Marine Stabbed by Suspected Shoplifter


November 27, 2010

Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Ga. - A U.S. Marine reservist collecting toys for children was stabbed when he helped stop a suspected shoplifter in eastern Georgia.

Best Buy sales manager Orvin Smith told The Augusta Chronicle that man was seen on surveillance cameras Friday putting a laptop under his jacket at the Augusta store.

When confronted, the man became irate, knocked down an employee, pulled a knife and ran toward the door. Outside were four Marines collecting toys for the service branch's "Toys For Tots" program.

Smith said the Marines stopped the man, but he stabbed one of them, Cpl. Phillip Duggan, in the back. The cut did not appear to be severe.

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 suspect, whose name was not released, was held until police arrived. The Richmond County Sheriff's office said it is investigating.



Rick Smythe
Chaplain
Marine Corps League
St Charles County Detachment 725

12/18/2010 9:29:09 AM

hahaha

12/18/2010 9:30:27 AM

fuckin old, saw it on wral weeks ago.

November 27, 2010

12/18/2010 9:31:00 AM

one hell of a beatdown fall

12/18/2010 9:31:09 AM

LOL

I guess he fell into some fists and shit

12/18/2010 9:32:13 AM

hahah

12/18/2010 9:43:29 AM

Quote :

"I guess he fell into lawn mower."

12/18/2010 9:44:45 AM

Lollercoaster

12/18/2010 9:56:12 AM

haha- vigilante justice at its best... we need these guys on the buses in seattle

12/18/2010 10:01:49 AM

when he uh, fell...yeah that's it, he fell.

12/18/2010 10:09:39 AM

It's like that town that had a bully who was shot and killed.... and it just so happened that no one knew who shot him.


"I dunno officer..... are you sure he wasn't born with that bullet in his head?"

12/18/2010 10:22:19 AM

haha

12/18/2010 10:40:03 AM

funny, it seems the line in question disappears in the actual articles

12/18/2010 10:50:42 AM

He fell after running into a post.

12/18/2010 10:56:10 AM

Quote :

"two broken arms, a broken leg, possible broken ribs, assorted lacerations and bruises "

12/18/2010 11:16:27 AM

that last step was a bitch

12/18/2010 11:18:21 AM

oh god i lol'd for real

Quote :

"http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/stabbedmarine.asp None of the news accounts we examined indicated that Attaway was injured, either while being subdued or afterwards. That bit appears to be pure invention on the part of the person who inserted the additional paragraph into the news account, thereby transforming it into a "Don't mess with the Marines" object lesson."

[Edited on December 18, 2010 at 11:28 AM. Reason : damn you snopes]

12/18/2010 11:25:55 AM

Screw snopes and screw you. This is a funny story, period.

12/18/2010 4:34:04 PM

you still shouldn't fuck with a group of marines

12/19/2010 4:39:39 AM

sometimes i wish the wolfweb had a like button...so i wouldn't have to type this all out. i like this thread though.

12/19/2010 4:44:25 AM

I still like this

Does tww have a funny news thread?

12/23/2010 5:40:24 AM

that was one hell of a fall there... what? *punching and shit kicking begin*

12/24/2010 10:18:53 PM