The Grand Rapids Press 03/30/12 John Agar
“Veteran ‘just went into attack mode’ : Former Iraq war Soldier Explains how reactions helped him Thwart Party Store Robbery”
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/03/iraq_war_veteran_mixed-martial.html
The robber didn’t stand much of a chance with Zack Thome, an Iraq War veteran and mixed-martial arts fighter, behind him at Spike & Mike’s store.
Thome grabbed him by the neck, took him to the ground – and held the suspect for police.
“(I) just went into attack mode,” Thome, a Grand Valley State University student, told the Lanthorn, the student newspaper.
“I grabbed him, put one arm around his neck, and held one arm against his arm to keep his would-be gun in his pocket and took him down to the ground,” he said.
Brandon Slanger, 38, was arraigned in Grand Rapids District Court on a charge of assault with intent to rob while armed and being a habitual offender. He is jailed on $250,000 bond.
Common Sense Review
I wish there were more people like Zack that will stand up against crime and take back their neighborhoods. Now that people are aware that Zack lives in the neighborhood and shops at Spike and Mike criminals will not see that party store as a target anymore. Even though most of the populations don’t have the military training, standing up to crime shows that this isn’t where crime will not allowed.
These communities hold homes, families, and childhoods where crime should take over lives.
To Zack Thome, Thank you!
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