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Ex-Marine, 72, Teaches Pickpocket a Lesson
Fox News ^
| CAWats
Posted on 06/26/2007 7:51:24 PM PDT by CAWats
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Bill Barnes says he was scratching off a losing $2 lottery ticket inside a gas station when he felt a hand slip into his front-left pants pocket, where he had $300 in cash.
He immediately grabbed the person's wrist with his left hand and started throwing punches with his right, landing six or seven blows before a store manager intervened.
"I guess he thought I was an easy mark," Barnes, 72, told The Grand Rapids Press for a story Tuesday.
He's anything but an easy mark: Barnes served in the Marines, was an accomplished Golden Gloves boxer and retired after 20 years as an iron worker.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: justice; marine; takenoprisoners
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posted on
06/26/2007 7:51:26 PM PDT
by
CAWats
To: CAWats
No doubt the police will soon arrest him for defending his property.
To: CAWats
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posted on
06/26/2007 7:53:43 PM PDT
by
chaos_5
(1-800-882-2005 Amnesty Hot-line!)
To: CAWats
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posted on
06/26/2007 7:53:44 PM PDT
by
TomasUSMC
( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
To: CAWats
Michigan! A one State recession, controlled by the looney left! How much money do we need for this brave Marines bail, and defense?
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posted on
06/26/2007 7:54:23 PM PDT
by
paratrooper82
(82 Airborne 1/508th BN "fury from the sky")
To: chaos_5
No such thing as an EX Marine! *smile*
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posted on
06/26/2007 7:55:19 PM PDT
by
LaineyDee
(Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: CAWats
"There was blood everywhere," said another manager on duty, Outstanding. Too bad we can't see a pic of the perp's mangled face.
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posted on
06/26/2007 7:55:26 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
(There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy)
To: CAWats
That idiot pickpocketer screwed with the wrong Marine. LOL!!
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posted on
06/26/2007 7:57:32 PM PDT
by
RockinRight
(Fear the Fred.)
To: CAWats
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posted on
06/26/2007 7:58:00 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: CAWats
Why didn’t he amputate his hand ?
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posted on
06/26/2007 7:58:30 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: Mr. Mojo
The perp will probably try to sue him for $10 million, naturally using a
pro bono lawyer who takes 35%.
All he needs to win is a 1-in-3 chance of getting an "OJ Simpson" jury.
To: CAWats
I hope the frakker was beaten so ugly he never can shave again.
To: CAWats
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posted on
06/26/2007 8:02:12 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: CAWats
Once a Fighting Marine - Always a Fighting Marine.
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posted on
06/26/2007 8:04:50 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: CAWats
Stupid lib! An “ex” Marine he is not.
To: mylife
...Barnes said he'd probably do the same thing again under the same circumstances, if for no other reason than what he would face back home. "I wouldn't want my wife to give me hell for lettin' that guy get my money," he said with a smile...
To: CAWats
The Pick-Pocket is gonnabe "WELL LIKED" by the general pop in prison.
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posted on
06/26/2007 8:06:46 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Screaming_Gerbil
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posted on
06/26/2007 8:07:03 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: CAWats
I love it! Except that they said “ex” Marine.
Which part of him do you suppose it was that was most responsible for pounding that stupid SOB? The Marine, the boxer or the ironworker? Hard to say without an autopsy :)
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posted on
06/26/2007 8:07:39 PM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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