{"id":59284,"date":"2015-04-15T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=59284"},"modified":"2015-04-15T10:59:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T14:59:07","slug":"marana-az-police-stop-crime-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=59284","title":{"rendered":"Marana, AZ police stop crime spree"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Several people have sent us this link to a story<\/a> about how Marana police officer Michael Rapiejko took it upon himself to stop Mario Valencia, who was on a crime spree that began at the local WalMart where he stole a rifle and some ammunition.<\/p>\n

According to police, the crime spree began with a theft at a convenience store at Columbus Avenue and 29th Street, then the Tucson Baptist Temple at 1525 S. Columbus Avenue was broken into and was damaged by a small fire. Finally, there was a home invasion and car theft reported on the 3900 block of East Paseo Dorado, near 22nd Street and Alvernon Way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While other officers tried to talk Valencia into surrendering, he pointed the gun at his own face, the police officers and he even fired a shot in the air. Then police officer Michael Rapiejko used his police vehicle to incapacitate Valencia, striking him and tossing the criminal several feet in the air. He was treated and released from his injuries a few days later. <\/p>\n

I’d like to compliment officer Rapiejko for defusing a situation that would normally end with someone’s death. He had a tough decision to make and chose the safety of the community.<\/p>\n