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Fist flattens would-be carjacker
Ordered to give up his keys, an Arlington man takes matters into his own hands.
By Diana Hefley
Herald Writer
MARYSVILLE - The would-be robber made threats and demanded keys to a van.
The van's owner was having a rough day already.
The bad guy ended up with a fist in the face and a trip to jail.
"The suspect attempted to rob the wrong guy and got more than he could handle," Marysville police Cmdr. Robb Lamoureux said Wednesday.
An Arlington contractor was the wrong guy.
The man, 39, requested that The Herald identify him only by his first name to protect his family.
John and his wife were leaving the All City Credit Union on Tuesday when the suspect approached them and asked if they had a vehicle, police said.
John pointed to his van. He thought the man may have backed into it in the parking lot.
"He told me to give him the keys or he was going to kill me," John said.
John moved his wife back.
"Give it a shot," he told the would-be robber.
The man, 39, swung at John and missed.
John didn't. He hit the man. More than once. He said he wanted to make sure the stranger didn't get up and make good on his threat to hurt him or his wife, who is recovering from a recent heart attack.
"I don't advise anyone to do what I did. It could have turned real nasty real quick," John said. "If he would have had a weapon, I would have handed over my keys."
Bystanders urged the men to quit fighting. John stopped. He was floored when the man reached out to shake his hand.
"He said he hadn't had his (expletive) kicked that good in a while," John said.
John ordered the man to sit down and wait for police. The suspect bolted. He was arrested a short time later and booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of first-degree robbery.
"We certainly don't encourage people to confront thieves, but we don't discourage them from defending themselves," Lamoureux said.
John said he was surprised the man chose him as a target.
"I don't look like an easy victim," he said.
John was nursing scraped and bruised knuckles Wednesday, but he said he worried about how the other man was doing.
The suspect fought with corrections officers at the jail and was doused with pepper spray, police said.
"I prayed for the guy last night," John said. "I think he needs help. Hopefully he gets it and he can turn his life around."
Posted : 07/04/2006 10:28 am
This guy did the right thing, and I completely agree with his actions. If you think that you can take down a robber/attacker, then do it.
I loved how he moved his wife back and said to the rogue "Give it a shot." Thats classic!
"At every door-way,
ere one enters,
one should spy round,
one should pry round
for uncertain is the witting
that there be no foeman sitting,
within, before one on the floor." -Odin, from the Hávamál (Olive Bray's translation)
Posted : 07/04/2006 10:38 am
"Go ahead punk, make my day!"
Hail to life, Hail to Death, Hail to the gods that gave me breath.
Posted : 07/04/2006 10:45 am
John was nursing scraped and bruised knuckles Wednesday, but he said he worried about how the other man was doing.
The suspect fought with corrections officers at the jail and was doused with pepper spray, police said.
"I prayed for the guy last night," John said. "I think he needs help. Hopefully he gets it and he can turn his life around."
Even contractors suffer stockholm syndrome. 
Posted : 07/04/2006 11:22 am
I saw that story on the news last night. The guy who fought the would be robber was not that big of a guy, I mean he didn't look like a street brawler or anything like that. I guess he just didn't like taking shit from anyone?
The would be robber, he was on t.v. but in a wheel chair at the courthouse, it was hard to tell how big he was. The guy was a long haired scruffy looking character, most likely a serious drug abuser, IMHO. They were both white.
Posted : 07/04/2006 12:14 pm
The guy was a long haired scruffy looking character, most likely a serious drug abuser, IMHO. They were both white.
I guess that explains why we read about it in the mainstream news? 
-Jim
Carry a pocket knife ,wear steel toe boots and always make sure that you have the advantage or these savage simians will fuck you up! -- "White Minority" from VNNForum
“To destroy is always the first step in any creation.”
-E.E.Cummings
-New Paltz, NY Mayor Jason West 08/18/2004
Posted : 07/04/2006 2:07 pm
The would-be-victim made two mistakes, as I see it.
1) He didn't maim/kill his attacker when he had the opportunity to do so.
2) He waited for the cops to arrive.
Now he's opened himself up to the inevitable lawsuit from
the attacker, and he'll spend the rest of his life looking over
his shoulder wondering if the nutjob will come back for a
second round.
Aside from that, :cheers: .
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Posted : 07/04/2006 2:09 pm
1) He didn't maim/kill his attacker when he had the opportunity to do so.
True. He should have at least shattered a knee cap, and possibly broke the attacker's wrist, elbow, and/or shoulder. A boot to the rib cage may have been in order.
"At every door-way,
ere one enters,
one should spy round,
one should pry round
for uncertain is the witting
that there be no foeman sitting,
within, before one on the floor." -Odin, from the Hávamál (Olive Bray's translation)
Posted : 07/04/2006 2:27 pm