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Florida shoplifting suspect impales self on stolen knife, police say
12news ^
| 5-7-17
| unattributed
Posted on 05/07/2017 5:51:44 PM PDT by smokingfrog
A 53-year-old man stole a knife from a Lowe's Home Improvement Center, then died after he impaled himself on it as he ran from the store, the Plant City Police Department said.
Police said they received a call about 6:40 p.m. about a shoplifting in progress. Store officials told them a white male subject -- identified as Jerry Ellis Word, 53 of Lakeland -- had entered the store, 2801 James L. Redman Parkway, removed a knife from its packaging, then hid it on his person. Word then left the store without paying for it.
When he was confronted by store personnel, Word brandished the knife at them, employees said.
He ran southwest toward Parks Springs Apartments, 300 Park Springs Circle. While fleeing with the knife, however, police said Word somehow impaled himself on the knife.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: floriduh; jerryellisword; karma; oops; plantcity; theft
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To: smokingfrog
He was running, probably tripped and impaled his stupid self.
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:08:25 PM PDT
by
dforest
To: smokingfrog
Relatives will be suing Lowes and the knife manufacturer for not having proper safety label warnings.
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:10:12 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Dan Rather, a 60 Minutes Investigative Reporter for CBS, invented "Fake News"-fake but accurate.)
To: smokingfrog
The guy spent a lot of
time on this plan...
maybe not.
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:11:27 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: DesertRhino
Of all my experiences at discerning the future, I find that irony is the best predictor...
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:16:51 PM PDT
by
bigmak007
(They who can't control their own passions, want to passionately control others.)
To: smokingfrog
3...2...1.... just waiting for his family to sue the store and manufacturer for not somehow preventing this.
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:20:37 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
To: smokingfrog
That didn’t work out like he planned.
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:24:44 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
To: smokingfrog; All
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:31:23 PM PDT
by
musicman
(The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
To: dforest
Maybe next time he’ll remember to tuck it into the BACK of his belt.
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:33:22 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
(I)
To: smokingfrog
Karma strikes a cutting blow...
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:34:41 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition mobile devices. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
To: PAR35
Yer gonna need a hearse chaser for this one.
To: Gay State Conservative
Reminds me of a photo I saw years ago of a guy in Atlanta who was running from the cops... Wow, all true. For any one curious as I was, go here for the "profusely illustrated" details:
Wrought Iron Fence Decapitation
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:39:35 PM PDT
by
C210N
To: smokingfrog
“Attention shoppers...We have added a customer returned ‘demonstration’ knife to the discount bin at the front of the store. Happy shopping.”
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:41:03 PM PDT
by
davius
(You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
To: headsonpikes
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:52:48 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: headsonpikes
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:53:27 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: smokingfrog
Interesting URL for a TV station in Florida:
12 new snow.com
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posted on
05/07/2017 6:56:55 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Greed is a word leftists use to describe what conservatives call ambition. h/t Mike Rosen)
To: smokingfrog
To: smokingfrog
To: Gay State Conservative
I found the guys photo...
To: smokingfrog
The cleaver was a little hard on Word. Not that it Mathers to Jerry now.
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posted on
05/07/2017 7:11:23 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
To: smokingfrog
My mother taught me to never run with a knife in my hand.
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posted on
05/07/2017 7:12:16 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
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