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Man beaten with his own leg
2004-02-28
AoS, sorry if this isn’t appropriate - delete away if you must.
This is down the middle of the fairway for SAST.
’Tis but a flesh wound, come back here coward!
Ever want to yank off someone’s leg and beat them over the head with it? A Virginia man may have done just that. Police in Fredericksburg have charged Rodney Prophitt, 27, with pulling off his neighbor’s prosthetic limb and then striking him with it, reports The Free Lance-Star. The whole thing started Wednesday evening when Michael Clapp, 38, found a bottle of medicine missing from his apartment. He immediately suspected Prophitt and went next door to ask him about it. Prophitt responded by knocking Clapp to the floor, then tugging off Clapp’s fake leg and hitting him with it. "At some point," city police spokesman Jim Shelhorse told the newspaper, "Mr. Clapp was able to grab his leg back, get back to his apartment and call 911." Clapp went to the hospital with a broken nose. Prophitt was charged with felonious assault and petty larceny. Shelhorse didn’t know what kind of medicine was taken or why Clapp had an artificial leg.
Umm....because he’s missing a real one?
Posted by:JerseyMike

#5  Mr. Clapp is lucky that he awarded Nerf the contract for his prosthesis. I understand that Snap-on made a quality offer that would have proved disasterous in this incident.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-2-29 12:40:35 AM  

#4  JDB- ;-)
Posted by: Frank G   2004-2-28 7:40:51 PM  

#3  Heard the one about the guy with two wooden legs?

They caught fire and he burned to the ground!

Thank you. Please tip the waitress!
Posted by: JDB   2004-2-28 6:19:50 PM  

#2  Pity that Clapp didn't think to use his own leg first.
Posted by: Charles   2004-2-28 1:12:04 PM  

#1  See what happens when Fred goes away for a few days? This site's turning into FARK, that's what!
Posted by: Raj   2004-2-28 12:28:45 PM  

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