06-13-2014, 01:33 PM
Oh, no you don't!
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Robbery suspect Christopher Samuels ^ is behind bars in Blaine, Minnesota -- thanks to his intended victim and a good samaritan ex-Marine.
Kathy George went to get her daughter a donut for her last day of school when she says Samuels began following her outside.
“I could see with my peripheral vision that someone was right there, and just as I saw him he grabbed my purse, and that’s when the struggle began,” she said.
“I kind of surprised myself because I was fighting back. At one point we both went down to the ground, we’re wrestling on asphalt. He’s regaining control of my purse and then I am, and the whole time I’m thinking, ‘What am I doing? I can’t believe I’m doing this. He could have a weapon,’” George said. “The contents in this purse are not worth my life.” (HOTD: good thinking at the end -- not worth the fight -- but I understand the instinct to do so.)
Tarl Fruge was across the street watching his kids softball game when he heard George’s cry for help. That’s when his military training kicked in. “I dropped everything, kicked my flip flops off and just ran over as fast as I could,” he said.
The former Marine tackled Samuels. “On the ground, put his hands behind his back and then just held him there until police came,” Fruge said.
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Kathy George and Tarl Fruge
“There are people out there who’ll be willing to step in and risk their lives and help others out,” George said.
Fruge says he’d do the same thing all over again.
Samuels is charged with attempted simple robbery and attempted theft.
Ref:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/06/11...in-blaine/
Robbery suspect Christopher Samuels ^ is behind bars in Blaine, Minnesota -- thanks to his intended victim and a good samaritan ex-Marine.
Kathy George went to get her daughter a donut for her last day of school when she says Samuels began following her outside.
“I could see with my peripheral vision that someone was right there, and just as I saw him he grabbed my purse, and that’s when the struggle began,” she said.
“I kind of surprised myself because I was fighting back. At one point we both went down to the ground, we’re wrestling on asphalt. He’s regaining control of my purse and then I am, and the whole time I’m thinking, ‘What am I doing? I can’t believe I’m doing this. He could have a weapon,’” George said. “The contents in this purse are not worth my life.” (HOTD: good thinking at the end -- not worth the fight -- but I understand the instinct to do so.)
Tarl Fruge was across the street watching his kids softball game when he heard George’s cry for help. That’s when his military training kicked in. “I dropped everything, kicked my flip flops off and just ran over as fast as I could,” he said.
The former Marine tackled Samuels. “On the ground, put his hands behind his back and then just held him there until police came,” Fruge said.
Kathy George and Tarl Fruge
“There are people out there who’ll be willing to step in and risk their lives and help others out,” George said.
Fruge says he’d do the same thing all over again.
Samuels is charged with attempted simple robbery and attempted theft.
Ref:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/06/11...in-blaine/