Posted on 08/21/2017 7:39:36 AM PDT by simpson96
Three thrift store employees overpowered a robber who was wielding a shotgun in Long Island — including a woman who grabbed the weapon and beat the robber about the head with it, cops and witnesses said Sunday.
Ronald J. Kelly walked into Island Thrift store carrying the firearm around 8:25 p.m. Saturday, and demanded the store manager empty the til, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.
The woman grabbed the gun, and with the help of two other employees managed to wrestle him to the ground.
“She grabbed the gun and started struggling with the guy,” store manager Rich Rodriguez told The Post. “The two male employees saw what was going on and started punching the guy in the face. She grabbed the shotgun and started hitting him in the face with the butt of the gun.”
“She’s very brave,” Rodriguez added of the woman who wasn’t identified.
The trio managed to pin Kelly to the floor until cops arrived.
None of the workers were injured, but the accused robber suffered scratches and bruises that made for a nasty mugshot. He was transported to Stony Brook Hospital for treatment, cops said.
Kelly, 45, was charged with first-degree robbery and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
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Wish there was video of this!
Wait what? A shotgun in Long Island? Did any of the 3 employees touch it? They could be prosecuted.
I guess he needed a meth refill?
Some people are too stupid to be criminals......................
I was thinking the same thing.
FWIW, it could be worse. IIRC, in Canada or parts of Europe, one would be charged with assault/battery for the act of self-defense.
Feel good post of the day! Thanks for including the mug shot. I bet he got beat up by a granny. Absolute justice.
Citizens are the first responders.
LOL.......this is too funny!
That clerk has great self control. Many would have just pulled the trigger of the acquired gun.
They may have some problems here. I’m not privy to New York law, but when they wrestled the gun away from the robber, he was no longer a threat. So three people beating him like they did could be considered a crime. I hate to see it that way as in my mind he deserved what he got. But my years of training as a military cop and instructor tell me it depends how the courts think it. And we all know the judges are prime to help the perp rather than the original threatened. And that, unfortunately, may not qualify as self defense. Hope they had a “throw down.”
rwood
He was shot and killed during the struggle for the weapon.
He’ll be back on the streets before his bruises heal.
Island Thrift was having a ‘Green Card Special’, where if you buy two Gooseneck Reading Lamps @ $2.50 each, you get a third lamp for free. Bulbs included!! She was NOT going to miss that Sale!
I think that may be true here in CO also.
yeah it used to be fun watching maxine waters on sanford and son.
/sarc
They could argue that the robber was white and, therefore, they had the right to abuse him.
I understand the “no longer a threat” position. The prosecution could argue that he was a threat with the weapon, the women had to disarm him and neutralize the threat by beating the shit out of him. Besides, he may have had a knife.
He may have been no longer a threat, but put yourself in their position. Women taking the guy down, but the cops aren’t there yet. The woman were not armed and they had no idea who this guy was or what he was capable of. Better safe than sorry. or dead.
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