Woman admits her husband was stealing from truck, questions why owner fatally shot him



A woman has admitted that her husband was stealing from a truck in the middle of the night last week — but she's questioning why the owner fatally shot him.

Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are investigating what went down around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday in the area of the 9200 block of East 90th Street, the Broken Arrow Sentinel reported. A report from KOTV-DT indicates the fatal shooting happened near 91st and Mingo.

'He was stealing, and he was getting stuff out of the back of the truck, and me and him had gotten into an argument because I don't do that.'

Blane Hambrick, 39, was seen breaking into a truck and trying to steal items from inside it when two residents of the home came outside to confront him, police told KOTV.

Police said an argument ensued after which the owner of the vehicle shot Hambrick, the station reported.

Police responded to the area and found a black sedan which had been driven upon the curb and come to a stop, the Sentinel said, adding that officers found a male with a gunshot wound to the chest and an unknown female doing chest compressions on him.

The male died after emergency personnel took him to a hospital in critical condition, the paper added.

Detectives took all witnesses and those involved in the incident to headquarters for questioning, the Sentinel said. KOTV said detectives released the two aforementioned residents of the home after questioning them.

'I don't understand why he was shot because there were two men and just him. Why not hold him at gunpoint? Or why not beat him up?'

In the meantime, Hambrick's wife, Rosie Lawson, is mourning her loss and asking questions, KJRH-TV reported. You can view the interview with Lawson here.

"He was stealing, and he was getting stuff out of the back of the truck, and me and him had gotten into an argument because I don't do that," Lawson told KJRH, adding that she wanted nothing to do with it and started to walk away.

Lawson added to the station that "Blane was trying to get into the car, and that's when I saw the shot go off, and I saw the spark of the bullet, and Blane was able to start the car and speed down to me, and he was able to stop for me to get in."

She also told KJRH, "I don't understand why he was shot because there were two men and just him. Why not hold him at gunpoint? Or why not beat him up? Why shoot him and take my kid's dad away?"

Police added to KJRH that they're still putting the pieces of the case together.

"It's a tough investigation, I guess, initially for detectives and DAs," Officer Danny Bean told the station. "They've got to work through this, review all of their statements that they get, and they've got to review video that they have [and] put ... together exactly what happened before they make their decision."

Bean added to KJRH that it will be up to the district attorney's office if any charges are filed in this case.

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NYC Amazon driver: 'Cops arrested me after I defended myself from 'pervert' migrant running at me, trying to steal from my van'



An Amazon delivery driver in New York City said police arrested him after he defended himself from a "pervert" migrant who first tried to steal from his van and then ran aggressively toward him, the New York Post reported.

What are the details?

Police sources said Yeison Sanchez, 26, was allegedly visibly drunk and holding a beer bottle when the Amazon driver said he caught him trying to take packages he was delivering in Brooklyn around 4:45 p.m. Sunday, the paper said.

The driver, who asked the Post to identify him only as Abu, told the paper Monday he noticed "a guy — he was like a pervert, he had his penis out."

“He’s in the corner of the street [masturbating], and I told him, ‘Hey, what are you doing?’” Abu added to the Post. “And he went into my van where all my mail and everything was at, and I pushed him away, and he ran toward me like he was going to aggressively hit me.”

Abu told the paper he picked up a piece of ice from the ground and "socked him with it" after which the male "went down on his butt.”

“I really had to protect myself," Abu added to the Post.

Abu recounted to the paper that his attempt to get nearby police officers to help him backfired badly: “[Sanchez] was telling [the cops] in Spanish that I punched him in the face. I told them there’s cameras around, you can probably find something. They said there were no cameras. After a while it turned into a ‘he said, she said’ thing, and that’s how it went.”

Wheels of justice going flat?

The Post, citing police and sources, said Sanchez — who lives at a shelter on Hall Street just blocks away from the scene of the incident — was charged with petit larceny and public lewdness.

Oh, and he was released without bail Monday, the paper added.

Abu, however, was charged with third-degree assault and released on a desk appearance ticket, the Post said, citing police. Fox News said the NYPD confirmed the charge against the Amazon worker.

“He was trying to aggressively hurt me, and I just protected myself and my property from my job,” Abu added to the paper Monday. “That’s it. I ended up being taken in, and now I have an open case about this. It’s ridiculous because I asked the cops for help. I ran to the cops and said, ‘Hey, can you please get this guy? I don’t want to hurt him. I already hit him with a snowball, and he was pretty hurt.’”

Abu also noted to the Post that he didn’t want to use his hands to “do him damage,” which is why he asked police for help.

“I didn’t want to lose my job. I did things the right way, by the books, and I wound up going to jail,” Abu added to the paper.

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Woman wearing no pants uses feminine deodorant spray to fight convenience store workers trying to stop her from stealing items, police say



A woman wearing no pants used feminine deodorant spray to fight Virginia convenience store workers who tried to stop her from stealing items earlier this week, police said.

What are the details?

An employee of a Sheetz convenience store on Wyche Road in Stafford told police that store workers were attacked around 5 p.m. Wednesday, the Office of the Stafford County Sheriff reported.

Deputy C.C. Crossett responded to the call about the disturbance at the Sheetz store allegedly pulled off by a woman wearing a green shirt — and no pants, officials said.

Sure enough, arriving deputies saw a woman matching that description sitting in her vehicle at a gas pump, officials said.

The woman — later identified as 43-year-old Ebony Jones — was detained as Crossett spoke with one of the employees who said Jones tried to steal items worth more than $20.

When store employees tried to stop Jones, however, she sprayed the contents of an aerosol can at them and then exited the store, officials said.

Crossett asked Jones about the incident, and she confirmed she tried to steal the items and then sprayed the employees with feminine deodorant, officials said.

Crossett arrested Jones — who's from Washington, D.C. — for larceny as well as assault and battery, officials said, adding that she was being held at Rappahannock Regional Jail without bond.

"Great job to Deputy Crossett for handling the situation in a cool and calm manner," the sheriff's office added.

Woman in hoodie leaps across Burger King counter in Bronx, tries to steal register cash. Workers drag her toward kitchen, but soon, she just casually walks out.



A woman donned in a hoodie and sunglasses was caught on video leaping across the counter of a Burger King in the Bronx to try stealing cash from the register — but after an employee pulled her off the counter and toward the kitchen, the woman soon was able to casually walk out of the restaurant.

What are the details?

The suspect placed an order inside the Burger King on Grand Concourse near East 150th Street in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx around 3 p.m. Tuesday, police told the New York Post.

Video shows her retrieving cash and handing it to the worker behind the counter — but the Post said that when the employee opened the register to look for change, the woman lunged for cash in the drawer and got about $250, police and the video indicated.

Image source: New York Post video screenshot

Video shows another employee rushing over and pulling the woman off the counter and heading to the back of the store. Newsweek said the woman was carried toward the kitchen.

Image source: New York Post video screenshot

The clip then cuts to the woman walking back to the counter, hopping back over it, and casually walking out of the restaurant.

Image source: New York Post video screenshot

Image source: New York Post video screenshot

Image source: New York Post video screenshot

Workers managed to grab back the cash, the Post said.

Anything else?

One of the employees, a 23-year-old man, suffered a cut on his head during the struggle with the woman but refused medical attention, the paper reported.

Police are trying to track down the suspect, described as in her 20s, around 5-foot-7-inches tall, with a dark complexion and slim build, the Post said.

She was last seen wearing black sunglasses, a black hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers, the paper added.

Crooks try stealing car in Philly, strapping it to their vehicle and then taking off. But car owner grabs his gun and fires, killing one suspect.



A crew of three would-be thieves tried to steal a car in Philadelphia on Tuesday morning but didn't get very far — and one of the suspects was shot and killed by the car's owner.

Image source: KYW-TV video screenshot

What went down?

Witnesses said the trio hooked the victim's car with straps near South 58th Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway just before 8:30 a.m., KYW-TV reported. According to WPVI-TV, there was an attempt to tow away the car.

Image source: KYW-TV video screenshot

The car's owner, however, got a glimpse of what was going on and opened fire; KYW said in its video report that shots were fired from inside the car-owner's residence.

The straps broke away from the targeted car, WPVI said.

Image source: KYW-TV video screenshot

And the getaway car — a Honda — crashed into a school bus that was headed in the opposite direction, KYW reported.

Image source: KYW-TV video screenshot

One of the suspects, a 52-year-old man, was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and later pronounced dead, KYW said.

Police said the owner of the car targeted in the attempted theft has a license to carry a concealed firearm and was not injured, WPVI reported.

A police officer was seen on KYW's video report taking a gun from inside the getaway car.

Image source: KYW-TV video screenshot

Several students in wheelchairs were on the bus that was hit and later were seen being taking off the bus and placed into another bus, WCAU-TV reported, adding that police hadn't indicated if any charges would be filed in the incident.

There were no reports of what happened to the two other men who reportedly took part in the deadly, foiled car theft.

Philadelphians fighting back

WPVI reported that as of Friday, police tallied at least 100 carjackings in Philadelphia since the start of 2022. Commissioner Danielle Outlaw added to the station that her department has planned on deploying additional resources to combat carjackings, including launching a new operational task force dedicated solely to the issue.

But some folks in the City of Brotherly Love are firing back at their car-hungry assailants.

Last week, a motorist licensed to carry a concealed firearm turned the tables on a 16-year-old carjacker, critically wounding the young crook in a shootout. Oliver Neal, 60, told WPVI that the carjacker pointed a gun six inches from his face.

"He said 'give me the keys.' By then I had my hand on my weapon and saw him tighten his grip and I knew I had to shoot," Neal noted to the station. "I think he shot first, but I don't know. All I know is we went back and forth. I started shooting, and next thing I know, he hops across the street, drops to the ground... I just kept shooting."

Also last week, WXTF-TV said another armed driver fired several times through his window when an armed suspect approached him in what police believe was yet another carjacking attempt. The station said the 18-year-old suspect was shot several times and was later charged in the incident.

"I saw the gun, and I thought he was going to shoot me and take the car, so I retaliated as fast as I could," the victim said, according to WPVI. "And just to see another day, I had to shoot the guy."

A week before that, a Lyft driver — also licensed to carry — opened fire on a couple of would-be carjackers, shooting and wounding them both. Police caught the two crooks and got them to a hospital. The Lyft driver was unharmed.

Homeowner's shotgun blasts hit intruder two times — and intruder still wrestles weapon away and takes off. But possible suspect soon found at hospital.



A Camp County, Texas, homeowner told sheriff's deputies he heard a truck with a loud exhaust driving down a dead-end road in front of his house at 4:30 a.m. Saturday.

Then the homeowner said he heard the truck's engine turn off in front of his house.

Uh oh

Shortly afterward, the homeowner told deputies he heard a noise outside and then saw a man breaking into his storage shed.

With that, the homeowner grabbed his shotgun, went outside, and confronted the man who was breaking into the shed, which contained the homeowner's tools, deputies said.

The homeowner then shot the intruder, deputies said. But then the intruder got back up — and soon the pair were struggling for the homeowner's shotgun, the sheriff's office account stated.

Then deputies said the suspect was shot again — and actually managed to still take the shotgun and flee the area.

What happened next?

Investigator Randy Huggins joined Deputy Anibal Perez at the scene, the sheriff's office said, and they found several of the homeowner's tools as well as spots of blood belonging to the suspect.

Sheriff John Cortelyou said at that point they didn't know suspect's identity.

But that didn't last long.

"We contacted all the area hospitals and law enforcement," Cortelyou added, according to his office. "We got a call later that morning from the Tyler Police Department saying there was a gunshot victim at UT Main Hospital."

So Huggins went to UT Tyler and identified the subject — 39-year-old Tony Gross, the sheriff's office said.

It isn't clear what, if any, charges are being filed or if the homeowner was injured in the incident. The Blaze's attempt Wednesday to get more information from the sheriff's office was unsuccessful.

But questions about what might happen to the homeowner in regard to charges may have been answered by the opening sentence of the sheriff's office account on Facebook, which noted that the "burglar got more than he bargained for" amid his ill-advised caper.

How did folks react?

Commenters on the sheriff's office Facebook page reacted quite positively to the conclusion of the incident:

  • "Awesome job!" one commenter exclaimed. "Homeowner way to go!!"
  • "Exactly what he deserved," another commenter said.
  • "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes," another commenter offered. "He's lucky it was a shotgun and not something with more stopping power."

Although at least one commenter suggested the homeowner brush up on his aim: "Good job homeowner! But you need to work on your shooting skills. The robber should have dropped where he stood — and just think of all the tax dollars you could have saved us!"