Man arrested in mugging of woman, 101 (The woman in the walker)

[johnnie]

NEW YORK - She was brutally mugged in a crime that outraged New Yorkers, but the 101-year-old victim said the attack hasn't intimidated her.

"I'm not fearful at all," Rose Morat said Friday as police made an arrest in the case. "Whatever is going to happen is going to happen."

Jack Rhodes, 44, was arrested on charges of robbery, grand larceny, burglary and assault, police said. They did not have an address for Rhodes, who was also accused of robbing an 85-year-old woman the same day Morat was attacked, police said.

"I am so sorry for what happened," Rhodes said as he was led out of a police station, the New York Post reported Saturday."

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"The mugger, who looms over her and is holding onto a bicycle, pretends to help her get through the vestibule. Then he turns to grab Morat's head, delivers three hard punches to her face and swipes her purse. The dazed victim tries to reach for her purse when the mugger hits her again, pushing her and her walker to the ground.

He got away with $33 and Morat's house keys. She suffered a fractured cheekbone and spent time in the hospital."





http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070428/ap_on_re_us/elderly_woman_robbed_8


I'm sure some of you remember the footage of this, it was horrible. Glad they got the fucker.

[NI4NI]

1. Thanks for posting!

This makes my day!

[AngryAmish]

2. What a tough guy

I live in constant fear of the over 100 ladies prowling my neighborhood.. They steal my lunch money.

[Fridays Child]

3. Considering his choice of words, "...sorry for what happened," he probably isn't...

...sorry, that is.

[Wcross]

8. He's sorry he got caught.............n/t

[Bluzmann57]

4. Personally, I'd like to see her go upside his head

with her walker. Glad they got the guy. And he isn't sorry he did it, he's sorry he got caught.

[johnnie]

9. When it happened...

They interviewed the woman and she said something like, if I didn't have a bad hip he wouldn't have gotten away..lol. She is a feisty woman.

[Monkeyman]

5. Can I have just one Minute with this guy

[Botany]

6. me too

I am one of those violent liberals.

[BlooInBloo]

7. Count me in.

[Wcross]

10. He isn't worth your time.

I am sure the guys in prison will make his life enjoyable over the next 15-20 years.

[MADem]

11. He also mugged an 85 year old woman, swiped her wedding ring that

she'd had for many many decades. Wonder if she will get that back....

I am one of these people who fights an instinct for violent justice, because you never know if there's been a mistake made. But doggone, that story makes it hard to stick to principle.

The first instinct is to pound the livin' shit out of the baastid, make him swallow a few teeth, get him down and start cracking ribs one by one with a steel-toed boot...never mind fair fighting--he sure didn't give those women a fighting chance.

Then, reason prevails. I only hope the justice system maxes the baaastid.