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| Woman bops burglar with frying pan |
| 2007-01-01 |
| WORLAND - A string of burglaries ended when a retired couple caught a 17-year-old male in their home, hit him over the head with a frying pan and forced him to flee, police said. Four burglaries were attempted between 11 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. Thursday night and Friday morning, according to police. The last of the homes robbed belonged to retired couple Deloris and Mel Mead, who were sleeping when Deloris Mead saw a light on in her living room. "I tiptoed around and the light was on in the living room, the back door going into the garage was open wide, the basement was open wide and the garage door going into the backyard was open wide," she said. She closed and locked the basement door and awakened her husband. While the two were looking around, they heard something rattling the basement door. Deloris Mead said her husband opened the door and a young male holding a folded hanger tried to run out. "Mel opened the door and grabbed the kid," she said. As her husband struggled to subdue the juvenile, Deloris Mead said she grabbed a frying pan and "bopped him over the head with it." The juvenile fell down the stairs that led to the garage and ran to the backyard, where he jumped the fence. Shortly after, police spotted a male with a backpack and, after a short chase, apprehended a juvenile, Sgt. Tom Brase with the Worland Police Department said. The juvenile, whose name was not released, was being held in jail, Brase said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 DW has a cast-iron 9-inch skillet we no longer cook with. It's now used strictly for anti-theft defense. Being hit with that would be kind of like being hit by a HUMMV at 50MPH. Weighs about six pounds, and DW is no fading violet. I STILL prefer using a white-ash or hickory axehandle across any accessible part. Preferably multiple strikes, in different locations. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-01-01 22:07 |
| #3 Pretty obvious she wasn't wielding a Lodge, a smack with even a single-egg-baby=pan would crack your skull. Likely some damn cheap anodized aluminum, Sunday morning special. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-01 15:32 |
| #2 If this happened in Britain, the burglar would be free and Mead and her husband would be in jail. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-01-01 14:54 |
| #1 He was holding a folded hangar? Clothes hangar? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-01-01 08:26 |