Posted on 07/12/2018 2:25:16 AM PDT by grundle
A sporting goods store employee, who last month helped catch a suspect allegedly trying to swipe a weapon, was suspended and later lost his job at the Florida business following the incident, his lawyer said.
Dean Crouch, 32, was working at the Academy Sports store in Tallahassee on June 29 when robbery suspect Jason White allegedly tried to steal a gun, the Tallahassee Democrat reported.
After White reportedly tried to flee with the stolen firearm he’d requested to see, Crouch stepped in and ultimately detained him.
Crouch, an assistant manager at the store, was nearby when the incident occurred and heard employees yelling "stop that guy," his attorney, Ryan Hobbs, told Fox News. While police made their way to the scene, the suspect was relocated to an office at the business, he said.
Hobbs said the suspect had attempted to make off with a .40 caliber handgun and matching ammunition.
The Tallahassee Police Department, who arrested the suspect, wrote on Facebook that “employees detained a man who tried to run out of the store with a firearm, ammunition, and a backpack, which were stolen from the business.”
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Cabelas is great, but none around here. They are also more of a camping outdoorsman operation than regular sporting goods.
To enter the local Lambada contest ?
Sounds like this guy might have a case but who knows what his employment contract says.
I just find it astonishing that a store that would have an employee/ass’t manager/manager, whatever, that would actually actively help to stop robberies would be summarily fired. Those are the people you promote, not fire.
They afraid of liability. Lawsuits are expensive nowadays.
But bad publicity and damaged goodwill is hard to recover from sometimes.
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