This Is The Week That Was For May 13th, 2007
Gimme Your Money Or I’ll Squirt Ya’”
Two young Kansas boys, 11 and 14, walked into a Dollar General Store brandishing a weapon and demanded money. A skirmish between the clerk and the older boy ensued, (the older boy had the gun). While this was going on the 11 year-old grabbed the money from the cash register.
The police nabbed the suspects within minutes and, later, found the deadly weapon… a squirt gun wrapped in black electrical tape.
"It's very troubling that a kid that is 11 years old can formulate the thought in their mind to do something like this," police Maj. Pat Kitchens said.
Police said that it doesn’t matter whether the weapon fired bullets or simply squirted water; a crime was committed.
"The crime is dictated by the behavior of the suspects in this instance," Kitchens said.
“Well, one thing is for sure; if you did not wet your pants, they could do it for you.”
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Another Robbery Gone Sour?
Everyone knows how bad it could be to lose your wallet with everything in it; photo I.D., Social Security card, birth certificate… But to lose it while you are robbing a fast food restaurant?
Well, Nathan McFarland, of Cincinnati, did just that thing. He is now accused of assaulting two KFC employees Saturday and fleeing with an undetermined amount of cash. But, he didn’t get away; the wallet he left behind made it easy to identify him.
“Sigh and oh my. Good thieves are so hard to find these days… Thank God.”
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A Hot Police Standoff
Police in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, were responding to a minor disturbance complaint when they came upon one Lawanda Diane Clay who was toting her weapon of choice, a can of pepper spray.
The police demanded that M. Clay drop her weapon… she refused. Cpl. Carl Holland used his own pepper spray on her and a pepper spray fight broke out; Ms. Clay sprayed Cpl. Holland and, if that wasn’t enough to get your butt in trouble, she turned on the other officer, Patrick Langley, and sprayed him. Not a nice thing to do.
Finally, Holland brought down the fastest sprayer in the west by hitting her twice in the leg with his nightstick.
What would have been just a disorderly charge are now felony battery and drug charges... along with the misdemeanor charges.
“Talk about getting in your face!”
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And That Was The Week That Was.
So, ‘til the next time… remember, “It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.”
