2006-09-21 21:07:19Cabnolen
Family beats up would-be robber
Source: UPI
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -- A suspect is in jail in West Palm Beach, Fla., after allegedly trying to snatch a wallet from a man -- and getting beaten up by the man’s family.
Police found Craig Mack, 23, bloodied, tied up with jump-rope, lying face down in the backyard of the home of Mateo and Candelaria Perez, the Palm Beach Post reports.
Mack allegedly had tried to grab Mateo Perez’s wallet Monday night as Perez was returning home after a 12-hour day of landscaping.
Perez cried for help from his family, and Mack suddenly felt the pounding of 4-foot-9-inch Candelaria Perez’s right hook in his face, a chair flung by 13-year-old Imelta Perez cracking against his head and -- a whip thrashed by 10-year-old Juan Perez.
Imelta Perez tied Mack up with a jump-rope.
When police arrived, officers ordered Candelaria Perez to step away from Mack. But before she stood up, she gave one last punch in the face, the newspaper said.
Copyright 2006 by United Press International
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -- A suspect is in jail in West Palm Beach, Fla., after allegedly trying to snatch a wallet from a man -- and getting beaten up by the man’s family.
Police found Craig Mack, 23, bloodied, tied up with jump-rope, lying face down in the backyard of the home of Mateo and Candelaria Perez, the Palm Beach Post reports.
Mack allegedly had tried to grab Mateo Perez’s wallet Monday night as Perez was returning home after a 12-hour day of landscaping.
Perez cried for help from his family, and Mack suddenly felt the pounding of 4-foot-9-inch Candelaria Perez’s right hook in his face, a chair flung by 13-year-old Imelta Perez cracking against his head and -- a whip thrashed by 10-year-old Juan Perez.
Imelta Perez tied Mack up with a jump-rope.
When police arrived, officers ordered Candelaria Perez to step away from Mack. But before she stood up, she gave one last punch in the face, the newspaper said.
Copyright 2006 by United Press International