I want one... \m/
Posted on 08/23/2014 6:39:22 PM PDT by markomalley
A Pasco grandmother can apparently hit like a middle linebacker.
Joseph Lewis Fry certainly found that out this week when he ran from a Richland police officer.
Fry, 20, got into an argument with another man Wednesday afternoon as they were panhandling near Highway 240 and Columbia Center Boulevard, said Capt. Mike Cobb, police spokesman. Officers arrived and started talking to both men.
As an officer was talking to Fry, the transient took off and started running toward Fowler Street, Cobb said.
Becky Powell, 40, was driving to a music store with her husband and teenage son when she saw Fry flee, she said. She watched as Fry put a good distance between himself and the officer.
Instead of stopping and waiting to see what happened, Powell told her husband to speed up and get in front of Fry.
"I told my husband (the cop) is never going to catch him," said Powell, a bartender at Jokers in Richland.
Powell's husband sped up in front of Fry and as the car was still moving, his wife jumped out.
Hilarity then ensued.
"I got into a football stance and said, 'You're going to stay here,' " Powell said. "He stiff-armed me and I just wrapped him up and threw him on the ground."
Powell said when she tackled Fry she grabbed onto his shorts and underwear, exposing his back side as they fell.
Another man helped her pin Fry down as police were able to catch up and put him in handcuffs, Powell said.
Powell said she then playfully taunted Fry good measure.
"I whispered in his ear, 'How does it feel to be taken down by a mother of five and a grandmother of three?,' " she said.
Fry didn't look amused, she said.
Police thanked Powell for her service and one officer gave her a high five, she said. Her teenage son was even able to get part of the incident on video.
Fry told police he ran because he had an outstanding warrant, Cobb said. He was booked into the Benton County jail on suspicion of obstructing a police officer.
Cobb said Powell's help is not going unnoticed within the department, but he encouraged other citizens to refrain from helping officers catch criminals.
"We appreciate the assistance, but we don't want to have people get involved because they can get hurt," he said.
Powell told the Herald her family eventually made it to the music store to pick up guitar strings.
It is a good thing that the guitar strings were not in her possession when she did the take-down.
Guitar strings (especially the Low E String) can be used for garroting and are a deadly weapon.
There should be a law against possession and carrying concealed Guitar strings on one’s person, and they should be kept OUT of the reach of children.
Even worse, and much more deadly, are those expensive BASS Strings. These should only be sold to licensed bass players.
Strings for acoustic stand-up basses are military-grade assault strings and should be outlawed completely./s
Don’t forget that said guitar strings will probably be assembled onto high capacity outlawed assault guitars made from illegally imported armor piercing wood.
Anyone else got that part from “Little Old Lady From Pasadena” running through their head now?
“Go Granny, go Granny, go Granny, go!”
LOL.
Granny @ 40?
And , then, plugged into a special Marshall Stack which increases its capacity up to 11!
If she got married and started having kids at 18, and her kids had kids at 18, it’s entirely possible to be a grandmother at 40 without being an underage mother.
Or, it might be her 15th 40th birthday this year.
Either way, I’m not going to ask. I think my grandmother was around that age when I was born.
Even worse.....if they are kept in a hi-capacity string ‘clip’ then the penalty should be the chair! (Only the Police and Military should be allowed those evil killing string machines!!!)
I want one... \m/
Granny @ 40?”
I was a granny the first time at age 45, the second time at age 60. Lemme tell you it’s a lot easier to be a granny at 45, particularly if you like to go and do things with the grandkiddos like snow ski, hike and camp!
I personally own a “clip” that hold TEN picks, which automatically push a new pick into a chamber when i lose a pick during a blazing solo!
But we real guitar players don’t call it a “clip”. We call it a “Mag”.
But I won’t fret about it, because that is a small scale error.
Ha! Good one! Of course anyone who does not know the basic difference between a clip and a mag is a gomer anyway and should not be let out of the house with anything sharper than a beach ball. I run into one once in a while tho.
I became a grandpa at 40. I wasn’t exactly thrilled when my son broke the news, he was only 19; and I had lectured him on how to avoid this situation on many occasions. Now I am the proud grandpa of beautiful 7 yr old girl, who is the center of my universe. Being Papa is the best job in the world. I thank God every day I have her in my life, some mistakes work out.
My bother has a Jackson (not a V though); the action is so smooth; it nearly plays itself.
A former associate of mine was a grandfather at 33. He married young, and his daughter made a mistake.
When Ernie Balls are outlawed, only outlaws will have Ernie Balls.
It really took b*lls to say that!
Real D’Aring.
LOL. I had to polish the chute, ‘cuz the picks weren’t coming fast enough!
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