Posted on 06/04/2008 11:12:10 AM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers running back Noah Herron thwarted a would-be burglar by hitting him with a bed post during a break-in at his home.
Brown County Sheriff Dennis Kocken said Tuesday that the break-in happened late last Friday and the injured the intruder remained hospitalized but is expected to recover.
"Noah Herron used necessary, reasonable and justifiable force in protecting his life and property," Kocken said in a statement. "Herron, the victim in this random home invasion, is cooperating with law enforcement."
Herron, 26, missed all of last season with a knee injury.
Chief Deputy John Gossage said Herron called police at 11:19 p.m. Friday after he heard glass breaking in the lower level of his suburban Green Bay home. He said an unknown number of people had entered the house.
One of the intruders entered Herron's bedroom, and Herron hit the person with a post he had unscrewed from his bed, Gossage said. Herron was not injured.
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Good work Noah, but please: Never bring a bed post to a gun fight.
Note to self, avoid breaking in to NFL players homes.
Isn’t unusual for a running back to do a post route?
I think this is the third crook he has whacked in two days.
Isn’t it unusual for a running back to do a post route?
He was going to whack him with the bed, but the post broke off on the backswing.
You could say that Herron likes to go clubbing at night.
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