The guy robbed my store, here's the story:
I was sleeping when i heard the panic alarm go off. So i ran down and grabbed an escrima stick i had by the door. I ran into the store, and saw him smashing our cash register on the ground, and my mom was behind the counter scared crapless. Then he got up, and i saw the knife, and he was brandishing it my mom, so i stepped out of the store. When he got the money from the cash register, i allowed him to step out since my mom was still in danger, but he booted and i chased him, and he hopped on the bike that he had hidden on the side of the store. He got on it, and rode down the street, while i was chasing and screaming 'he just robbed the store'.
My neighbors were out front working on their house, and saw that i was chasing a guy in my bathrobe, so they figured he was the robber i was talking about, and chased him on foot. I ran back into the house and grabbed my shoes and keys. Got in my car and raced around the corner, where i saw him on his bike, and ran him down. He wasn't too badly hurt, but by that time he got rid of the knife and found a bat, and was battling it out with my neighbors who also had a pipe and a stick. I got out of the car with my stick, and ran towards him uttering threats (it sounds corny, but i was saying 'ok, lets rock motherfvcker'), and he ran into a house. The 3 of us quickly ran to all the entrances of the house and made sure he didn't come out as cops came. 30 secs later, about 10 cruisers came down (the station is like a few blocks away from where we were), and took him out quietly.
Anyways, that's my highlight of the day. The officiers were congratulating me for stopping him, i figure i would be charged with some kind of assault as well, but i'm not. They also found the knife he threw away. Nobody was in the store, apparently he walked in like a normal customer, and made sure there was no customers before approaching my mom. My mom accidentally jammed the register because she was so nervous, that's why he was smashing the register.
Well, that's all for now... spent over 2 hours with the police taking statements, showing them the route he took so they could find the knife, and had to wait for them to remove the bike under my car. If you're in the KW/Cambridge area, this should be on the news/newspaper... there was a couple of reporters there within 5 mins of this happening. So if you hear anything of a Ming's Asian Foods getting robbed, and a guy running him over, that's me.
I'm a little prouder of this one, last time around this year, somebody robbed the store too. I ran down in my undies while i was in the shower when i heard the panic alarm. The guy tried to stabbed me with the knife as he got out since i was blocking the door, but i was able to side step it and lock the knife arm under my armpit, while trying to knock him out/go for his jugular with my other free hand, but he had a thick Colorado Avalanche coat on, with the hood and face thing on, so it wasn't doing any damage. He was bigger than me, and knocked me to the ground after a bit, and i tried chasing him down the street... but chasing after a guy in your undies with no shoes on, with 3 inches of snow on the ground was hard... although my neighbors also chased the guy, he got away when he ran through some backyards.
Anyways, i'm beat. The adrenaline is gone now and i'm exhausted.
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Variety store owner's son chases, catches robber
They got quite a few things wrong, but most of it is correct... it's not a variety store, it's an asian food store. It's actually about the size of a variety store, but we're also a delivery service that supplies half of the chinese and vietnamese restaurants in this area with fresh produce 3 times weekly (ie, beansprouts).
I was sleeping when i heard the panic alarm go off. So i ran down and grabbed an escrima stick i had by the door. I ran into the store, and saw him smashing our cash register on the ground, and my mom was behind the counter scared crapless. Then he got up, and i saw the knife, and he was brandishing it my mom, so i stepped out of the store. When he got the money from the cash register, i allowed him to step out since my mom was still in danger, but he booted and i chased him, and he hopped on the bike that he had hidden on the side of the store. He got on it, and rode down the street, while i was chasing and screaming 'he just robbed the store'.
My neighbors were out front working on their house, and saw that i was chasing a guy in my bathrobe, so they figured he was the robber i was talking about, and chased him on foot. I ran back into the house and grabbed my shoes and keys. Got in my car and raced around the corner, where i saw him on his bike, and ran him down. He wasn't too badly hurt, but by that time he got rid of the knife and found a bat, and was battling it out with my neighbors who also had a pipe and a stick. I got out of the car with my stick, and ran towards him uttering threats (it sounds corny, but i was saying 'ok, lets rock motherfvcker'), and he ran into a house. The 3 of us quickly ran to all the entrances of the house and made sure he didn't come out as cops came. 30 secs later, about 10 cruisers came down (the station is like a few blocks away from where we were), and took him out quietly.
Anyways, that's my highlight of the day. The officiers were congratulating me for stopping him, i figure i would be charged with some kind of assault as well, but i'm not. They also found the knife he threw away. Nobody was in the store, apparently he walked in like a normal customer, and made sure there was no customers before approaching my mom. My mom accidentally jammed the register because she was so nervous, that's why he was smashing the register.
Well, that's all for now... spent over 2 hours with the police taking statements, showing them the route he took so they could find the knife, and had to wait for them to remove the bike under my car. If you're in the KW/Cambridge area, this should be on the news/newspaper... there was a couple of reporters there within 5 mins of this happening. So if you hear anything of a Ming's Asian Foods getting robbed, and a guy running him over, that's me.
I'm a little prouder of this one, last time around this year, somebody robbed the store too. I ran down in my undies while i was in the shower when i heard the panic alarm. The guy tried to stabbed me with the knife as he got out since i was blocking the door, but i was able to side step it and lock the knife arm under my armpit, while trying to knock him out/go for his jugular with my other free hand, but he had a thick Colorado Avalanche coat on, with the hood and face thing on, so it wasn't doing any damage. He was bigger than me, and knocked me to the ground after a bit, and i tried chasing him down the street... but chasing after a guy in your undies with no shoes on, with 3 inches of snow on the ground was hard... although my neighbors also chased the guy, he got away when he ran through some backyards.
Anyways, i'm beat. The adrenaline is gone now and i'm exhausted.
*****
Variety store owner's son chases, catches robber
They got quite a few things wrong, but most of it is correct... it's not a variety store, it's an asian food store. It's actually about the size of a variety store, but we're also a delivery service that supplies half of the chinese and vietnamese restaurants in this area with fresh produce 3 times weekly (ie, beansprouts).
