Cause of perp's injuries: Self-inflicted.
Posted on 04/15/2007 8:49:56 PM PDT by namsman
The thief almost got away, until he found himself on the receiving end of a sprinting, six-foot-tall, 180-pound Marine.
“I don’t even think he saw what hit him,” said Dan Ruvo, a cell phone sales associate at the Marine Corps Exchange.
Ruvo was working at his cell phone booth when he witnessed a man hustle by with his arms full of purses and shoe boxes. Then Ruvo saw two MCX employees shouting for the man to stop. “That was when I was like, ‘boom,’ over the stand and chasing the guy,” said an excited Ruvo. The suspected thief noticed Ruvo, tossed the merchandise in his path, and ran into the parking lot.
“He threw all the boxes and stuff at me and then took off running,” said Ruvo, from Fallbrook, Calif. “I thought he was going to get away.”
But thieves don’t get away in broad daylight on a Marine Corps base.
“I was just standing in the parking lot with my friend when I heard somebody yell,” said Cpl. Chaz A. Prothro, machine gunner, Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a witness to the event.
Prothro and his friend headed toward the ruckus and saw a man running away from MCX employees.
Prothro’s friend reached the thief first, but couldn’t get good grasp on him. Prothro just lowered his shoulder and went in for the kill.
“It was a little bit of a fight, so I just hit him and drove my legs, until he was on the ground,” Prothro said. “Then when I looked up, I saw a wall of green coming toward us.”
That wall of green was a group of other Marines closing in to help subdue the alleged criminal. Prothro described the man as young, muscular and willing to fight.
“He uppercutted a gunny during the struggle,” Prothro said. “Then we really put the pressure on him.”
The military police with the Provost Martial’s Office arrived on the scene a few minutes later to apprehend the man. Even around civilian shopping areas there’s a hero factor, there’s going to be people who are willing to step it up if something like that happens, Prothro said. On a Marine base, multiply that by 200-percent, he added.
The Marines offered the thief one bit of advice before turning him over to police.
“You’re in the wrong place to be doing this type of stupid stuff,” Prothro said.
I think the guy who stuck up a gun store with 6 customers in it wins the prize for dumb criminals (as well as the Darwin award he picked up), but this guy certainly needs to think ahead a bit more.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Guy was a dumb a$$.
He’d have had better luck trying to take meat out of a lions mouth.
I was stationed a Camp Pendleton and I don’t know how this guy thought he was going to get off the base in one piece!
Cause of perp's injuries: Self-inflicted.
I think I can! I think I can!
The Marines offered the thief one bit of advice before turning him over to police. “You’re in the wrong place to be doing this type of stupid stuff,” Prothro said.
Since the AAFES system has been opened up to any schmuck working for the government, but not wearing the uniform, thievery has been up significantly. So have the prices.
I suspect the pukes from the Judge Advocate General’s office (JAG) will press charges against these Marines for “excessive force - beyond that authorized by the ROE”...
Semper Fi
the fact that this turd is alive after hitting a gunny is what amazes me.
Another thing to thank Bubba for. >:(
While not doubting your judgement, I sincerely hope that you are wrong.
“He uppercutted a gunny during the struggle,” Prothro said. “Then we really put the pressure on beat the living daylights out of him.”
Just had to correct that for what probably happened.
Check this out...
Got one better. I used to work in a cop shop. One day there were about 20 newly graduated police officers in there buying extra stuff that wasn't issued. They all came in private cars since they hadn't hit the streets yet.
Out in front, in plain view through the glass door, several yoots started trashing a car they thought belonged to a rival of theirs. Broken glass and chrome was flying everywhere for several seconds until a flood of blue suits swarmed over them. Each yoot had 4 or 5 cops hanging on to him and twisting various body parts into submission. It was hilarious, especially since the car belonged to someone else.
What’s a “yoot”? LOL
LOL! What a sight that must’ve been!
I’ll bet the youngsters who witnessed this puke strike the Gunny, heard this booming voice from above the clouds:
FORGIVE HIM, HE KNOWS NOT WHAT HE HAS DONE....
Semper Fi
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