{"id":80528,"date":"2018-07-12T12:21:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T16:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80528"},"modified":"2018-07-12T12:24:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T16:24:41","slug":"dean-crouch-tackles-armed-thief-then-hes-fired-by-academy-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=80528","title":{"rendered":"Dean Crouch tackles armed thief, then he’s fired by Academy Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Tallahassee Democrat<\/a>, Dean Crouch, the manager of the local Academy Sports store, tackled Jason White as White sprinted from the store with a stolen handgun. He had ammunition and magazines in his backpack when he was subdued by Crouch.<\/p>\n

\u201cAcademy has decided to, instead of treating him like the hero he is, they terminated his employment effective immediately because he put his hands on Mr. White,\u201d Crouch’s attorney Ryan Hobbs said.<\/p>\n

Just hours before he was taken into custody, White stole two handguns from Cash America Pawn on South Adams Street, according to Tallahassee Police.<\/p>\n

White asked to look at the handgun at the firearms counter [in Academy]. He was handed the gun, then ran toward the front door. <\/p>\n

Crouch, who court records say observed the transaction at the counter, and another employee tackled and subdued White at the exit doors and recovered the gun, a stolen backpack, five boxes of ammunition and two magazines for the Glock. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Academy Sports hid behind the “personnel issues” excuse to avoid the media;<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the incident ended without injury, actions inconsistent with corporate policies were taken,\u201d [Academy Sports spokeswoman Elise Hasbrook] said. \u201cWe addressed the matter with the local store and individuals involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crouch worked at the store for more than two years and is married with a family and has no way to support them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Company policy or no, someone needed to take action to stop a madman from running around town with a loaded gun and Mr Crouch did something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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