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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">McKay was at home celebrating his 29th birthday with his family when he heard someone outside breaking into his truck. While his wife called police, McKay confronted the would-be robber, who happened to be a druggie known in the neighborhood for carrying a knife.
McKay caught the robber, foiled the crime and — as an added bonus — broke the druggie’s jaw during their scuffle. It’s what I like to call “good news all around.”
“I was just defending my property and home,” McKay told The [Lynn] Daily Item. “I’m not going to be scared away by these little punks. This is where I live, and I’ve lived here my entire life I guess everybody else closes those doors and don’t want to confront people, but I’m not going to put up with this. I’ve got children here.”
And what is McKay’s reward for not being the guy who closes his door? For stepping up and doing the right thing?
He’s facing jail time, charged with assault and battery.
It’s not because police aren’t sure what happened. In fact, they charged the bad guy with, among other things, attempted robbery and possession of a dangerous weapon — namely a knife and a billy club.
So why did they arrest the good guy, too? I assumed it was a paperwork issue, one of those “we just have to charge McKay on a technicality, but it will all go away” kind of things.
Nope. It seems the Swampland police plan to make an example of this solid citizen.
Police Sgt. Tim Cassidy told The Daily Item that citizens should leave the protection of your property and family to the police . period. “We don’t urge anybody to (fight back),” he said. “We want them to call us.”
The message from the cops is clear: If someone wants to rob you or your wife or kids, let ’em!</div></div>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">McKay was at home celebrating his 29th birthday with his family when he heard someone outside breaking into his truck. While his wife called police, McKay confronted the would-be robber, who happened to be a druggie known in the neighborhood for carrying a knife.
McKay caught the robber, foiled the crime and — as an added bonus — broke the druggie’s jaw during their scuffle. It’s what I like to call “good news all around.”
“I was just defending my property and home,” McKay told The [Lynn] Daily Item. “I’m not going to be scared away by these little punks. This is where I live, and I’ve lived here my entire life I guess everybody else closes those doors and don’t want to confront people, but I’m not going to put up with this. I’ve got children here.”
And what is McKay’s reward for not being the guy who closes his door? For stepping up and doing the right thing?
He’s facing jail time, charged with assault and battery.
It’s not because police aren’t sure what happened. In fact, they charged the bad guy with, among other things, attempted robbery and possession of a dangerous weapon — namely a knife and a billy club.
So why did they arrest the good guy, too? I assumed it was a paperwork issue, one of those “we just have to charge McKay on a technicality, but it will all go away” kind of things.
Nope. It seems the Swampland police plan to make an example of this solid citizen.
Police Sgt. Tim Cassidy told The Daily Item that citizens should leave the protection of your property and family to the police . period. “We don’t urge anybody to (fight back),” he said. “We want them to call us.”
The message from the cops is clear: If someone wants to rob you or your wife or kids, let ’em!</div></div>
