Marine shot during necklace robbery plugged bullet wounds with fingers
By Ihosvani Rodriguez, Sun Sentinel
9:14 p.m. EST, December 30, 2011
DEERFIELD BEACH—
One bullet went through his belly and lodged in his pelvis, while a second sliced through his chest and out his shoulder. Yet another grazed the back of his skull.
Shot and wounded while chasing thieves on foot, Lt. Col. Karl Trenker said he did what he had been trained to do as a 29-year veteran of the U.S. Marines with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Running with bullet holes wasn't working out well, so I plugged them up with my fingers," Trenker said Friday.
Trenker, 48, was not injured on the battlefield, but in an apartment complex parking lot in Deerfield Beach where he had gone to sell a necklace to a Craigslist buyer-turned-robber. Father and stepfather to seven children, Trenker was released Friday from North Broward Medical Center, nine days after the shooting.
Emergency physician Dr. Igor Nichiporenko, who removed part of Trenker's bowel and left a bullet in his pelvis, attributed the fact that Trenker is alive to his military training and lifestyle.
"When you hear someone is coming in with multiple gunshot wounds, you are concerned," Nichiporenko said. "He was in bad shape."
Trenker spoke several hours after leaving the hospital. He said he feels pain where a 10-inch surgery wound now crosses his stomach area. He walks with a slight limp, but that is expected to fade.
He recounted the moments leading up to the shooting, and described the actions that led his fiancee and doctor to refer to him as "Superman."
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Showing posts with label armed robbery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label armed robbery. Show all posts
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Man picked wrong house to rob, National Guard soldier's house!
Police: Man tried to rob Cape soldier's home
Oct 04, 2011
By Meaghan Smith, NBC2 Reporter
CAPE CORAL -
A robber, armed with a machine gun, broke into Cape Coral man's home near Skyline Boulevard. But we found out the gunman picked the wrong homeowners to mess with.
In a nice Cape Coral neighborhood, Mike Ponton, a soldier with the National Guard, was just trying to enjoy his day off at home.
"I was watching TV," says Ponton.
What happened next was something made for a movie.
It involved a threatening phone call followed by a man with a ski mask, baseball bat and machine gun sneaking up to his house - which is right off Cape Coral Parkway near Skyline Blvd.
Ponton said it was about 1:30 in the afternoon.
"You come in my house and you bring a weapon to do bodily harm on me, I have no other choice but to protect myself and my family," he said.
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Oct 04, 2011
By Meaghan Smith, NBC2 Reporter
CAPE CORAL -
A robber, armed with a machine gun, broke into Cape Coral man's home near Skyline Boulevard. But we found out the gunman picked the wrong homeowners to mess with.
In a nice Cape Coral neighborhood, Mike Ponton, a soldier with the National Guard, was just trying to enjoy his day off at home.
"I was watching TV," says Ponton.
What happened next was something made for a movie.
It involved a threatening phone call followed by a man with a ski mask, baseball bat and machine gun sneaking up to his house - which is right off Cape Coral Parkway near Skyline Blvd.
Ponton said it was about 1:30 in the afternoon.
"You come in my house and you bring a weapon to do bodily harm on me, I have no other choice but to protect myself and my family," he said.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Mom takes down robber at ATM
Mother Takes Down Robbery Suspect
John Meekin Wrestled To Ground While Fleeing
POSTED: 5:06 pm EDT October 5, 2011
OCALA, Fla. -- An Ocala mother wrestled and held a robbery suspect who was trying to flee from police.
It started Monday evening with Warren Kinsella, 55, who was withdrawing money from an automated teller machine near Ocala.
Investigators with the Marion County Sheriff's Office said John Meekin, 35, approached Kinsella on his bike, drew a gun and demanded money.
"I said no," Kinsella said. "I've got to pay bills with my money."
Kinsella retired from the Army and was a former military policeman. He said he shoved the bike out of the way and fled before following Meekin in his truck Kinsella said the gunman even shot at him but missed.
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John Meekin Wrestled To Ground While Fleeing
POSTED: 5:06 pm EDT October 5, 2011
OCALA, Fla. -- An Ocala mother wrestled and held a robbery suspect who was trying to flee from police.
It started Monday evening with Warren Kinsella, 55, who was withdrawing money from an automated teller machine near Ocala.
Investigators with the Marion County Sheriff's Office said John Meekin, 35, approached Kinsella on his bike, drew a gun and demanded money.
"I said no," Kinsella said. "I've got to pay bills with my money."
Kinsella retired from the Army and was a former military policeman. He said he shoved the bike out of the way and fled before following Meekin in his truck Kinsella said the gunman even shot at him but missed.
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Saturday, September 3, 2011
Armed soldier surprises men attempting to rob stranded women
Armed soldier surprises men attempting to rob stranded women
From staff reports
Published Friday, September 2, 2011
Two men convicted Thursday of trying to rob women stranded on Interstate 95 near Walterboro last year got more than they bargained for when one of the women's passengers turned out to be a trained -- and armed -- soldier recently returned from Iraq.
Jurors found Antwan McMillan, 22, and David Jakes, 20, of Smoaks guilty Thursday at the Colleton County Courthouse of three counts of attempted armed robbery, possession of a weapon during commission of a violent crime, and three counts of first-degree assault and battery.
Judge Perry M. Buckner sentenced Jakes to 35 years in prison and McMillan to 30 years, according to the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office.
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From staff reports
Published Friday, September 2, 2011
Two men convicted Thursday of trying to rob women stranded on Interstate 95 near Walterboro last year got more than they bargained for when one of the women's passengers turned out to be a trained -- and armed -- soldier recently returned from Iraq.
Jurors found Antwan McMillan, 22, and David Jakes, 20, of Smoaks guilty Thursday at the Colleton County Courthouse of three counts of attempted armed robbery, possession of a weapon during commission of a violent crime, and three counts of first-degree assault and battery.
Judge Perry M. Buckner sentenced Jakes to 35 years in prison and McMillan to 30 years, according to the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. on leave stops bank robber in Sarasota FL
Soldier thwarts bank robbery, disarms suspect
By The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jun 2, 2011 7:54:00 EDT
SARASOTA, Fla. — A 34-year-old Army staff sergeant home on leave chased a suspected bank robber into the parking lot and held him until sheriff's deputies arrived.
Officials say Eddie Peoples was inside a Bank of America branch in Sarasota with his two young sons Tuesday when a man walked in with a handgun and demanded cash from the tellers.
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Soldier thwarts bank robbery, disarms suspect
UPDATE
Soldier who stopped bank robber in national spotlight
By Todd Ruger
Published: Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 5:42 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 5:42 p.m.
SARASOTA - For the soldier who stopped a bank robbery this week, a low-key trip home to help his in-laws around the house is now a whirlwind tour through the national media spotlight.
Army Staff Sgt. Eddie Peoples spent Thursday retelling news reporters how he single-handedly detained a robber in a Bank of America branch parking lot as his 4- and 6-year-old sons huddled behind furniture in the lobby.
Soldier who stopped bank robber in national spotlight
By The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jun 2, 2011 7:54:00 EDT
SARASOTA, Fla. — A 34-year-old Army staff sergeant home on leave chased a suspected bank robber into the parking lot and held him until sheriff's deputies arrived.
Officials say Eddie Peoples was inside a Bank of America branch in Sarasota with his two young sons Tuesday when a man walked in with a handgun and demanded cash from the tellers.
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Soldier thwarts bank robbery, disarms suspect
UPDATE
Soldier who stopped bank robber in national spotlight
By Todd Ruger
Published: Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 5:42 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 5:42 p.m.
SARASOTA - For the soldier who stopped a bank robbery this week, a low-key trip home to help his in-laws around the house is now a whirlwind tour through the national media spotlight.
Army Staff Sgt. Eddie Peoples spent Thursday retelling news reporters how he single-handedly detained a robber in a Bank of America branch parking lot as his 4- and 6-year-old sons huddled behind furniture in the lobby.
Soldier who stopped bank robber in national spotlight
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Fort Carson on alert after armed man robs post store
How does this happen after what happened at Fort Hood?
'Armed and Dangerous' Man Robs Fort Carson store
Fort Carson officials are looking for an armed and dangerous man accused of robbing a store on post.
Reporter: KKTV
Fort Carson sent out the following information to military and families on post: "Community members should be on the lookout for a thin, dark-complexioned black male wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, dark shorts and white tennis shoes in connection with a robbery at the Gate 3 Shoppette. He should be considered armed and dangerous.
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'Armed and Dangerous' Man Robs Fort Carson store
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Attempted robbery at Allied Veterans Internet Café leaves one dead
Suspected robber shot dead in Apopka
By Anika Myers Palm, Orlando Sentinel
7:01 a.m. EDT, April 19, 2011
A man who may have been trying to rob an Internet café was shot dead early today in Apopka
Gary Bryant, 21, was one of two men who walked into the Allied Veterans Internet Café at 3030 East Semoran Boulevard about 1 a.m., according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office.
When the men entered the building, one of them immediately became involved in an altercation with a security guard.
One of the robbers fired a shot at the security guard, who in turn fired a round and struck Bryant in the back.
Just before leaving the scene in an older model tan Oldsmobile, one of the robbers fired several gunshots into the business.
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Suspected robber shot dead in Apopka
By Anika Myers Palm, Orlando Sentinel
7:01 a.m. EDT, April 19, 2011
A man who may have been trying to rob an Internet café was shot dead early today in Apopka
Gary Bryant, 21, was one of two men who walked into the Allied Veterans Internet Café at 3030 East Semoran Boulevard about 1 a.m., according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office.
When the men entered the building, one of them immediately became involved in an altercation with a security guard.
One of the robbers fired a shot at the security guard, who in turn fired a round and struck Bryant in the back.
Just before leaving the scene in an older model tan Oldsmobile, one of the robbers fired several gunshots into the business.
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Suspected robber shot dead in Apopka
Friday, November 20, 2009
Vietnam Vet killed while trying to deposit money for WWII veterans
Two generations of veterans have just been attacked by this. This Vietnam veteran was part of a bigger picture. Most service organizations are now headed by Vietnam veterans because of the aging WWII and Korean War veterans. They took on taking care of the older veterans and the money to be deposited was for WWII veterans. The robber has no conscience.
If you know who did this, contact the police and turn them in. This was about a brotherhood of veterans trying to do some good and trying to take care of each other. They put the needs of everyone in this nation ahead of their own and now one is dead because someone decided to take what was not their's.
If you know who did this, contact the police and turn them in. This was about a brotherhood of veterans trying to do some good and trying to take care of each other. They put the needs of everyone in this nation ahead of their own and now one is dead because someone decided to take what was not their's.
Vietnam veteran robbed, killed on his way to deposit VFW money
William Burtner had helped raise money for WWII vets' trip to Washington
Tribune staff report
November 20, 2009
Army veteran William Burtner survived Vietnam and dedicated his life to helping other veterans.
On Monday, Burtner was about to enter a bank in Midlothian to deposit money that the south suburb's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2580 had raised during a benefit.
He never made it inside.
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Monday, August 31, 2009
Armed robbers tie up customers at Family Dollar
Armed robbers tie up customers at Family Dollar
Bianca Prieto
Sentinel Staff Writer
3:31 p.m. EDT, August 31, 2009
Thieves tied up several people during an armed robbery at a Family Dollar store on Curry Ford Sunday, stealing cell phones and money from the register.
Orlando police are investigating the armed robbery that occurred at the discount store around 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Armed robbers tie up customers at Family Dollar
Bianca Prieto
Sentinel Staff Writer
3:31 p.m. EDT, August 31, 2009
Thieves tied up several people during an armed robbery at a Family Dollar store on Curry Ford Sunday, stealing cell phones and money from the register.
Orlando police are investigating the armed robbery that occurred at the discount store around 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Armed robbers tie up customers at Family Dollar
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Police: Mom, 2 teen girls kill man in $15 robbery
Police: Mom, 2 teen girls kill man in $15 robbery
Associated Press
Published: Saturday September 6, 2008
PASADENA, Texas — Two teenage girls are accused of stabbing a 75-year-old man to death in a robbery that netted them just $15, and police say the mother of one of the teens helped put them up to it.
Dannette R. Gillespie, 38, gave knives to her 15-year-old daughter and Vanessa Anne Ocampo, 19, then waited in their car while the teens robbed and killed Eugene Palma, according to a probable cause warrant.
All three were charged with capital murder Friday and were being held without bail. Police did not immediately respond to a call Saturday asking if the suspects had attorneys to speak for them.
Palma, a bar owner, was found stabbed several times in the driveway of his home in this Houston suburb Wednesday. He did not know the women, Pasadena police said.
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Associated Press
Published: Saturday September 6, 2008
PASADENA, Texas — Two teenage girls are accused of stabbing a 75-year-old man to death in a robbery that netted them just $15, and police say the mother of one of the teens helped put them up to it.
Dannette R. Gillespie, 38, gave knives to her 15-year-old daughter and Vanessa Anne Ocampo, 19, then waited in their car while the teens robbed and killed Eugene Palma, according to a probable cause warrant.
All three were charged with capital murder Friday and were being held without bail. Police did not immediately respond to a call Saturday asking if the suspects had attorneys to speak for them.
Palma, a bar owner, was found stabbed several times in the driveway of his home in this Houston suburb Wednesday. He did not know the women, Pasadena police said.
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Marine Lance Corporal Robert Crutchfield killed for $8.00
Ohio Marine succumbs to injuries
Was shot, robbed of $8 at bus stop in early January
Ohio Marine succumbs to injuries
Was shot, robbed of $8 at bus stop in early January
The casket of Marine Lance Corporal Robert Crutchfield was carried out of Sacrificial Missionary Baptist Church after his funeral service in Cleveland last week. (Jamie-Andrea Yanak/Associated Press)
Email|Print|Single Page| Text size – + By Thomas J. Sheeran
Associated Press / June 2, 2008
CLEVELAND - On leave from the violence he had survived in the war in Iraq, a young Marine was so wary of crime on the streets of his own hometown that he carried only $8 to avoid becoming a robbery target.
Despite his caution, Lance Corporal Robert Crutchfield, 21, was shot in the neck at close range during a robbery at a bus stop. Feeding and breathing tubes kept him alive 4 1/2 months, until he died of an infection on May 18.
Two men have been charged in the attack, and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason said the case was under review to decide whether to seek the death penalty.
"It is an awful story," said Alberta Holt, the young Marine's aunt and his legal guardian when he was a teenager determined to flee a troubled Cleveland school for safer surroundings in the suburbs.
Crutchfield was attacked on Jan. 5 while he and his girlfriend were waiting for a bus. He had heeded the warnings of commanders that a Marine on leave might be seen as a prime robbery target with a pocketful of money, so he only carried $8, his military ID card, and a bank card.
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