Posted on 11/15/2019 3:00:06 PM PST by simpson96
On Halloween night group a of particularly alert Bingo players foiled a robbery attempt at Winnipeg’s Portuguese Cultural Centre at the corner of Young Street and Notre Dame Avenue, which also happens to double up as a Bingo hall. The players had supposedly been mid-way through a game when a 38-year-old woman armed with a sawn-off rifle and her 17-year-old male sidekick, armed with what police now believes may have been a type of pepper spray, burst into the venue and attempted to make off with a tray full of cash.
The 17-year-old boy then allegedly attacked a 70-year-old player with a substance that according to police “irritates and inflames the skin”, assumed to have been pepper spray. But lucky for the senior and the rest of the gathering, a group of vigilant players did not allow the rogue wannabe robbers to get away with any of the money; or their devious actions for that matter; as they swiftly disarmed and restrained the 17-year-old. They also then proceeded to restrain and disarm the woman, but she still managed to flee the scene.
Police officers were then summoned to the scene, after which the boy was arrested and the firearm left behind by his then-AWOL partner in crime seized. The woman later on turned herself over to the police. The seized firearm had allegedly been a loaded .22 rifle.
Police spokesman Rob Carver commented on the evening’s events some days later and said that even though it would be unfair to say that that what the Bingo players had done had been “wrong”, this was a violent situation that could have turned potentially even more violent as a result of the actions of those present. Carver said that police constantly discourage people from risking their safety by confronting criminals.
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If more people comfronted criminals we’d live in a safer world.
Criminals dont want to get injured or killed either. They are cowards.
Never mess with Bingo ladies.
What an idiot that police spokesman is.
The “authorities” don’t indicate if the 17 yr old is an upcoming hockey player or not...
The “authorities” don’t indicate if the 17 yr old is an aspiring hockey player or not...
“...said that police constantly discourage people from risking their safety by confronting criminals...”
Discourage them by arresting and charging the victims....it’s Canada after all.
Bet he’s hopping the other incarcerated boys at the reform school don’t find out he got whopped by a 70 year old.
They shouldn’t make fun of him too badly. Some of those Bingo ladies can be pretty tough.
Maybe they should be prosecuted Mr. spokesman!
Where do they get these morons?
“burst into the venue and attempted to make off with a tray full of cash. “
just so long as no archery sets or badminton sets were harmed ...
No one expects Winnipeg Bingo Players!
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