Posted on 08/29/2010 7:02:55 AM PDT by marktwain
EAST STROUDSBURG - It's a night time shopper's nightmare. You buy groceries, go to your car, and someone tries to rob you at gunpoint.
Police say Joshua Eastman, 28, of East Stroudsburg was unloading groceries at his car shortly before 12:45 a.m. today when Reneau Jean Jacques, 17, of 77 Symphony Circle, East Stroudsburg, pointed a handgun at him and demanded that he hand over his money.
Eastman looked around for help or someone to yell to. The alleged robber continued to demand money. Eastman replied that he did not have any money - that he used a debit card to pay for his purchases.
Jacques became more threatening, pointing the gun and using a more menacing tone of voice.
Eastman then took out his wallet and pushed the door of his truck more open to put it between himself and the suspect. Jacques pointed his gun at Eastman's face.
Eastman dropped his wallet and started ducking down. Jacques fired a shot that went through the window of the door almost striking Eastman and causing flying glass from the car window to cut his face.
Eastman pulled out a handgun he was carrying and fell to the ground. He returned fire under the truck's door with his pistol while the teen continued to fire his weapon.
Eastman shot Jacques in the lower leg and foot. Then Eastman ran back toward the store as the teen fled towards Friendly's restaurant.
Jacques fled into a landscaped island of bushes and trees in the parking lot. Stroud Area Regional Police were on the scene almost immediately and found him hiding and trying to bury a handgun in the mulch. He originally claimed to be a victim before police determined he was likely the one who started the trouble.
"It appears to be an armed robbery that went badly for the suspect because he picked an armed customer," said Sgt. James Wielgus.
On Thursday afternoon, Jacques, using crutches and wearing a long hospital gown over hospital pants, sat with a numb look on his face during his preliminary arraignment in East Stroudsburg Magisterial District Judge Michael Muth’s courtroom. Jacques, a Shawnee Academy student with a prior juvenile record, spoke in a subdued tone when addressed by the judge.
Jacques is charged as an adult with attempted murder, robbery, aggravated assault, crimes committed with guns and illegal possession of a gun, all felonies, and reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor. He hung his head and sighed after the judge told him he could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the most serious charge, attempted murder.
Jacques was taken to Pocono Medical Center for treatment. Police detained two other youths for questioning. They were in a car, trying to flee the scene, according to witnesses and police.
This scumbag tried to pin the shooting on the victim....another reason to keep shooting until the threat is permanently stopped.
Another poor chile victimized by gun violence in The Gun Culture? When will it ever end!!??
... oh, the Hugh Manatee...!
As the pucker gets tighter the shot group gets looser.....
The perp got time but I can’t find the sentence.
Here’s his current residence:
“SCI Pine Grove, located in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, is a maximum-security facility for Young Adult Offender males. The Young Adult Offender Program (YAOP) is primarily designed for those offenders between the ages of 15-20 adjudicated as adults due to the nature of the criminal offense committed. The YAOP meets their special needs of education, adolescent development and recreational activity, while providing a safe environment for those offenders.
The YAOP is run as a therapeutic community. The therapeutic community was designed to use behavior modification as a primary management tool. Young Adult Offenders are encouraged to make life changes in areas of self-responsibility, discipline, respect for others and themselves, and to develop positive self-esteem. The YAO’s positive accomplishments are rewarded and negative or dysfunctional behavior is discouraged. “
The incredible thing here is that the robber actually tried to kill the dude by firing his weapon.
WTF? Reneau Jean Jacques - diversity is strength - sounds like a Haitian transplant
That sounds like good advice, although I must say that the people of Wal-mart where we usually shop has changed considerably over the last few years. It seemed to start when they built a large apartment complex nearby.
Walmartians.
Huh. Who would have thought?
It’s a shame. As a kid, my family and I used to vacation at Stroudsmore Resort in Stroud Twp. Stroudsburg was a great town, clean and busy with shoppers. It’s really gone downhill in 35 years. Must be run by Democraps.
That is smart!
LOL! Good one!
Di not count on it going through the door or if it does emerging with enough velocity and integrity of the the slug to drop the perp. The good guy did good considering the circumstances with the exception of not emptying his pistol into the perp. However, if he did they probably would have had a murder charge that would stick. In Texas he could have emptied the pistol and walk.
With a French name and looking like that I bet he might have learned a thing or two from the Muzzies in France so he could do his own personal jihads on Americans in order to become a master wealth re-distributor!
From the description of the action, it sound's like he shot and hit, what he could see.
He returned fire under the truck's door with his pistol while the teen continued to fire his weapon
Di should read as “Do”
You are probably right on target with him being Haitian. He’s just introducing Haitian culture to Americans like the one he tried to rob.
Just, “wow.” I shoot lefthanded and carry my CCW on my left side. If someone had made it that far (to my vehicle door w/me indside) it would have been difficult for me to pull my weapon. Two words: situational awareness.
Obeyme’s next legislature will be full a disclosure law. All law abiding citizens will be required to disclose to all criminals if they are carrying. It is just not fair that a criminal not know if his victim is capable of defending himself.
This is why we shop at the Temeculs Walmart after dark and not at the Hemet Walmart.
Too many Section 8’s from South Central have moved to Hemet.
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