Police Report

Ken N Tx

Ken N Tx

MALE
Location
Texas
Orville Smith, a store manager for Best Buy in Augusta, Georgia, told police he observed a male customer, later identified as Tyrone Jackson of Augusta, on surveillance cameras putting a laptop computer under his jacket... When confronted the man became irate, knocked down an employee, drew a knife and ran for the door.


Outside on the sidewalk were four Marines collecting toys for the "Toys for Tots" program. Smith said the Marines stopped the man, but he stabbed one of the Marines, Cpl. Phillip Duggan, in the back; the injury did not appear to be severe.

After Police and an ambulance arrived at the scene Cpl. Duggan was transported for treatment.

The subject was also transported to the local hospital with two broken arms, a broken ankle, a broken leg, several missing teeth, possible broken ribs, multiple contusions, assorted lacerations, a broken nose and a broken jaw...

injuries he sustained when he slipped and fell off of the curb after stabbing the Marine.
Now that was a well written Police report.
 

If there was more punishment to fit the crime, we'd have less perps. Doubt he'll be to eager to carry a knife around stealing things.
 
Yes, I thought about it Oakapple, my thought was more "what wasn't included in the report". I guess I got lazy , or tired of hearing the same types of posts and sort of dropped it. You are right though. First of all, I can't see 4 marines doing that much damage, not here. I think it was probably meant to somehow put down our military. I just get disgusted with some things, and try to stay away from them if I can.
 
Smart lady Oakapple, see all the variations of this story here, and all the places it traveled. Also the falsified part!


Cpl. Duggan's attacker, Tracey Attaway, was jailed and charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault and possession of a knife in the commission of a crime, and in October 2011 he was sentenced to life in prison. (Attaway faced the maximum sentence on all assault and theft charges because he was a convicted felon with 30 prior arrests on his record.)

However, what makes this incident an enduring item of interest on the Internet is an account of the crime which was circulated via e-mail in December 2010 (reproduced as the first item in the Examples section above) and presented as a 27 November Associated Press account of the incident.

While that account was indeed based on an Associated Press news article, it contained a paragraph not found in the original:The suspect was transported to the local hospital with two broken arms, a broken leg, possible broken ribs, assorted lacerations and bruises he obtained when he fell trying to run after stabbing the Marine.
(The audience is supposed to read between the lines in the preceding text and conclude that the suspect did not fall but rather was beaten by the other three Marines.)

None of the news accounts, police reports, or interviews about this incident indicated that Attaway was injured, either while being subdued or afterwards.

That bit was pure invention on the part of some person who inserted the additional paragraph into the news account, thereby transforming it into a "Don't mess with the Marines" object lesson.

Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/stabbedmarine.asp#aClBMFS40GKoc3Xq.99
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We can't handle the truth!:)
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