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March 25th, 2014, 03:30 PM #1
Home Depot Loss Prevention Officer Sure Is Glad There Was a CCW holder around
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014...holder-around/
Police in Roseville, Mich., say a heroin addict attempted to steal a $179 battery-powered drill from a Home Depot and then stabbed the store’s loss prevention officer with a contaminated syringe when he was confronted.
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Luckily, there was a customer carrying a concealed firearm nearby. The man reportedly drew his gun and ordered the suspect to drop the syringe.
Police arrested Joshua J. Silva, 26, shortly after the violent altercation on Monday night. He was charged with second-degree retail fraud and assault with intent to do great bodily harm, a felony. The suspect held in Macomb County Jail on $25,000 bond.
Police Chief James Berlin said the loss prevention officer attempted to stop Silva after he stuffed the battery-powered drill under his coat. He fought the employee to avoid arrest.
The Detroit Free Press has more:
During the fight in the parking lot, Silva pulled a concealed syringe from his jacket and used it as a weapon, swinging it around in a slashing motion, police said.
They said he was able to stab one of the officers several times with the contaminated needle. Berlin said the victim had more than five puncture wounds on the top of his hand.
A customer with a concealed pistol license saw the incident, pulled out his handgun and told the suspect to drop the syringe and get on the ground.
After being confronted by the armed customer, the suspect immediately stopped fighting and sat down, according to police. He managed to jump up and run away when he heard police coming, but was quickly apprehended.
The good Samaritan, who wished to remain anonymous, told police he believed the loss prevention officer could have been killed if he didn’t intervene.
Berlin said the syringe used by the suspect had some residue in it and will be tested by the Michigan State Police crime lab for communicable diseases that could have been transmitted to the loss prevention officer.
The police chief also said the citizen who intervened will be submitted for a citizen’s citation.Its easier to fool people than to convince them they've been fooled....Mark Twain
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March 25th, 2014, 03:50 PM #2
Re: Home Depot Loss Prevention Officer Sure Is Glad There Was a CCW holder around
What is a citizens citation?
Practicing free speech outside of the designated free speech zones.
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March 25th, 2014, 03:53 PM #3
Re: Home Depot Loss Prevention Officer Sure Is Glad There Was a CCW holder around
Rules are written in the stone,
Break the rules and you get no bones,
all you get is ridicule, laughter,
and a trip to the house of pain.
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March 25th, 2014, 03:54 PM #4
Re: Home Depot Loss Prevention Officer Sure Is Glad There Was a CCW holder around
FRAG-I-LEE.
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March 25th, 2014, 04:15 PM #5
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Shame those who know better than the cops couldn't have been there.
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March 25th, 2014, 04:20 PM #6
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Yikes needles creep me out, especially potentially contaminated ones. Good for the armed citizen!
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March 25th, 2014, 06:03 PM #7
Re: Home Depot Loss Prevention Officer Sure Is Glad There Was a CCW holder around
LMAO at the leg lamp.
In America arms are free merchandise such that anyone who has the capital may make their houses into armories and their gardens into parks of artillery. - Ira Allen, 1796
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March 25th, 2014, 06:11 PM #8
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Good job to the citizen, but I truly hope the loss prevention officer is OK. Who knows what that addict has or who he shared that needle with. IF, I say again, IF he has something like HIV, then there should be an amendment to the charges to include attempted murder.
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it." — Thomas Paine
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March 25th, 2014, 06:35 PM #9
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March 25th, 2014, 06:39 PM #10
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