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Elderly sisters fight off carjacker [ninetysomething ladies]
MyFoxNY.com ^ | Luke Funk

Posted on 05/02/2012 6:23:36 PM PDT by Hunton Peck

Police in Hamilton, N.J. say two elderly sisters, aged 94 and 93, fought off an armed 27-year-old man who tried to rob them and steal their car.

Sergio Fernando Solorzano-Vasquez was jailed Monday and charged with robbery and carjacking. Police say he jumped into their car and hid in the backseat when they went into a CVS store on Sunday morning.

When they came out, and got back into the car, Solorzano-Vasquez allegedly made his move. Police say he started swinging his knife and threatening the women, but he might not have expected what happened next.

Police say instead of simply giving in, the 94-year-old driver swung her arm back to hit and block the suspect while the 93-year-old sister got out and began to...

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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: fightingback; hamiltonnewjersey; newjersey; nonagenerians; nonogenerians
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To: Daffynition

No, your .gif worked fine; it was the YouTube vid posted earlier in the thread that gave me problems. This new one reminds me of an incident I saw once in a nursing home cafeteria when one lady’s placemat infringed on her neighbor’s tabletop space.


21 posted on 05/02/2012 11:15:03 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: Hunton Peck
Funny story...hope they worked things out. :)


22 posted on 05/02/2012 11:35:32 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: Daffynition
Any pictures of them Walker Jousting?
23 posted on 05/02/2012 11:42:28 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (A day without Obama is like a day without a Tsunami.)
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To: Daffynition
"hope they worked things out."

Sort of. Staff intervened quickly, as the two had a history...


24 posted on 05/02/2012 11:54:53 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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