Posted on 09/25/2003 6:20:37 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
MERRIMACK – Never try to steal a man’s brand new sports car. Never try to steal a man’s brand new sports car, even if he has a hot coffee in his hand.
Barry Kendall showed these aphorisms indeed hold true by dropping his cup of coffee, and then dropping the man who allegedly tried to take his 2004 Nissan 350Z Roadster.
Kendall walked out of Bon Bon’s Mobil on Wednesday morning, ready to drive to work in the red hot rod – top down and a 287-horsepower V6 eager to pounce pavement.
That was when he spotted David Smith of Northfield, who had been dropped off in Nashua by a friend earlier in the day and started hoofing it north on Daniel Webster Highway, police said.
Smith was allegedly admiring Kendall’s car and made a comment to a customer at the gas station that he was going to steal it, Lt. Richard Desmond said.
Smith allegedly approached Kendall as he was walking out of the gas station and demanded the keys, then took a swing at Kendall when he refused to hand them over, Kendall said.
Kendall said he ducked, dropped his java and laid out the other man with a three-punch combo.
“At first, I thought the guy was kidding,” Kendall said. “But he took a swing at me. I said, ‘OK. Showtime.’ ”
Kendall, 37, estimated that Smith, 34, outweighed him by 100 pounds; he weighs 160 and he put Smith at 260. But advantages in size don’t always pay off, especially when the lighter man owns the sports car and says he’s a kickboxer.
“I gave him three shots and he was out cold,” said Kendall, after disappointedly looking over the blood and coffee splattered on his driver’s side door.
Kendall said he hit Smith with a jab and then a left-and-right hook tandem. Blood seeped from Smith’s nose and mouth, Kendall said.
Smith will be charged with felony robbery, punishable by a maximum of 3½ to seven years in prison, Desmond said.
He was taken to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center with minor injuries, and will be arraigned at a later date, police said.
Kendall does not face any charges, Desmond said.
“The guy was protecting his property so he is not going to be charged,” Desmond said.
But Desmond suggested that people call the police instead of trying to handle such situations themselves.
“Because it could have turned out the other way,” Desmond said, adding that a perpetrator could be armed with a weapon.
Kendall went to Bon Bon’s to visit his girlfriend, who works there. He bought cigarettes and coffee, and expected to have an easy ride to his nearby place of employment, BK Industries.
Despite the car’s relative newness – Kendall bought it three months ago and has put about 2,000 miles on the odometer – its convertible roof needed replacing. Kendall had just gotten the car back, and was happy to tell his girlfriend the world seemed all right again.
But Smith altered Kendall’s perspective, and gave him something to talk about at work.
“You expect a carjacking in California or Florida, maybe, but not Merrimack, New Hampshire,” he said. “As much as he deserved it, I felt bad. He was out cold.”
This guys too nice... I would have stomped on his testicles while he was layed out.
I'd lean toward execution myself. He is only going to come back and try to prey on citizens again.
Felony robbery. Not the same, is it? Here in California carjackers are getting stiffer sentences than 3-7 years, I think.
Also no mention of the racial differential here, which I'm betting is the maximum possible.
Yeah. That'll be real effective. "Hello? 911? I'm being carjac-(POW) oh nevermind, I just got shot. Can you send an ambula- 3 hours!? I can't wait that, that (passes out from blood loss).
I love New Hampshire. It's just too bad you can't move it to the South and away from all the crazy neighbors you have up there! lol
Well . . . this victim "is" armed with a weapon, and since he can't kick-box, he's gonna have to use his weapon.
Right. He should have been a good little "civilian" and let the thug beat the crap out of him.
And I'm sure the cops would've written a fine report about it.
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Dear Lt. Richard Desmond:
Screw you. You're a moron. If 'people' are trained to duck when swung at and deliver a swift combination to drop the attacker and defuse the situation by defending their persons...there's absolutely no advice you can give that will have any meaning whatsoever. Best you just shut up and process the fat bastard's arrest papers.
Give them what they want. They may have a weapon. If you give them what they want, maybe they won't hurt you. Then you can go to the police. Who may or may not be able to catch your rapist, bring back your stolen roperty in the condition it was stolen in hand you your empty wallet, ect.
Same advice that culminated in 9/11/01 being a success.
I remember a case from years ago - the 80's - of a little, elderly lady who looked like the perfect victim to a purse snatcher. He grabbed her purse, she spotted and grabbed a 2x4. The smart perp dropped her purse and ran.
I'll never forget what she said: "I wasn't going to just hit him with it. I meant to knock his head off." She had been taking a self defense course for the elderly.
Just food for thought.
Right. I was wondering why he dropped his coffee. First thing I'd have done was smash the coffee into his face. But his method obviously worked pretty durned well anyway. Besides, the perp probably would have sued him or the gas station for scalding him with coffee.
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