10-03-2013, 07:55 PM
GOOD SAMARITAN PUTS A BUTT AND A JOHNSON "ON GUARD!"
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Franco Scaramuzza foiled would-be robbers Michael Butt and Zachary Johnson with a fencing sword
Scaramuzza (a fencing instructor) was pulling into the shopping center near the corner of Highway 70 South and Old Hickory Boulevard in Nashville when he saw two men use pepper spray against a couple, then steal a purse.
“The first thing that went through my head is somebody should do something, and that’s when I got really upset and disappointed with myself, because I realized I had the opportunity to do something. And I didn’t want to be a hypocrite who just tweeted about it,” Scaramuzza said.
Scaramuzza then jumped out of his car, grabbed his fencing sword, called an épée, and started charging toward the suspects.
He had just finished practice Tuesday, so he was already on guard with the full outfit and épée in hand.
“I charged towards them, holding my épée up high, and, you know, yelling at them,” he said. “I kept yelling throughout the entire thing. They completely panicked and dropped everything they stole and really took off.”
The suspects are in jail on $50k bond.
Ref:
http://www.wpxi.com/feed/news/weird-news...ery/fWGzn/
Franco Scaramuzza foiled would-be robbers Michael Butt and Zachary Johnson with a fencing sword
Scaramuzza (a fencing instructor) was pulling into the shopping center near the corner of Highway 70 South and Old Hickory Boulevard in Nashville when he saw two men use pepper spray against a couple, then steal a purse.
“The first thing that went through my head is somebody should do something, and that’s when I got really upset and disappointed with myself, because I realized I had the opportunity to do something. And I didn’t want to be a hypocrite who just tweeted about it,” Scaramuzza said.
Scaramuzza then jumped out of his car, grabbed his fencing sword, called an épée, and started charging toward the suspects.
He had just finished practice Tuesday, so he was already on guard with the full outfit and épée in hand.
“I charged towards them, holding my épée up high, and, you know, yelling at them,” he said. “I kept yelling throughout the entire thing. They completely panicked and dropped everything they stole and really took off.”
The suspects are in jail on $50k bond.
Ref:
http://www.wpxi.com/feed/news/weird-news...ery/fWGzn/