^) ).
While I was pumping gas on the night shift and working a 7-Eleven I also
dealt with more than my share of drunks and stupid incidents. One drunk
shoved hi girlfriend over a snow bank and she cracked her skull on the
pavement. They brought her bleeding all over the place with him
screaming at us (the clerks) to call an ambulance. We also called the
police and when he heard us doing so he trying to get the phone - we had
to restrain him.
Since at night we were the only shop on the street with more than person
(and pretty much the only one with big burly guys) we got called a lot
by the neighbors to bounce drunks and vagrants.
Jeeze. the anecdotes crappy jobs give you. ;^)
Jim Davis
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 8:07 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: mugging in cmh
well yesterday was the strangest in a long time.
me & my wife are walking to a local breakfast joint.
its a bit drizzly out.
\across the street there is an older couple & a younger blond.
all the sudden the blond starts screaming bloody murder!
then running down the street goes by a well dressed mugger.
i take flight, before thinking.
i know i can catch him with in a 1/2 block.
then all the sudden a switch gets turned on in the old noggin.
i stop in the middle of the street.
turn & walk back to my wife.
the blonde continues to chase him around the corner screaming.
just then i hear the screech of tires spinning on wet bricks.
they where a group of three people from Britain.
kind of sucks, but they probably can afford the loss of a few buck.
i didn't want to get shot or stabbed.
almost a hero, but free range chicken...
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