Bennie Sideboerd and his cousin just got home early Sunday morning when they saw two masked men approaching them. One came towards Sideboerd, the other towards his car.
But what they armed robbers didn’t know, was that 63-year-old Sideboerd was armed.
According to NOPD, one of the masked men told Sideboerd’s cousin to put his hands on the car while the other pushed Sideboerd to the ground.
“He said, don’t you move, so I turned around … he pointed at me and I pulled out my gun and boom boom boom!” Bennie said, reenacting the dangerous encounter.
None of his bullets hit their target.
“Then he came running at me … he knocked me down … I grabbed him by his back and I went BOOM,” Sideboerd said. “It was a five-shot gun and I knew I had one shot left, so when I grabbed him, I went boom … he dropped the gun then he grabbed his stomach and said ‘Oh Lord!’ and rode out and ran.”
When the shots rang out, police say Sideboerd’s cousin ran to the 2nd district police station just a couple blocks away, while the second robber took off in their car. He remains at-large.
A Navy veteran and shooting range regular, Sideboerd said he wasn’t nervous at all.
“When somebody comes at you like that, you can’t be nervous,” he said. “If not, they’re going to kill you anyhow. So you have a choice: Either you get them or they get you.”
Kervin Jean-Baptiste, 27, of Norwalk and Jonathan Olger, 28, of Danbury were both charged around midnight for the Nov. 2 incident. Jean-Baptiste, who had been shot in the leg, was charged with attempting a home invasion, second-degree criminal mischief and breach of peace. Olger was arrested on a threatening/breach of peace charge.
Sgt. John Krupinski said Saturday to his knowledge the shooter was not arrested but that it is likely an ongoing investigation.
Employees told East Chicago police the man entered Metro PCS, 3723 Main St., just before 6:25 p.m., pulled out a gun and ordered them to open the register and give him “all the money,” Detective Sgt. Terence Fife said.
The man — whose face was covered with a scarf — waved a handgun randomly at two store employees, police said. The employees told police they opened the register drawer, and the man began to take money from the drawer.
During the robbery, a security guard shot the man in the head, police said.
East Chicago police arrived and found the man lying on the floor inside the building, Fife said. Money and a black and silver handgun were lying near him.
The man was taken by ambulance to St. Catherine Hospital and later transferred to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, police said.
A suspect has been hospitalized after police say he was shot during an attempted home invasion in South Richmond Thursday night.
Police said the incident happened around 8:15 p.m. in 2200 block of Concord Avenue, near Jefferson Davis Highway. Police say the probable suspect was shot during the incident.
Crime Insider sources say the suspect was transported to a local hospital in a personal vehicle.
According to police, an as-of-yet unidentified man walked into Popeye’s and approached the father’s family to attempt to rob them around 8:30 p.m, ABC13 reported.
The altercation took place at the 800 block of Southeast Military Drive in San Antonio, Texas.
Then the robber pointed his gun at the father’s children, according to ABC affiliate KVUE.
It was at that point that the father—who is also not named as of writing—pulled out his own gun and shot the robber in the middle of the restaurant’s dining area.
Police told ABC13 that the father is a licensed carrier of firearms. Authorities said he will not be facing any charges and that the father’s actions prevented the loss of several lives.
“Around 2:30 the motion detectors started going off,” the homeowner said. “I looked at the camera and saw a man walking up our driveway and climb into our vehicle.”
With bear mace in hand, the homeowner charged outside.
“He climbed out of the car and started running I chased him for about a block and a half he tried to climb a fence and that’s when I hit him with the first shot of bear mace,” the homeowner said.
That’s right – the first shot of powerful and potent chemicals meant for an aggressive grizzly.
“He actually came at me once when I hit it with the first time and then I hit it with him again,” the homeowner said.
Twice, then three times.
“He tried come at me again and I just emptied the can on him and then he threw his hands in the air and laid on the ground and said I’m done.” The homeowner then walked the criminal back to his porch where his wife was at the doorway on the phone with 911.
“His hands were in the air and he said yes sir yes sir and I told dispatch you’re not going to believe what I’m seeing right now because the guy was just in complete compliance with my husband,” the homeowners wife said.
The criminal stayed put until police got there.
“They didn’t say much to me, they pulled guns on him and searched him and put him in handcuffs and he went in the ambulance,” the homeowner said.
The man who allegedly broke in to their car is John Coopride. He has a long list of criminal history. Police booked him into jail on multiple charges.
“I was still in my underwear when police were out there with gun point and I was like oh my god I need to go get dressed,” the homeowner said.
According to authorities, a deputy gave someone a courtesy ride to a Chevron gas station on Georgia 400. But when the deputy tried to give the person money, that person began striking him in the head and face with a closed fist. Authorities said the suspect also tried to grab the deputy’s gun.
But then, a woman later described by Sheriff Jeff Johnson as a “good Samaritan,” shot the suspect who ran off into the parking lot of an adjacent McDonald’s restaurant as a result.
There, he began to assault an elderly woman. Other bystanders from the restaurant subdued the suspect until deputies were able to take him into custody.
The deputy and the suspect were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Police say the homeowner in the 4300 block of Moana on the northeast side heard someone trying to break into her garage.
She tried yelling them away, but police say when that did not work, she, her son and his girlfriend went to confront the four.
The homeowner was able to disarm the robber with the gun after the man started making demands. Three of the robbers ran away from the house, leaving one behind in the garage.
Police say the homeowner, her son and his girlfriend wrestled the suspect to the ground and held him there until officers arrived.
The suspect faces three counts of aggravated robbery.
One man has been hospitalized and another questioned following a shooting early Tuesday on the city’s North Side, San Antonio police said.
According to police, just before 3 a.m. a man was shot while trying to break into a Chevy Suburban in the parking lot of the Veranda Apartments located on Jones Maltsberger Road near Sandalwood Road.
The owner of the vehicle shot the suspect one time hitting him in the lower back, police said. The suspect then drove his own car to a Walmart located nearby.
Paramedics were called and took the man shot to an area hospital. The vehicle owner was taken to police headquarters for questioning.
Metro Police said Martin Maycock called 9-1-1 dispatch to report that he had shot an unknown man who was attempting to steal items from the storage facility he managed. Maycock said he was conducting a routine perimeter check at the “Storage at Summerlin” when everything unfolded.
The facility is located at 7441 W. Lake Mead Boulevard. The man shot and killed has been identified as Jeffrey Paget.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found Paget seated in the driver’s seat of an unregistered white cargo van. Paget was suffering from a gunshot wound to the left side of his chest. Paget was taken to UMC where he died from his injuries.
According to the report, Maycock who had recently obtained a Concealed Weapon Permit, was walking toward his vehicle when he heard a loud bang. When Maycock went to check it out, he said he noticed a man, later identified as Paget, trying to break into a motorhome, police said.
The report said, Maycock asked Paget what he was doing, and noticed he had a screwdriver in his hand. Paget told Maycock it was his friend’s motorhome and told him to mind his own business before jumping back into the van, but Maycock pulled out his gun and fired a shot in his direction.
According to information from police, it all started on November 28th when the owner of Finch’s Market off Highway 70 received an alert his store’s alarm was activated.
The owner told police he grabbed his revolver and drove to the store. Upon arrival, he says he noticed a mini-van parked on the shoulder of Highway 70 and the front doors to his business broken.
The owner waited outside and observed a short Hispanic man exiting with a white plastic bag in hand carrying unknown merchandise. The owner told police he pointed the revolver at the man and told him to stop. The man continued to run to the minivan where he jumped inside and told the driver, identified as Phillip Noe, to “go go go,” according to the report.
The owner stated he held on to the van and was being dragged when he fired a shot in an attempt to stop Noe. The owner eventually let go and sustained road rash due to the incident.
Clarksville Police say they went to Nashville after gathering information for a “chance search” for the vehicle. After finding a vehicle “oddly parked,” investigators looked inside and found Noe in the back seat “internally bleeding and slowly dying from the inflicted gunshot wound.”
The investigators provided Noe assistance and helped save “his dying body,” according to a description of the event.
Noe did not give up his co-conspirator but has been charged with especially aggravated burglary and theft under $1,000.
Two men and their dogs were seriously injured in an alleged home invasion in Bricelyn when the occupant fought back with a machete.
Joshua William Clark, 42, reported that Geronimo Deluna Jr., 41, and David Deluna, 39, both also of Bricelyn, assaulted him Nov. 7 in his home on North Fourth Street, according to a criminal complaint.
Clark said he had been arguing with Geronimo Deluna over money owed for vehicle repairs.
He said the Delunas kicked in his door and two dogs rushed in and attacked him. Clark said he grabbed a machete and struck the dogs.
He said the men then attacked him and he struck them with a machete as well. David Deluna then allegedly kicked Clark’s daughter in the face.
Clark said there was blood everywhere when the men and dogs retreated. As they left, he said the men threatened to return and shoot him.
The suspects were stopped in a vehicle in Freeborn County and taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea. One of the men had a nearly severed ear, according to a search warrant application. Both men were later taken to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester.
The injured dogs were euthanized.
In St Louis, Missouri, 24-year-old Montel Smith has been charged with murder of his 41-year-old accomplice when they tried to rob a pizza delivery man last week. The pair had struck the delivery man when he resisted them which prompted him to draw his weapon and kill the thief. Now Smith faces the consequences.
Nanny Kate Anderson -who helps the Smith family in the town of Everett- was instructed to be on the lookout for an Amazon package on the 29 of November. Less than 10 minutes after the package was delivered, a car pulled up outside the family home, prompting the nanny’s suspicion that something was amiss.
In a situation caught on camera, a woman stepped out of the car and grabbed the package- right in front of Anderson.
“I saw her bending and picking it up, and they get a lot of packages. And I knew. I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, she’s taking that,’ so I just took off after her, to be honest,” the nanny said.
As the woman tries to get away, Anderson can be heard pursuing her, cursing and screaming as she attempts to catch her prey.
Hey what the *beep* are you doing? Hey you *beep* piece of *beep* what are you trying to steal?” she shouted, closing distance with the thief.
The woman managed to get the box into the getaway car, but was thrown from the vehicle as it sped off with the stolen goods.
Anderson tackled the woman to the ground and ordered a passerby to call the police.
I didn’t do anything!” the suspect shouts.
“Yes you did!” Anderson said. “I *beep* saw you, you know we got security cameras on this house, don’tcha?”
Eight minutes after the call was made, Snohomish County deputies arrived, arresting 29-year-old local Rhieanna Schindler, who has been arrested over 20 times in seven years and had outstanding warrants for drug possession and theft.
While the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office did not condone the action taken by Anderson, they did want her to know that they are, in fact, hiring.
The homeowner told police someone tried to force their way into his home. Police said the homeowner then fired his gun at the intruder.
Police said the resident only saw one person run away from the scene, while a witness reported seeing two people.
A K9 was brought in to try to track down the suspects.
Police said it’s unclear if the suspects were hit by the gunfire. There was some damage inside the home from the shots being fired, but the homeowner wasn’t hurt, according to police.
Investigators said officers responded to a burglary in the neighborhood. Apparently, the suspect was armed and threatened the homeowner before running off.
An officer quickly found that the suspect, but not before there was an exchange of gunfire, police said. The suspect was shot and killed on scene.
According to [El Paso County Sheriff’s Office], officers encountered the suspect in the area of South Nevada Avenue and East Navajo Street around 6 Saturday night. When they tried to take him into custody on an outstanding warrant, he reportedly started fighting them. He was shot after law enforcement says he drew a handgun.
The suspect survived the shooting long enough to reach the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The officers involved in the incident sustained minor injuries.
The [Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Deputy] was flagged down by a person around 5:39 a.m. The person told the deputy they were in a road rage incident near Loop 1604 and Marbach Road.
The suspect invovled in the incident was found in a vehicle on a nearby dead-end road. As the deputy approached, the suspect turned his car towards him and accelerated quickly. The driver crashed into the deputy and his patrol car.
The deputy attempted to fire his Taser at the suspect, but missed. He then pulled out his weapon and shot the suspect. Due to the deputy’s damaged patrol car, he was unable to follow the suspect as he drove off.
Another patrol car found the suspect on US Highway 90. The suspect hit another vehicle on the roadway as he fled. Deputies were able to stop the suspect after they crashed into his car.
The 17-year-old suspect was taken to the hospital in critical condition. A 17-year-old passenger was also transported to the hospital with minor injuries. The driver hit by the fleeing suspect was also injured and taken to the hospital.
