Store clerk charged after taking thief's baseball bat and beating thief

[OVERKILL]

Peterborough store clerk charged with assault after allegedly beating would-be robber with the latter’s own baseball bat

Police say he allegedly stole a baseball from a would-be robber and hit the suspect several times with the bat.

www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada:

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A convenience store clerk in Peterborough has been charged with assault after he allegedly took a baseball bat from a would-be robber and hit the suspect several times with it.

According to the Peterborough Police Service, officers were dispatched to a convenience store in the King and Bethune streets area around 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 5. Upon arrival, police say officers learned that the male clerk was helping a customer when a second man came into the store demanding money and brandishing a baseball bat.

Police say a struggle ensued and the clerk was allegedly struck with the bat before taking it away from the suspect. Police say the clerk followed the suspect out of the store and allegedly struck him several times with the bat on the sidewalk.

The suspect suffered head injuries and is in a Toronto hospital receiving treatment while the 22-year-old clerk was treated at the scene by EMS, police say.

As a result of the investigation, an arrest warrant was issued for the 37-year-old man, who is wanted for robbery, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon.
The 22-year-old clerk from Peterborough was also arrested and charged with aggravated assault. He was held in custody and appeared in court Saturday, Jan. 6.
Peterborough Police would also like to speak with a male customer who was in the store at the time.

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This is insane

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

Sounds like some folks need to refresh their reading of John Locke’s Second Treatise…

 

[BillyHW]

In Canada police go after the good guys because it's a lot easier than going after the bad guys.

 

[KGMtech]

I'm rooting for the clerk.

 

[GSCJR]

Police say the clerk followed the suspect out of the store and allegedly struck him several times with the bat on the sidewalk.

Normal reaction, but this is what led to his charges, IMO.

 

[OVERKILL]

Normal reaction, but this is what led to his charges, IMO.

Likely, but this is a real "fart around and find out" situation here. This was armed robbery that ultimately went wrong for the thief.

 

[B1974]

Clerk must have hit him one time too many.

 

[Soft Cars]

This is insane

That's nothing. I got some info that would blow your mind but I can't post it here. And it's about Canada too.

 

[GSCJR]

Likely, but this is a real bad situation here. This was armed robbery that ultimately went wrong for the thief.

Absolutely. Unfortunately, I've personally been on the wrong side of the law more than once. Certain laws protect the guilty and punish the innocent.

 

[JavierH19]

And now this thief and aspiring ones will be emboldened to go rob some other place now believing they're untouchable because of this decaying society rewarding their actions.

 

[#18FAN]

Clerk must have hit him one time too many.

Or not enough

 

[wings&wheels]

Chasing the thief and then hitting them a few times may have been over the line here.... Not saying I agree with charging the only true victim at all, I don't, but the authority's line is probably drawn where the misguided/exuberant/just turning things around/choirboy of an incompetent thief turned to escape.

 

[Soft Cars]

Chasing the thief and then hitting them a few times may have been over the line here.... Not saying I agree with charging the only true victim at all, I don't, but the authority's line is probably drawn where the misguided/exuberant/just turning things around/choirboy of an incompetent thief turned to escape.

If the clerk had his own bat, that may have tipped the scales of the law in his favor. Being that the clerk took the bat away from the thief paints a picture of a weak thief and the jury might feel sorry for him.

 

[GSCJR]

This story reminds me of the diner who shot an armed robber in a Houston taqueria. Who knows what the outcome was there?

 

[JavierH19]

If the clerk had his own bat, that may have tipped the scales of the law in his favor. Being that the clerk took the bat away from the thief paints a picture of a weak thief and the jury might feel sorry for him.

The Texas court declined to press charges on him and rightfully so. This being Canada I wouldn't have high hopes.

 

[Soft Cars]

The Texas court declined to press charges on him and rightfully so. This being Canada I wouldn't have high hopes.

Texas court? How'd Texas get in here?

 

[stormgol]

it's Canada. the thief will have psychological support, a lifetime pension and a medal. and the clerk will be prosecuted.

 

[Mainia]

A "certain" "thought process" of people "who have control" think the criminal should have more rights then the person they accost. Yet people seem to always have "them" around deciding and keeping these laws twisted so the aggressor is the righteous one. With this backing of freedom for accosting, you just keep getting more of it. Insanity at it's finest. Yet people seem to like these insane freedom givers to accoster's. And somehow fell good about it. Insanity.

 

[bullwinkle]

The grand jury in TX declined to press charges on the taqueria shooter-they felt it was self-defense.

 

[spasm3]

Does anybody but me remember Bernhard Goetz, 1984, NYC?

Yes i do, subway shooting. Robbed by 4 teens.