Just5Guy
Ultimate Member
So I pulled in to the Lowes on Quarterfield Road in Severn yesterday and see a woman chasing two men across the parking lot. The men are pushing a shopping cart overflowing with Dewalt tool sets. They take off on a flat run with the cart while the woman is yelling at them, and the one guy is yelling "Where are they, they are supposed to be here?"
So I get out of my truck and start following the woman, and then more guys join me. One guy kicks the cart away from the thief and it topples on to the parking lot. The other thief starts yelling let's go.
At that point the woman is still yelling at them and holding on to the cart, both thieves come back, one pulls "pepper spray" out of his coat, while the other grabs as many tool sets as he can carry. The thief sprays at the man who kicked the cart, while another man tries to attack him with an umbrella. The spray had no effect on the man, so it was either bad, or not pepper spray, it didn't smell like it to me.
I had no idea what to do, when the guy reached in his sweatshirt, I was thinking, great, I'm going to get shot over some power tools. I stood there with the woman while the thieves ran away and made sure the guy who got sprayed was okay and got some good pictures, I couldn't think of what else to do, they outnumbered me, and outweighed me by 50lbs. and it didn't look like anyone would assist me if I tried anything. Still feel like a failure though that I didn't stop them.
I waited for the police to see if they would want the pictures, but they never showed up. I happened across one in the parking lot looking at sheds as I was heading out, and stopped to ask him if he was here for the shoplifting incident, he had no idea what I was talking about...but he took a statement and got a description off my pictures.
So I get out of my truck and start following the woman, and then more guys join me. One guy kicks the cart away from the thief and it topples on to the parking lot. The other thief starts yelling let's go.
At that point the woman is still yelling at them and holding on to the cart, both thieves come back, one pulls "pepper spray" out of his coat, while the other grabs as many tool sets as he can carry. The thief sprays at the man who kicked the cart, while another man tries to attack him with an umbrella. The spray had no effect on the man, so it was either bad, or not pepper spray, it didn't smell like it to me.
I had no idea what to do, when the guy reached in his sweatshirt, I was thinking, great, I'm going to get shot over some power tools. I stood there with the woman while the thieves ran away and made sure the guy who got sprayed was okay and got some good pictures, I couldn't think of what else to do, they outnumbered me, and outweighed me by 50lbs. and it didn't look like anyone would assist me if I tried anything. Still feel like a failure though that I didn't stop them.
I waited for the police to see if they would want the pictures, but they never showed up. I happened across one in the parking lot looking at sheds as I was heading out, and stopped to ask him if he was here for the shoplifting incident, he had no idea what I was talking about...but he took a statement and got a description off my pictures.