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Victims foil robbery attempt
Targets of home invasion disarm, restrain robbers
Web posted Friday, April 29, 2005
By Greg Rickabaugh | Staff Writer
Two gun-toting teenagers were attacked and disarmed by the gutsy targets of a home invasion who refused to be victims, a Richmond County sheriff's official said Thursday.
The home invasion occurred at 11 p.m. Wednesday on Raymond Avenue, off Wrightsboro Road near Daniel Field.
The victims struggled with the robbers, stripped away their weapons and beat them as they pleaded, "Let us go. We're poor," according to Richmond County sheriff's Sgt. Scott Peebles.
Investigators are still searching for the robbers, who fled the house unarmed.
Sgt. Peebles said he does not usually recommend fighting with anyone who has a gun.
"I think it was risky, but obviously effective," he said.
The sergeant gave the following account of the failed home invasion:
Christina Watson and Melanie Sternberg had four guests at their home when two teens approached their porch, showed a rifle and a handgun and ordered them all inside.
In the kitchen, the robbers demanded their cell phones.
That's when guest Jason Lamberth, 22, began struggling with the handgun-toting robber.
Then Lawson Landrum, 19, smacked the man in the back with a shovel and disarmed him.
Elliot Rose, 22, took on the man with the rifle, grabbing the weapon with one hand and punching him in the face with the other.
Garrett Jones, 20, jumped in and tried to take the rifle, which eventually broke. The men then hit the robber in the face and groin.
That's when the two teens began yelling at the group to let them go. "Stop hitting me. I'm poor," the robber was quoted by the victims as saying.
Sgt. Peebles said the handgun was not loaded and the invaders got away with the portion of the rifle that carries ammunition. He said the men who fought the robbers were lucky.
"They knew what their abilities were and felt confident they could defend themselves," Sgt. Peebles said.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/042905/met_4019583.shtml
Targets of home invasion disarm, restrain robbers
Web posted Friday, April 29, 2005
By Greg Rickabaugh | Staff Writer
Two gun-toting teenagers were attacked and disarmed by the gutsy targets of a home invasion who refused to be victims, a Richmond County sheriff's official said Thursday.
The home invasion occurred at 11 p.m. Wednesday on Raymond Avenue, off Wrightsboro Road near Daniel Field.
The victims struggled with the robbers, stripped away their weapons and beat them as they pleaded, "Let us go. We're poor," according to Richmond County sheriff's Sgt. Scott Peebles.
Investigators are still searching for the robbers, who fled the house unarmed.
Sgt. Peebles said he does not usually recommend fighting with anyone who has a gun.
"I think it was risky, but obviously effective," he said.
The sergeant gave the following account of the failed home invasion:
Christina Watson and Melanie Sternberg had four guests at their home when two teens approached their porch, showed a rifle and a handgun and ordered them all inside.
In the kitchen, the robbers demanded their cell phones.
That's when guest Jason Lamberth, 22, began struggling with the handgun-toting robber.
Then Lawson Landrum, 19, smacked the man in the back with a shovel and disarmed him.
Elliot Rose, 22, took on the man with the rifle, grabbing the weapon with one hand and punching him in the face with the other.
Garrett Jones, 20, jumped in and tried to take the rifle, which eventually broke. The men then hit the robber in the face and groin.
That's when the two teens began yelling at the group to let them go. "Stop hitting me. I'm poor," the robber was quoted by the victims as saying.
Sgt. Peebles said the handgun was not loaded and the invaders got away with the portion of the rifle that carries ammunition. He said the men who fought the robbers were lucky.
"They knew what their abilities were and felt confident they could defend themselves," Sgt. Peebles said.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/042905/met_4019583.shtml
