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03Lightningrocks wrote:Now that is what I call a couple rough looking bruisers. It would be nice to believe they will now be off the streets, but it will probably get plea bargained down to probation. The lesson they just learned is not to leave any witnesses alive. Next time they will sneak up behind the victim and club them in the head first.

You're probably right about probation, if it's their first offense. Even criminals who are convicted and sentenced to long terms seems to get out quickly.

Hopefully they will have learned that robbing women of their purses doesn't get them much money, and they'll stick to shoplifting.

(I know that IDs can be used to commit identity theft, but that requires a certain level of IQ and leaves a paper trail.)

- Jim

Thanks for the heads-up.

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Not much more information except the names of the suspects and their photos.

I'm always interested in the details of how these cases are solved, whether from victim or witness reports, security video or someone involved running their mouth.

- Jim

A "mugger roll" is useful as a distraction. You can take it out and drop it. It gets the robbers' eyes off of you.

I would think something like 2 $5s and 10 $1s would look substantial enough, but please don't take that as a recommendation.

I learned the hard way that you can't always get along on a debit card. We had a storm that knocked out debit card validations, and we couldn't use debit cards or ATMs for about five days. Galveston Island used to be more susceptible to that kind of thing than most places, because every cable came through the same tunnel.

I think they use satellite dishes now, but the same thing happened after Hurricane Ike for a couple of weeks.

- Jim

I posted about this when it happened: http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... 26&t=23922" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A decoy purse or wallet may work. However, if a robber has run into the tactic before, or learned about it in crime school (prison), he or she may check the wallet or purse before fleeing.

I've also heard of robbers shooting victims because they were unhappy with the amount of money that they got.

- Jim