Attempted robbery thwarted by armed jogger

[The Annoyed Man]

I'm trying to process how much money the robber thought the jogger was carrying down inside those running shorts......

.....which turned out to be something besides money.......

"the robber thought"...probably not very much.

The requirements for getting into robbery school are not hard. Sometimes though you don't pass out of first grade.

There's a robbery school?

Yep, and he is going to have to go into their remedial program.

I can see his partner shouting at him..... "Dang it Carl! You had ONE job!!!"

[Charles L. Cotton]

Article I read said potential victim did not have a LTC. Police reported to have said they will turn information that over to the D.A. Wonder what will happen to him.

Per this article http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/armed-jo ... /411926484

Police are questioning the jogger, but don't believe he will face charges. According to police, he did not have a concealed handgun license, and that information will be referred to the District Attorney's office.

We may get a chance to see how the new Harris County DA Ogg feels about guns and self-defense. Heretofore, a "good shoot" never resulted in a UCW charge.

Chas.

[Flightmare]

Article I read said potential victim did not have a LTC. Police reported to have said they will turn information that over to the D.A. Wonder what will happen to him.

Per this article http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/armed-jo ... /411926484

Police are questioning the jogger, but don't believe he will face charges. According to police, he did not have a concealed handgun license, and that information will be referred to the District Attorney's office.

We may get a chance to see how the new Harris County DA Ogg feels about guns and self-defense. Heretofore, a "good shoot" never resulted in a UCW charge.

Chas.

I thought the shooting was in Arlington. Why would the Harris County DA be involved?

[Charles L. Cotton]

Article I read said potential victim did not have a LTC. Police reported to have said they will turn information that over to the D.A. Wonder what will happen to him.

Per this article http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/armed-jo ... /411926484

Police are questioning the jogger, but don't believe he will face charges. According to police, he did not have a concealed handgun license, and that information will be referred to the District Attorney's office.

We may get a chance to see how the new Harris County DA Ogg feels about guns and self-defense. Heretofore, a "good shoot" never resulted in a UCW charge.

Chas.

I thought the shooting was in Arlington. Why would the Harris County DA be involved?

OOPS! Another "Sometimers Moment."

Chas.

[ninjabread]

Nice to see the press protecting the identity of that poor kid being hassled by the cops.

[Jusme]

Nice to see the press protecting the identity of that poor kid being hassled by the cops.

That is just SOP, by law, they can't identify a juvenile suspect, unless he has been certified to stand trial as an adult. For this he will be charged in Juvenile family court for either delinquent behavior, or Child in need of supervision. Sounds really serious huh?

[bblhd672]

Nice to see the press protecting the identity of that poor kid being hassled by the cops.

He is now known as "Gimpy."

[bblhd672]

This article says

Bullets hit the suspect in the groin area

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/02/22/arli ... ed-victim/

[Tylerscott20]

This article says that Arlington police do not know if the victim had a license to carry.

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local ... 06554.html

[Jusme]

This article says that Arlington police do not know if the victim had a license to carry.

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local ... 06554.html

I'm sure the investigating officers know whether or not, the victim, has his LTC. They are just not divulging that info to the public.

[AF-Odin]

IIRC, didn't the original article state that the juvenile was "Armed" when he attempted the robbery? If so, think this should go to adult unless, perhaps, he was only 12 or 13. I hear about far to many 16 and 17 year olds getting away with too much.

Have seen a number at high school students who should have been charged with assault and battery and even aggravated assault that only get "in school suspension" because the school district doesn't want to get the PD involved nor the bad publicity for the school. I am not talking about the after school fights that we had when I was in HS in the 60s that were usually just a fist fight between (usually) two evenly matched boys (hence, mutually agreed use of force), but gang beat downs, assaults on teachers.....

[Jusme]

IIRC, didn't the original article state that the juvenile was "Armed" when he attempted the robbery? If so, think this should go to adult unless, perhaps, he was only 12 or 13. I hear about far to many 16 and 17 year olds getting away with too much.

Have seen a number at high school students who should have been charged with assault and battery and even aggravated assault that only get "in school suspension" because the school district doesn't want to get the PD involved nor the bad publicity for the school. I am not talking about the after school fights that we had when I was in HS in the 60s that were usually just a fist fight between (usually) two evenly matched boys (hence, mutually agreed use of force), but gang beat downs, assaults on teachers.....

I agree, but even Aggravated Robbery, seldom gets the thug certified as an adult. Usually, it has to involve Murder, manslaughter, etc. Unless, this is a pattern, and he has done this in the past. There was also no mention of his gun being recovered, which may also be something they have not divulged, but if no gun is found, then it may just come down to the testimony of the jogger. There will be more info as the case unfolds, I'm sure they are only giving scant details, while they try to find his accomplice, determine what, if any role the woman who picked him up played etc..

I do hope that what ever happens, he gets, the maximum allowable sentence, but my faith in the juvenile justice system, is pretty low. That's why there are so many thugs walking the streets still committing crimes, because there were no consequences for them as juveniles.

[Ameer]

Nice to see the press protecting the identity of that poor kid being hassled by the cops.

That is just SOP, by law, they can't identify a juvenile suspect, unless he has been certified to stand trial as an adult. For this he will be charged in Juvenile family court for either delinquent behavior, or Child in need of supervision. Sounds really serious huh?

It's a shame the Texas legislature passed a law to protect armed robbers from being identified, but they can't bother to pass a law elimiting the restrictions on where we can carry to protect ourselves from armed robbers.

[Lambda Force]

This article says

Bullets hit the suspect in the groin area

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/02/22/arli ... ed-victim/

Am I a bad person to hope this will prevent him from making little muggers?

[Pawpaw]

This article says

Bullets hit the suspect in the groin area

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/02/22/arli ... ed-victim/

Am I a bad person to hope this will prevent him from making little muggers?

Well, it does seem obvious the gene pool needs some chlorine.