Posted on 06/27/2018 12:24:44 PM PDT by BBell
As a kid, Paul Thomas was a huge fan of professional wrestling. But he said he never imagined he would have to put that passion into practice at his coffee shop job.
However, on Tuesday (June 26), Thomas channeled his inner WWE to take down an armed robbery suspect outside of Mojo Coffee House at the intersection of Race and Magazine Streets in the Lower Garden District.
"It was a wacky Tuesday to say the least," Thomas said.
Around 11:40 a.m., a 32-year-old man arrived at the coffee shop to buy two iPhones listed on Letgo by 25-year-old Rodolfo Bartholomew, according to police. After meeting the man, Bartholomew raised his shirt, revealed a Glock 22 handgun and said, "Give me the money or I am going to kill you." After receiving $600, Bartholomew went to leave and 32-year-old repeatedly screamed, "He robbed me, he has a gun," police said.
Thomas said he noticed a scuffle breaking out in the doorway of the shop and went over to "referee" and relocate the fight. When Bartholomew reached for a gun, Thomas tackled him to the ground.
"It was either, let this guy walk right past me or do something. It felt right," Thomas said. "But I didn't anticipate a long wrestling match."
The gun fired while Thomas was attempting to pry the gun from Bartholomew's hand outside the shop, Thomas said. An affidavit for Bartholomew's arrest also says Bartholomew "fired (the gun) once during the struggle." Luckily, no one was hit. Customers and employees jumped in to help Thomas detain Bartholomew until police arrived a few minutes later.
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How soon will his boss fire him?
How soon will the bad guy sue him?
That was my old neighborhood!
Yup! He’ll get fired pronto.
ANOTHER of Obama’s sons.......
You have a good looking mug shot, Barthy baby.
I don’t it. People don’t like criminal down here.
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