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Surveillance video captured the moment that a lawn worker used his string trimmer to knock an alleged thief from a getaway car after he and his accomplices tried to steal his lawn care equipment. The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office said in a post on Facebook that officers were called to the scene on Friday at Renmark Lane in Northwest Harris County. The lawn worker was at a job when he noticed men stealing equipment from his vehicle down the street, according to Harris County Constable Precinct 3 Captain Daniel Garza. “He observed a black Mercedes and a red...

Some robbery suspects in northwest Harris County messed with the wrong guy who used his weed eater to fight back. Video shows the victim trimming a lawn on March 29, 2024, on Renmark Lane near Cypresswood Drive. According to Precinct 4, he spotted some men stealing equipment from his truck parked a few houses down. As the suspects drove past him, they tried to hit the victim with their car, Precinct 4 said. That's when he threw his weed whacker at their windshield.

ALTURAS | An Alturas man wielding a weed trimmer who threatened his 68-year-old neighbor was shot twice Thursday and now faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Darren Lee Wilkerson, 40, of 365 80 Foot Road in Alturas, was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center for treatment of his wounds, but later was released and was booked into the Polk County Jail on Thursday night. Wilkerson's neighbor, Willard Bruce, 68, of Alturas, wasn't injured. Bruce wasn't arrested. A sheriff's report called the shooting self-defense. Wilkerson was trimming Bruce's hedges about 12:40...