Posted on 10/22/2005 12:48:03 AM PDT by buickmackane
BLUFFTON, South Carolina (AP) -- A would-be carjacker got a different kind of jolt from his intended victim's morning cup of coffee, authorities said.
The suspect tapped the car window Wednesday morning with a gun and motioned the driver to get out, Chief Deputy Roy Hughes said.
But the driver -- who had just bought a cup of hot coffee -- slammed the car door into the carjacker's legs, threw the coffee at his neck and face and wrestled him to the ground, Hughes said.
A shot was fired during the scuffle but no one was hurt, Hughes said. He said the driver managed to get the gun from the suspect and point it at him.
The suspect ran into nearby woods, Hughes said. Deputies are searching for him and two people thought to be with him who drove off during the scuffle.
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Uh oh. I can see registration requirements, background checks, and waiting periods before one can purchase a cup of coffee...plus a lawsuit by the perp for his injuries b/c he was simply asking for directions to the local church to volunteer at the orphanage rather than engaged in a carjacking.
Feel good moment of my morning.
("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")
Good job. Next time at least shoot the bum. Say the gun accidentally went off.
The carjacker will sue the business for making the coffee too hot and the driver for loss of income from his aborted carjacking career.
Why does this make all the news? Crimes are foiled by citizens with guns all the time but it gets scant or no mention in the media. But when coffee is used, we hear about it.
The criminal had the gun, the victim had the coffee.
ROFL
Funny! Thanks.
I prefer driving over the punk's head a few dozen times. Say you were trying to get away and confused the gas and brake pedals -- 72 times
They can take my coffee when they pry it from my cold dead fingers.
but...
Smith didn't count on a mark who was greased lightning with a Starbucks Tall....
It was a showdown...a flashback to the OK Corral...
Smith found out a hard truth of gunplay in the Naked City...
You can be fast...but there's always someone faster."
Most likely an orphan himself -- having murdered his parents. Wouldn't be a dry eye in the jury box.
No worries! Coffee shops are so paranoid these days, if you want a really HOT cup you have to special order it! Don't know if you have to sign a waiver first...
I was thinking a Cosa Nostra.
We are warned never to fight back. Let the police handle it.
I worked for a few years after retirement delivering pizza. We had the official Pizza Hut and Papa John’s policy posted – do not resist. Give up your money. Call the robber “Sir”.
We were a smaller local area company, and did not have the “absolutely no weapons allowed” policy. After a cop was killed in a sting gone wrong posing as one of our drivers, many of us started to carry – illegally, but our lives were at stake. Branch managers started carrying in the shops. After a few bad guys died we no longer were targets. Other companies were still fair game – but not us.
I later worked as a cab driver. The same thing – respect the bad guy, give up your money and don’t resist.
It got to the point where drivers were being robbed, shot and killed on a regular basis. Yellow Cab drivers decided that as we would be killed no matter what we did, we might as well fight back. Several bad guys were seriously injured, to the point where they were easily caught. The bad guys quit trying to rob Yellow Cab – but continued to hit the other companies.
One thing these two occupations have in common – the money being stolen was not “company money”, but the drivers’ money. The company had nothing to lose. If robbed, the driver had to make it up.
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