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Police: Victim beats up would-be carjacker, drives away
orlandosentinel.com ^
| May 7, 2011
| Jeff Weiner
Posted on 05/08/2011 7:42:46 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Police said a would-be carjacker was beaten and left lying in an Orlando parking lot when he picked on the wrong victim Saturday afternoon.
Lt. Arnold Alvarez said a witness called police about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, reporting that a man was approached by the suspect in a lot near Millenia Boulevard and West Oak Ridge Road.
The suspect, later identified as 54-year-old Richard J. McCandles, demanded that the driver hand over his keys, police said.
But investigators said McCandles made one critical mistake he selected a target who was bigger than him.
After beating McCandles up, the driver got into his car and drove off, Alvarez said. Officers said they arrived to find the McCandles lying on the ground.
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Otherwise known as a happy ending.
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posted on
05/08/2011 7:47:22 PM PDT
by
farmguy
To: Free ThinkerNY
The kind of story I like to read/hear.
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
05/08/2011 7:51:03 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: Free ThinkerNY
But investigators said McCandles made one critical mistake he selected a target who was bigger than him. After beating McCandles up, the driver got into his car and drove off, Alvarez said. Officers said they arrived to find the McCandles lying on the ground.
Beautiful!
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posted on
05/08/2011 7:51:44 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
To: farmguy
The attacker was heard crying for an “amber lamps!”
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posted on
05/08/2011 7:58:00 PM PDT
by
5by5
To: Free ThinkerNY
McCandles made one critical mistake he selected a target who was bigger than him. I was going to say trying to play the tough guy when he was 54. I'll bet a lot of guys smaller than him could've kicked his old butt all over the parking lot.
To: Free ThinkerNY
Would have been better if he ran him over as well.
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posted on
05/08/2011 8:00:15 PM PDT
by
LukeL
(Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
To: 5by5
hahaha
“Bring it.. bring da amba lamps” lol
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posted on
05/08/2011 8:00:27 PM PDT
by
eXe
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: Free ThinkerNY
They’ll probably charge the would be hijackee with assault.
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posted on
05/08/2011 8:02:59 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: Free ThinkerNY
I’m surprised the police department spokesman didn’t say that intended victims should not engage in combat with criminals!
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posted on
05/08/2011 8:09:05 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
If only every bully and thief/thug story ended this way.
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posted on
05/08/2011 8:10:42 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: All
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posted on
05/08/2011 8:11:45 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: LukeL
No, the guy would have gone to the hospital and the taxpayer would have had to pay his med bills. The trick is to beat them up and inflict lots of pain, but not do any real damage that requires a lot of medical care.
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posted on
05/08/2011 8:11:56 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: LibWhacker
I was going to say trying to play the tough guy when he was 54. I'll bet a lot of guys smaller than him could've kicked his old butt all over the parking lot.Chuck Norris is 70. Would you challenge him to a fight?
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posted on
05/08/2011 8:16:43 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
To: Free ThinkerNY
What’s REALLY sad is that this guy would have been jailed in England, for resisting a bad guy. He probably would have been jailed for a long time, since he used more force than was likely needed to neutralize the guy. And, no doubt, it would have been a hate crime had the bad guy been from an ‘ethnic’ group.
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posted on
05/08/2011 8:20:58 PM PDT
by
BobL
(PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts))
To: Inyo-Mono
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posted on
05/08/2011 8:32:22 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Secret Agent Man
Would have gone to the morgue if he ran over his head.
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posted on
05/08/2011 8:54:35 PM PDT
by
LukeL
(Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Im surprised the police department spokesman didnt say that intended victims should not engage in combat with criminals!If you're a licensed concealed carrier, the law in FL is such that you can plug anyone who threatens you. So if he lives, it's the perp that's charged.
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posted on
05/08/2011 9:30:03 PM PDT
by
FreeKeys
("No arsenal is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women." -Ronald Reagan)
To: Free ThinkerNY
sniff I just love stories that have happy endings don’t you. 8*>
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posted on
05/08/2011 9:31:43 PM PDT
by
Nebr FAL owner
(.308 reach out & thump someone .50 cal.Browning Machine gun reach out & crush someone)
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