Utah Politician Tackles Burglar, Puts Him in Headlock

FOXNews.com ^ | October 24, 2007 | Associated Press

[Pookee]

OGDEN, Utah — It's not a good idea to mess with the mayor, even if he isn't very big. Mayor Matthew Godfrey and his wife were awakened early Wednesday when somebody tried to break into their house through a side and then a rear door. Godfrey jumped out of bed, checked on his children and went outside. "He was heading across the front lawn riding a bike of ours," Godfrey said. "I ran him down and tackled him, wrestled him and put him in a headlock." He held the man down while his wife called 911. Curtis Poorman, 20, was arrested for investigation of burglary, robbery, public intoxication, illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor, possession of marijuana -- "we'll stop there," police Lt. Scott Sangberg said. The mayor is "half the burglar's size," police Chief Jon Greiner said with a trace of exaggeration. Godfrey, a long-distance runner, stands 5-foot-6 and weighs 135 pounds. Poorman, 20, weighs 163 pounds on a 5-foot-11 frame, jail records said. The mayor, whose only injury was a cut behind one ear, has made reducing crime an issue in his re-election campaign. Asked if it was wise to take on an intruder in an early morning break-in, Godfrey said he would encourage others to let the police handle it. "It should be left to mayors who are determined to make their streets safe and the police. Everyone else should call 911," he said. The man Godfrey tackled is no stranger. "He's from a family that we know and love and respect. They're good friends of ours, and they just have a wayward child," Godfrey said. "I taught this young man in church." Greiner said Poorman was awaiting trial on charges involving two previous garage burglaries but had been allowed to remain free without bail.

[Pookee]

If this had happened in Houston our mayor would have hired the burglar before the police arrived.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"Curtis Poorman."

At least he's living down to his name.

[Tax-chick]

That was so unfair to the Poorman, who only needed a bicycle, so he could help save the earth!

[theDentist]

A couple are asleep in their home when they hear the doorbell ring and knocking at the door.
The husband grabs his robe and does to the door. Thru the peephole he sees a man outside the front door, slightly swaying. He opens the door.
"What's wrong?" he asks.
"I need a push" says the swaying guy.
"I think you're drunk. Walk it off buddy."
"I'm not drunk. I just need a push," replies the guy, a little louder.
"Get lost." He closes the door and heads back to bed, hearing the faint yelling "I only want a push to start me off."
When he gets to bed, his wife asks what's going on. He explains.
She says "Remember the time you and I were stuck in the sticks in the middle of the night, and we had to get help from a farmer? Now's the time to repay that debt."
He knows she'll keep at it till dawn, so he reluctantly agrees, dresses and goes out to help the guy.
He steps outside and not seeing the guy, shouts "Where's the guy who needs a push?"
And he hears the reply "I'm over here, on your swing."

[B4Ranch]

ping

[Jet Jaguar]

5-foot-6 and weighs 135 pounds

Built about like me.

I am happy to see he was able to take the guy down.

[glock rocks]

Glad he stopped the kid from stealing. He’s still a corrupt dork.