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Posted: 9:52 PM Sep 15, 2008
CS Woman Survives Real Life Nightmare
It's a scenario straight out of your worst nightmare. But for a College Station woman, it was very real. Reporter: Joe BrownEmail Address: brown@kbtx.com |
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It's a scenario straight out of your worst nightmare. But for a College Station woman, it was very real.
College Station police say a 66-year old woman had finished up shopping at the College Station Wal Mart around 12:40 a.m. today when she got into her car. As she drove a way, a stranger, hiding in her back seat, sat up and allegedly threatened to shoot her if she didn't drive him where he wanted to go.
The woman told authorities she immediately stopped the car and jumped out. The man got into the front seat and drove away.
Just eight minutes later, College Station officers got a call of a suspicious vehicle in the 1800 block of Welsh Avenue. When they approached, the suspect fled, dropping a woman's purse. After being caught, police say they found the victim's cell phone and a knife.
Caldwell resident Jimmy Tucker, 39, is charged with aggravated robbery, attempted kidnapping, unauthorized us of a motor vehicle and evading arrest.
In response, the College Station Police Department issued the following safety tips:
· Avoid shopping alone. Use the buddy system whenever possible.
· Shop before dark and always park in well-lighted areas.
· Use waist-pack carriers instead of purses.
· Make sure all doors and windows are locked in your vehicle and home.
· Do not keep packages in plain view in your vehicle or home.
· Do not count cash in open areas, especially after leaving an ATM machine.
· Keep your address and home phone number private. When stores request a phone number, give only your work number.
· After making a credit card purchase, request the carbon copy and destroy it in private.
· Have keys in hand before returning to the vehicle.
· As you approach the car, check to see if anyone is hiding underneath or inside.
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Interesting conversersations here. To Domaco34: In a perfect world, no one would need a gun or any means or protection. Unfortunatly, this is not a perfect world and there are those that don't care if you and your family live or die. We have a RIGHT to carry guns IF we are trained. Those of us that are trained are not going to shoot someone because they "looked at us wrong." Dumb comment. Those of us that have a CHL know when to use our weapons and when not to, just as I'm sure you know when to use your karate and when not to. But for the record, being a woman, give me a gun any time over karate or pepper spray.
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How about a photo of "Jimmy Tucker" so that we can rag on his ugliness??
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Martial Arts training takes YEARS to master. I am 87 years old and physically unable to take a martial arts class. A gun is the only thing that will enable me to defend myself from a drug charged, muscular, angry, 21 year old male that is dead set on harming me or my wife. I go to the gun range every Thursday. Tasers and pepper spray are quite often ineffective as anyone that has ever picked up a copy of the Eagle or watched KBTX can tell you. Demarco, of course your child's karate instructor rants about Karate. He has a vested financial interest at stake. Furthermore, would you take Karate lessons from a guy that told you it was useless? In addition, I don't see any of the Bryan police force members that are so confident in their Karate skills that they are leaving their pistols at the house. I am happy that martial arts training works for you. Your son can use it to fend off school yard bullies. You keep your Haaa Yaaa Kung Fu. I'm going to keep my Colt 1911.
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