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Truck Driver Modest About Sniper Suspects Capture
Reuters via Rense
| 10-24-2
Posted on 10/24/2002 9:06:55 PM PDT by Revel
Truck Driver Modest About Sniper Suspects Capture
10-24-2
FREDERICK, Md. (Reuters) - When Ron Lantz pulled his truck into a Maryland rest stop off I-70 early on Thursday, something just clicked.
The truck driver spotted a blue Chevrolet Caprice with New Jersey tags in the parking lot off the Maryland interstate highway, and recalled the police news conference he had just heard in the case of the Washington area sniper who has killed 10 and seriously wounded three since Oct. 2.
"I pulled in. I'd heard those bozos talking about the description of the car, the make of the car, the model of the car, the license plate number," Lantz told CNN. "I pulled in with another driver behind me. I told the other driver that car looked kind of obvious."
Lantz confirmed the car's description with a radio station and then called police on 911.
They instructed Lantz to wait for state troopers to arrive but to block the Chevy in with their vehicles.
The unassuming truck driver waited 15 nerve-racking minutes until the authorities arrived.
"I just sat there and waited ... It was a long 15 minutes," Lantz said.
At one point, he said he started to walk to the restrooms, but then returned to his truck when he saw there were two people inside the car. He said he felt safer inside his cab.
But Lantz refused to call himself a hero in a case that has vexed and terrified the region for three weeks.
"I'm no hero. I don't even want to be classified as a hero. Just let it go like it is. I did my job," he said.
Just five runs from retirement, Lantz seemed unimpressed by the possibility of a financial windfall for his police work.
"I know there's a sizable reward. ... If I had the money, I'd probably take it and give it to the people who were shot," he said.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: snipper; truckdriver
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Did a search for "Truck Driver" and came up empty. I hope I am not double posting this. Sounds like a good guy. Perhaps someone who is good with Reuters can find a link.
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posted on
10/24/2002 9:06:55 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: Revel
This guy rocks
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posted on
10/24/2002 9:08:45 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
To: Revel
He should get the $500,000 reward.
To: Revel
To: Revel
To: Revel
To: Revel
I heard him on the radio. I'd like to buy him a beer and say thanks for being a damn good man.
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posted on
10/24/2002 9:13:01 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: poorman; Pete-R-Bilt; backhoe
Hero driver PING!
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To: Revel
To: Revel
COOL I want get the truck driver side of the story
I bet my dad probably saying rack it right now about this guy
COOL
To: petuniasevan
Thanks for the links. That last comment in the some of the articles changes things a bit, but he is still a good man I think.
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posted on
10/24/2002 9:18:36 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: Dartman; Entropy Squared; CARTOUCHE; eastforker
Hero driver PING!
To: Revel
Ever since the TV show "B.J. and the Bear" I have always thought truckers were cool.
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posted on
10/24/2002 9:25:11 PM PDT
by
Destro
To: petuniasevan
i heard him say he had just been in a prayer meeting 4 days earlier with other truckers praying about this specific thing--one of them being able to see the sniper... isn't that just excellente!
To: Revel
Just last Thursday, Lantz had a prayer meeting with approximately 50 other truck drivers to pray for the capture of the sniper.
To: jwalsh07
I'd like to buy him a beer and say thanks for being a damn good man.Let's start a freeper fund drive to buy this guy a sixpack. I'm in for two bits.
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posted on
10/24/2002 9:28:05 PM PDT
by
PianoMan
To: Destro
Truck drivers are cool.
A few years ago we did an Impeach protest on a busy highway overpass during rush hour.
We had a huge sign - HONK TO IMPEACH! - and as the truckers (and cops, btw) passed below, they hit their horns and flashed their lights. We were totally impressed with the numbers of truckers who supported us.
Since that day I can truly say I love those guys!
To: Revel
A bit of humor, I think...
I'm betting he does donate the whole reward.
To: Revel
The unassuming truck driver waited 15 nerve-racking minutes until the authorities arrived. 15 minutes for the most wanted person in the country?!!! And the liberals want me to give up my guns and dial 911! My loathing and hatred of the liberal vermin that infests our country grows by the minute.
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