Man interrupts people stealing from house
7/18/2011
ERIN MATHEWS
A man who was returning an item to a Salina friend’s house late Thursday observed three people he didn’t know leaving the home in the 400 block of West Jewell Avenue with his friend’s televisions and other belongings.
The man confronted the thieves and followed them as they walked down the street, getting close enough to run up behind one of them and stomp on his feet, causing him to drop a 36-inch LG television, said Capt. Mike Sweeney of the Salina Police Department.
During the incident, which occurred between 10 p.m. Thursday and 1:10 a.m. Friday, the man attempted to flag down passing motorists who might have a cell phone and could call police, Sweeney said.
A thief set down items he was carrying and chased the man with an expandable baton he pulled from his pocket, Sweeney said. The thieves also threatened to remove a Remington 12-gauge shotgun they were stealing from its case.
For more on this story, read Tuesday's Salina Journal.
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