Anyone ever been mugged or robbed?

Byrnzie

polaris_x wrote:

anyhoo - if you are traveling for long periods of time ... it's really hard to stay vigilante especially if you come from a relatively safe place ...

True. And I like to enjoy myself when I'm travelling...maybe I'm just a bit too loose. I'm not the type to wear a money belt and look over my shoulder 24/7. But the bottom line is that there's always gonna be some scumbag out there wanting to steal your shit, so you have to try and be alert to it.

Byrnzie

haffajappa wrote:

i had made a thread about it.
you defended the thieves, btw.

Me?

Are you sure?

EmBleve

Byrnzie wrote:

Yeah, I'm doing o.k though, thanks to my Mum who lent me some cash to cover my loss. I'm off to Helsinki tomorrow, followed by a three day piss up in Berlin, and then a few days mooching about in Paris.


[Good stuff. These scumbags deserve all they get.

wow!! I hope they catch the guys...and enjoy your next week-sounds fabulous. :!:

Cliffy6745

Me and a couple buddies got robbed at gun point (2 people, one with a gun) one of my first weeks in college. Long story short, I was absolutely trashed and thought it would be a good idea to punch him, he got the worst of it by far, but got away, without the gun, which wasn't loaded as I figured in my druken state. He sure as hell wasn't expecting that. Lucky it turned out the way it did but probably not the best decision I have ever made.

JOEJOEJOE

Been robbed a few times...at age 9, some thugs took my watch, and 13 cents from my friend. When I was 13, three thugs knocked me off my Swank Diamond Back bmx bike.

With the advent of modern technology, I was robbed of $12,000 from my bank account, but within a few days, B of A reimbursed me. .

haffajappa

Byrnzie wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

i had made a thread about it.
you defended the thieves, btw.

Me?

Are you sure?

Yeah
I think you took offense to me calling them scabby druggies!

Its okay though.

I really DO feel bad for you...
From one nikon d90 owner another!
Like I said, its hard to explain until its happened to you, the feelings that you feel... At least with me, I felt a weird sense of violation :?

PatrickBateman

got held up at gunpoint about 10 years ago working 3rd shift at a gas station. I was usually studying, it was in Farmington, CT pretty upscale town....SO many things passed through my head... I went back to work 2 nights later and just kept the door locked.

nuffingman

Byrnzie wrote:

nuffingman wrote:

Sorry about all your losses. It's never happened to me but a friend was robbed twice in 2 days in Barcelona. Forget the pretty pics that place is a hell hole.

Damn. I loved Barcelona. I suppose it just comes down to being in the wrong place at the wrong time - like, if I'd entered the train through a different door then this wouldn't have happened. I just know now that if I'm ever carrying anything valuable on the subway to make sure I keep my eye on it when that train pulls in.

Yeh it's weird as a lot of people love the place. It's my least favorite of the many European cities I've visited. There seemed to be beggars everywhere, we couldn't even sit outside a cafe without being approached. The city is beautiful but i spent so much time on guard it spoilt it.

There was a TV prog about holiday cons and Barcelona was used for one example. 2 unsuspecting tourists were used. When they got out of their cab a guy in a suit with a clipboard asked their names and said he was checking off the guests and would handle their baggage. All smiles they disappeared in the hotel and realised the cases with all their stuff had been stolen as nobody at reception knew who this guy was. The TV people then turned up quickly with the cases and said that's how easy it could be to be ripped off.

Yellow Bedwetter

Byrnzie wrote:

Two thieves working together stole my camera yesterday as I was getting on the metro in St. petersburg. One blocked my way and the other took my Nikon D90 from my camera bag whilst I was trying to muscle past the scumbag in front of me.
The one who took my camera ran off the train, but his friend stayed on the train, so I ended up fighting with him and taking him down. Anyway, the police took fucking ages - 20 minutes to arrive - and in the meantime one of his friends arrived and in the confusion - by then there were a few people involved - they managed to get away.

Saw them - and me - on the cctv last night at the cop shop though, so I hope they get nabbed.

I'm so angry today.


Anyone else ever experienced this kind of thing?

I was mugged and beaten up in chicago last yr....don't really wanna get into it but it was bad. Never take cabs home by yourself, guy or girl, when youre in a city you're not familiar with - that's the moral of my story.

Horos

Last Tuesday the Little Caesars I manage got robbed. It was about 4 o'clock and I had walked to a neighboring store on break. When I got back 10 minutes later the shift leader tells me he's been robbed and the police were on the way. The guy handed over a note saying he had a gun and to hand over the money. He got away. Then Friday another local Little Caesars got robbed and another one on Monday.

I was disappointed that I wasn't there to assess the situation. Not that I'm going to get shot for my bosses money but I might have called his bluff, being as no weapon was displayed in any case(the robber also hit a couple of other places during the week).

Well the asshole came back last night about an hour after I had gone home. Here's what happened....
http://www.kval.com/news/local/Police-c ... map=%5B%5D

Horos

Horos wrote:

Last Tuesday the Little Caesars I manage got robbed. It was about 4 o'clock and I had walked to a neighboring store on break. When I got back 10 minutes later the shift leader tells me he's been robbed and the police were on the way. The guy handed over a note saying he had a gun and to hand over the money. He got away. Then Friday another local Little Caesars got robbed and another one on Monday.

I was disappointed that I wasn't there to assess the situation. Not that I'm going to get shot for my bosses money but I might have called his bluff, being as no weapon was displayed in any case(the robber also hit a couple of other places during the week).

Well the asshole came back last night about an hour after I had gone home. Here's what happened....
http://www.kval.com/news/local/Police-c ... map=%5B%5D

Here's the local papers take....

EUGENE

Man arrested after string of robberies

The latest in a string of robberies at Little Caesars Pizza shops in Eugene-Springfield in the past two weeks led to an arrest Friday night, Eugene police said.

Cameron Lars Mikkelsen, 23, was arrested shortly after the 7:40 p.m. robbery at 800 Seneca Road, police said. A 911 call from an employee of the store, which was also robbed on March 12, led to immediate police response. Upon arriving, police were given a description from an employee who chased the robber. The suspect was seen boarding an LTD bus. Officers converged on the bus and arrested Mikkelsen.

Although police say Mikkelsen presented a demand note and said he had a weapon during the robbery, no weapon was found, police said. He was beind held on second-degree robbery charges.

Annafalk

Horos wrote:

Horos wrote:

Last Tuesday the Little Caesars I manage got robbed. It was about 4 o'clock and I had walked to a neighboring store on break. When I got back 10 minutes later the shift leader tells me he's been robbed and the police were on the way. The guy handed over a note saying he had a gun and to hand over the money. He got away. Then Friday another local Little Caesars got robbed and another one on Monday.

I was disappointed that I wasn't there to assess the situation. Not that I'm going to get shot for my bosses money but I might have called his bluff, being as no weapon was displayed in any case(the robber also hit a couple of other places during the week).

Well the asshole came back last night about an hour after I had gone home. Here's what happened....
http://www.kval.com/news/local/Police-c ... map=%5B%5D

Here's the local papers take....

EUGENE

Man arrested after string of robberies

The latest in a string of robberies at Little Caesars Pizza shops in Eugene-Springfield in the past two weeks led to an arrest Friday night, Eugene police said.

Cameron Lars Mikkelsen, 23, was arrested shortly after the 7:40 p.m. robbery at 800 Seneca Road, police said. A 911 call from an employee of the store, which was also robbed on March 12, led to immediate police response. Upon arriving, police were given a description from an employee who chased the robber. The suspect was seen boarding an LTD bus. Officers converged on the bus and arrested Mikkelsen.

Although police say Mikkelsen presented a demand note and said he had a weapon during the robbery, no weapon was found, police said. He was beind held on second-degree robbery charges.

Great that he got caught !

I have never been robbed, it would really piss me of if it happened..

TightropeHigher

I was assaulted on the walk home. over 100K in bills and broken bones and facial fractures. i write about it and show pictures on http://ayrwaves.wordpress.com

Annafalk

TightropeHigher wrote:

I was assaulted on the walk home. over 100K in bills and broken bones and facial fractures. i write about it and show pictures on http://ayrwaves.wordpress.com

I'm sorry for you, hope you will recover completely.

whispering hands

Some guy in Joplin Mo tried to "hold up" my brother,
Sisters d our friend with a bale fork!! You know, the little
Forks you use to throw small bales of hay or straw!
Anyhow, we laughed so hard, the guy was totally confounded.
He kept saying damn it man, this is a hold up.. Finally we just
Told him straight up... Dude we're all from California... We're
Used to guns, knives, brass knuckles.. This is a first!
Then he stomped his foot screamed for like two minutes and we
Started to walk away.. He then the yells. Well you're in Mo now!!
My sister turns around and yells back.. You've made that completely
Obvious, thank you! I still have the shot glass I stole from the bar we'd
been walking home from. I engraved the words I.E. Pitchfork 98'
On it!! I laugh Everytime I see it!!

donnaruhl

whispering hands wrote:

Some guy in Joplin Mo tried to "hold up" my brother,
Sisters d our friend with a bale fork!! You know, the little
Forks you use to throw small bales of hay or straw!
Anyhow, we laughed so hard, the guy was totally confounded.
He kept saying damn it man, this is a hold up.. Finally we just
Told him straight up... Dude we're all from California... We're
Used to guns, knives, brass knuckles.. This is a first!
Then he stomped his foot screamed for like two minutes and we
Started to walk away.. He then the yells. Well you're in Mo now!!
My sister turns around and yells back.. You've made that completely
Obvious, thank you! I still have the shot glass I stole from the bar we'd
been walking home from. I engraved the words I.E. Pitchfork 98'
On it!! I laugh Everytime I see it!!

Hilarious!

whispering hands

donnaruhl wrote:

whispering hands wrote:

Some guy in Joplin Mo tried to "hold up" my brother,
Sisters d our friend with a bale fork!! You know, the little
Forks you use to throw small bales of hay or straw!
Anyhow, we laughed so hard, the guy was totally confounded.
He kept saying damn it man, this is a hold up.. Finally we just
Told him straight up... Dude we're all from California... We're
Used to guns, knives, brass knuckles.. This is a first!
Then he stomped his foot screamed for like two minutes and we
Started to walk away.. He then the yells. Well you're in Mo now!!
My sister turns around and yells back.. You've made that completely
Obvious, thank you! I still have the shot glass I stole from the bar we'd
been walking home from. I engraved the words I.E. Pitchfork 98'
On it!! I laugh Everytime I see it!!

Hilarious!

Yeah I think that guy was a tweaker!!

supersonicyears

Years ago we were robbed while we slept. Two guys came to my door early in the day asking directions. One stayed at the door and the other walked away, towards the side of the house then came back. They must have been checking to see if there was any way to get in. Unfortunately the house had those old jealousy windows that one glass payne never stays closed on. I never felt safe in that house again. We moved about 3 months later.

davidtrios

it was a fight like you cant imagine:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... 5248.story

BinauralJam

davidtrios wrote:

it was a fight like you cant imagine:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... 5248.story

Some people are just not cut out for a life of crime :shock: