The holidays mean a lot of things but in the security and police business it usually means a substantial increase in robberies and thefts. Here's a sample of robberies from this week-end.
GRAND RAPIDS Mi-- A woman was tied up during a robbery at Young's Beauty Supply Tuesday morning.
Sometime before 10 a.m., three black men and a possible woman came into the business at 655 28th Street through the front door and attacked the woman. They tied her up and took some items, including her car keys.
She suffered minor cuts and bruises, but was able to free herself and call for help.
Police are searching for her vehicle, a 2006 Chrysler minivan, with a partial license plate number of 7JJ.
Captain Curt Vanderkooi of the GRPD suggests other business owners keep a clear line of sight into their business by not posting signs on their windows. "Having open access, a public view inside and outside the business" would help to prevent this kind of broad daylight robbery.
The terrifying incident has others along 28th Street worried, wary and checking their own safety procedures.
"We always have at least two people here, safety in numbers," said Max 10 store manager Tammy Hahn, "and hopefully as the busy season comes upon us, we'll ramp up our hours a so we do have more staff on. Again, safety in numbers, never work alone."
Sometime before 10 a.m., three black men and a possible woman came into the business at 655 28th Street through the front door and attacked the woman. They tied her up and took some items, including her car keys.
She suffered minor cuts and bruises, but was able to free herself and call for help.
Police are searching for her vehicle, a 2006 Chrysler minivan, with a partial license plate number of 7JJ.
Captain Curt Vanderkooi of the GRPD suggests other business owners keep a clear line of sight into their business by not posting signs on their windows. "Having open access, a public view inside and outside the business" would help to prevent this kind of broad daylight robbery.
The terrifying incident has others along 28th Street worried, wary and checking their own safety procedures.
"We always have at least two people here, safety in numbers," said Max 10 store manager Tammy Hahn, "and hopefully as the busy season comes upon us, we'll ramp up our hours a so we do have more staff on. Again, safety in numbers, never work alone."
GREENSBORO -- A Greensboro teenager was arrested Tuesday in connection with the robbery of a convenience store last week.
Greensboro police arrested Rodney Doran James, 17 of 1609 Eastwood Ave. and charged him with one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon according to warrants filed at the Guilford County Magistrate's office.
James is accused of being one of three teenagers who robbed the Big Boys BP station at 5401 W. Market St.
Authorities said that three males, one armed with a rifle, robbed the store before fleeing to Hilton Place and getting in a stolen Buick Bravada and driving to another part of the complex before fleeing on foot.
No information was immediately available regarding the possible arrests of the other two suspects.
James is being held on a $5,000 bond at the Guilford County jail in Greensboro.
SAN LEANDRO _ A Hollywood Video store manager who fired his .357 Magnum revolver at an escaping thief Sunday night thought he hit the thief's getaway vehicle, but instead hit the front door of a house on Toler Avenue.
The homeowner, who asked not to be identified, said he noticed a bullet hole in his door Monday morning when he was getting the newspaper.
"It's a very unsettling thing," the homeowner said. "I don't think anybody should be firing a gun in a residential neighborhood. He could have killed me or my fiancee. I'm pretty upset about it."
Late Sunday night, a man wearing a hockey mask robbed the Hollywood Video store at 300 Davis St. The masked man zip-tied an employee and forced the store manager at gunpoint to empty the contents of the store safe and cash registers into a white plastic bag. When the thief fled the store with about $700 in cash and change, the store manager, armed with a handgun, chased after him.
The thief was getting into his car on a dark street a few blocks from the store when the store manager yelled at him to stop. According to the manager, the thief then turned and faced him, still wearing the hockey mask and with the gun in his hand.
"He turned around and drew on me," the manager said. "I could see his gun clearly because of the dome light from his vehicle."
The manager said he fired his gun and then ducked behind a parked car. The thief then jumped in his car and drove off.
The manager thought he had hit the thief's Acura Integra, but in reality the bullet had passed through the screen door and the thick oak front door of a home, leaving a splintered exit hole in the back of the door. The bullet passed through a half-dozen coats on a coat rack before penetrating a hallway wall.
The bullet stopped inside the wall, just short of a bedroom. The homeowner said he did not hear the shot when it was fired about 11 p.m. Sunday. But he indicated that other neighbors said they had heard it. "Thank God something worse didn't happen," the homeowner said.
The homeowner said he cut through the hallway wall and retrieved the bullet, which he gave to San Leandro police investigators.
The Hollywood Video store manager is a 24-year-old Hayward resident who gave only his first name of Robert. He said he worked for Hollywood Video for seven years, and at the San Leandro location for the last two years. He said the robbery Sunday night was the fifth time the San Leandro store has been robbed this year.
It apparently was the second robbery by the man in the hockey mask, who allegedly robbed the store on Oct. 9.
The store manager said he quit his job with Hollywood Video on Monday. "I did not feel safe at my job," he said. "You can't work like that."
He also said that he had followed the thief only to get his license plate number and regrets that he put others in danger by firing his gun. "I'm not a vigilante or a police officer," he said. "I had no intention of harming anyone or firing on anyone, but I felt I was legitimately at risk when the man drew on me. I did what I did because I thought I was going to get killed." He said he spoke to the homeowner and offered to replace the homeowner's door. "Whatever he needs from me, I'm going to do. I have nothing but sympathy for him and for everyone in the neighborhood.
The homeowner, who asked not to be identified, said he noticed a bullet hole in his door Monday morning when he was getting the newspaper.
"It's a very unsettling thing," the homeowner said. "I don't think anybody should be firing a gun in a residential neighborhood. He could have killed me or my fiancee. I'm pretty upset about it."
Late Sunday night, a man wearing a hockey mask robbed the Hollywood Video store at 300 Davis St. The masked man zip-tied an employee and forced the store manager at gunpoint to empty the contents of the store safe and cash registers into a white plastic bag. When the thief fled the store with about $700 in cash and change, the store manager, armed with a handgun, chased after him.
The thief was getting into his car on a dark street a few blocks from the store when the store manager yelled at him to stop. According to the manager, the thief then turned and faced him, still wearing the hockey mask and with the gun in his hand.
"He turned around and drew on me," the manager said. "I could see his gun clearly because of the dome light from his vehicle."
The manager said he fired his gun and then ducked behind a parked car. The thief then jumped in his car and drove off.
The manager thought he had hit the thief's Acura Integra, but in reality the bullet had passed through the screen door and the thick oak front door of a home, leaving a splintered exit hole in the back of the door. The bullet passed through a half-dozen coats on a coat rack before penetrating a hallway wall.
The bullet stopped inside the wall, just short of a bedroom. The homeowner said he did not hear the shot when it was fired about 11 p.m. Sunday. But he indicated that other neighbors said they had heard it. "Thank God something worse didn't happen," the homeowner said.
The homeowner said he cut through the hallway wall and retrieved the bullet, which he gave to San Leandro police investigators.
The Hollywood Video store manager is a 24-year-old Hayward resident who gave only his first name of Robert. He said he worked for Hollywood Video for seven years, and at the San Leandro location for the last two years. He said the robbery Sunday night was the fifth time the San Leandro store has been robbed this year.
It apparently was the second robbery by the man in the hockey mask, who allegedly robbed the store on Oct. 9.
The store manager said he quit his job with Hollywood Video on Monday. "I did not feel safe at my job," he said. "You can't work like that."
He also said that he had followed the thief only to get his license plate number and regrets that he put others in danger by firing his gun. "I'm not a vigilante or a police officer," he said. "I had no intention of harming anyone or firing on anyone, but I felt I was legitimately at risk when the man drew on me. I did what I did because I thought I was going to get killed." He said he spoke to the homeowner and offered to replace the homeowner's door. "Whatever he needs from me, I'm going to do. I have nothing but sympathy for him and for everyone in the neighborhood.
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