Posted on 01/22/2018 11:28:25 AM PST by Puppage
MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH)– Two New Haven men were arrested Friday after allegedly robbing a Milford restaurant at gunpoint before being chased away by an armed customer.
Police say 21-year-old Royshon Ferguson and 22-year-old Gregory McLaurin were arrested after an armed robbery was reported at the Smashburger, at 1590 Boston Post Road.
According to police, Ferguson and McLaurin entered the restaurant armed with a .22 caliber handgun and ordered all workers and customers into the kitchen.
While in the kitchen, McLaurin allegedly told the manager to open the safe or he would shoot her in the head. The manager then opened the safe and McLaurin began taking money out, while Ferguson went back to the front of the restaurant to empty the cash registers.
That’s when police say a permitted pistol carrying customer saw the opportunity to change the situation. The customer drew his firearm and pointed it out McLaurin, who then panicked and ran.
The customer chased McLaurin until he ran out of the building and left Ferguson behind. The customer then approached Ferguson, who also allegedly panicked. The customer said he was then able to hold Ferguson down and knock the gun out of his hand. Ferguson did manage to get away however, and ran out of the building.
Police say both McLaurin and Ferguson ran from the area on foot but were later caught by police K9s hiding in woods nearby. Ferguson was also still in possession of a large amount of cash.
Ferguson was charged with Robbery, Conspiracy to Commit Robbery, Threatening, Larceny, Kidnapping with a Firearm, Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping with a Firearm, Carrying a Pistol without a Permit, Carrying a Dangerous Weapon and Interfering with an Officer.
McLaurin was charged with Robbery, Conspiracy to Commit Robbery, Threatening, Larceny, Conspiracy to Commit Larceny, Kidnapping with a Firearm, Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping with a Firearm, Carrying a Pistol without a Permit, Criminal Mischief and Interfering with an Officer. Both men were held on a $500,000 bond.
There were no injuries reported in the robbery and police did not release the identity of the armed customer.
Two employees of Smashburger were also arrested after it was later discovered that during the chaos, money was taken from the safe. Police say 26-year-old Jamal McNeil, of Hamden, and 19-year-old Casey Deloma, of Milford, are accused of being in possession of money that would have been in the safe but was left behind during the robbery. The two were charged larceny and conspiracy to commit larceny but released on a promise to appear.
Obviously racist K9s, waiting in the woods inorder to ambush children of color.
“Obviously racist K9s, waiting in the woods in order to ambush children of color.”
Of course. Guess I need a refresher at the re-education camp.
Haven’t seen that joke in, oh, probably 6 or 7 days.
Then you’d be looking at his mug shot. This is Connecticut, not Texas.
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Gee ... And I thought Ferguson and McLaurin were a couple of nice Scottish boys.
...”Strip down, facing me.”...
Reminds me of the first time I left my small town hometown to go to the big city for Federal Jury duty.
There was absolutely no parking anywhere on the street. But, miraculously I found a parking place right in front of the courthouse door.
I got a parking ticket and don’t understand to this day why because the sign in front of the parking space said,
“Fine For Parking.”
Well played! :)
:)
In my opinion, some of it is just carelessness and some of it is inattentiveness, but, even more ominous, often it is indicative of a lack of basic writing skills. They have been taught by teachers who are themselves lacking in composition skills.
About 10 years ago, one of my sons asked for my opinion regarding a writing assignment for which his 10-year-old stepson had received a B+. The kid is fairly bright, and was getting good grades in school. Imagine my shock when I read a B+ composition that was full of misspellings and displayed no understanding of sentence structure. Son said that the teacher explained that her grade was based on the student’s creativeness in telling a story. I suspect teacher just did not have skills of her own.
I suppose....
He couldn’t have run far...
“I suspect teacher just did not have skills of her own.”
The teachers here are way off to the left side of the bell curve. Under-educated, malevolent, left-wing mental midgets, the lot of them.
The guy on the left is the argument between carrying a .22 or a .357 magnum.
I’m surprised... Connecticut can concealed carry...great job, Smashburger customer.
Dogs have a sixth sense on these things. Actually, I bet they had one of those 1-800-tip-line calls tell them that the robbery would happen. Would you believe a fortune-teller?
Looks like Royshon's a regular Smashburger customer.
I’ve never heard that joke, so no worries - I got a laugh!
My brother recounts the time (true story!)he was at the small town restaurant when visiting his wife’s family. VERY small town. Anyway, they are sitting in a booth and in comes Jim Anderson, an older widower. He’s walking along to be seated and spies Vera Olson with her friends.
Suddenly Jim’s pants fall down around his ankles. Seems he sucked in his beer belly upon seeing Vera. I can’t recall if the restaurant went quiet or everyone applauded. I’m thinking it went silent. My brother’s wife whispered “Everyone knows Jim has a thing for Vera, but is too chicken to ask her out!”
Perhaps, perhaps not...
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