Just caught a thief

[mancombseepgood]

Now that is a good idea.

I'm the same, just didnt have time to grab my phone and I was a block away when I nabbed him. Interesting enough tho, there was a guy nearby watching the whole proceedings and when we had him in the street on the pavement, I noticed him take out his phone - not sure whether he wanted to capture a movie of my daughters b/f threatening him with a knop kierrie, so I quietly told him to take it easy in front of the camera... one never knows - it's so easy to turn him into a victim.

Well the cops called me to the station because my statement was a little short (the cop who took it was in a hurry and was complaining of the heat and sun)... I had to add the bit about him threatening to stab me myeslf... they just jotted down scant details... I made sure they had that bit.

They are still coming for fingerprints and have some items of clothing that will 'go for forensics' - he prolly used an old pair of pants to protect him self when breaking the window and opening it.

 

[Sneeky]

Ja, nice that he was caught... now he has a bone to pick... he lives in the nearby squatter camp (about 5km away) and told my daughters b/f 'I know where you live'

It really bugs me that I need to think about that now.

Without sounding brash, if someone had to say that to me, under similar circumstances I would consider burying them in the back yard, because I promise you that little punk will be on the street in no time at all.
You re a gentleman Brad, a lot of folks would've given this punk a real beating first.

 

[Abe]

Only one hit to the knee?

Thats was good idea. My domestics son was robbed of his cell phone at knife point just as he got off a taxi. After collecting himself, he chased the guy down and "sorted" him out and got his phone back. The thief then went to the cop shop and laid an assault charge against him.

 

[aadil-old]

Well done Bradbowlllama.

Next time don't call the cops. Beat the criminal for 40 days and 40 nights, then sell his organs on eBay

 

[mercurial]

Well done Bradbowlllama.

Next time don't call the cops. Beat the criminal for 40 days and 40 nights, then sell his organs on eBay

ROFL. Well done Brad. Lol some of the comments are quite funny. Hopefully Arsenal can learn a thing or two from you

 

[BCO]

Awesome work, Brad.

 

[mancombseepgood]

ROFL. Well done Brad. Lol some of the comments are quite funny. Hopefully Arsenal can learn a thing or two from you

Pfffft... I think I need to give Ronaldo tackling coaching
Make that... how to get up after being tackled
Lol, I was on the CL thread and had got back about 30 minutes earlier from my morning run when the alarm went off, so I had my mind in gear.

Thanks all for the moral support, it all goes a long way...

 

[Alchemist]

Bradbowlllama, maybe go to the police station, and get a restraining order against the guy. So if he does come back and you do beat the living ***** out of him, you have something on record. You could also lay an additional charge of intimidation

 

[Alan]

Ja, nice that he was caught... now he has a bone to pick... he lives in the nearby squatter camp (about 5km away) and told my daughters b/f 'I know where you live'

It really bugs me that I need to think about that now. They have been poisoning dogs around town lately too. We are the only ones with larger dogs in the neighbourhood. I also travel a bit... and will be studying int he coming months - away from 6pm to 9pm when there is load shedding in my neighbourhood... I have two young kids and my wife and older daughter...
It all leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

To be honest he looks like a harmless squatter, but you never know and I decided, if no-one does anything, they will be back anyway. So thought it's time to do something... Thing is you never know... I think I just need to take precautions and am looking at some sort of security setup... at least alert system and some skok-stokke for around the house.

This is why you should have hit him on the kop. If he was a vegetable now he wouldn't have been able to get any 'payback'

 

[mercurial]

Pfffft... I think I need to give Ronaldo tackling coaching
Make that... how to get up after being tackled
Lol, I was on the CL thread and had got back about 30 minutes earlier from my morning run when the alarm went off, so I had my mind in gear.

Thanks all for the moral support, it all goes a long way...

We might be rivals but we're still buddies

This is why you should have hit him on the kop.

Lol.

 

[air]

takes a hell of a lot of courage to do what you did! A word of caution tho, don't take fists to a gunfight, count yourself fortunate he never had a gun.

 

[mancombseepgood]

I agree with both of you guys... I guess it all happened so quickly. I can tell you I wasn't trying to be a hero for one, I just took a look for starters, thinking time is of the essence to at least scare the guys off... then when i did find one guy, I instinctively wanted to see if I could run faster than him
Joking, I know, but it could have worked out alot worse... i will be thinking about some sort of self defence setup... at least pepper spray in the office and maybe a knop kierrie of sorts...

It's a tough decision to not chase, especially when you think of how you actually feel when you know they were so close and got away... It makes me mad... but I guess for my kids and wife to lose me would be 10x worse - no comparison...

I ended up playing it by ear and it turned out he was prolly harmless, sickly and starved.... but even those guys can be fatal with a weapon... he certainly couldn't run a marathon, he was finished by the time I got him the second time around (with the stick).

I agree with you completely tho. The thought of weapons entered my mind... at first I thought of going into the house after getting a weapon, I was so worried they were going to get away... I guess I thought I was lucky when I saw someone run.

I think this guy was indeed a petty thief... but the line is too fine to say he wouldn't try it again with a weapon, given the opportuinity. Considering he resisted at first, and threatened to stab me.

 

[dhez]

if he comes back u better kill the dude because he will put your familys life in danger!!

 

[Brawler]

good on you mate, but i don't know, I would have not stopped hitting him. What did the cops do? drop him off at home?

 

[Just_Ice]

You should have cracked his skull!

 

[boramk]

Bradbowlllama: Do you live in Norscot area?

 

[koffiejunkie]

My favourite piece of advice for these situations, comes from Brick-Top in Snatch:

You're always gonna have problems lifting a body in one piece. Apparently the best thing to do is cut up a corpse into six pieces and pile it all together. And when you got your six pieces, you gotta get rid of them, because it's no good leaving it in the deep freeze for your mum to discover, now is it? Then I hear the best thing to do is feed them to pigs. You got to starve the pigs for a few days, then the sight of a chopped-up body will look like curry to a pisshead. You gotta shave the heads of your victims, and pull the teeth out for the sake of the piggies' digestion. You could do this afterwards, of course, but you don't want to go sievin' through pig ****, now do you? They will go through bone like butter. You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm. They will go through a body that weighs 200 pounds in about eight minutes. That means that a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute. Hence the expression, "as greedy as a pig.

 

[mancombseepgood]

My favourite piece of advice for these situations, comes from Brick-Top in Snatch:

Pfffft.
How many thieves does it take to pave a driveway? Depends how thinly you slice them

 

[mancombseepgood]

Bradbowlllama: Do you live in Norscot area?

No - Eastern Cape

 

[lpvoid]

Well done! Why just one hit?