Posted on 12/04/2007 6:02:42 AM PST by TSgt
NORTH COLLEGE HILL -- North College Hill police are looking for three men who robbed a pair of Boy Scouts and their fathers late Monday.
The Boy Scouts, age 13 and 11, were selling Christmas trees in the parking lot of Tom's Drive Thru on West Galbraith Road shortly before closing at 9 p.m. when the men approached, one carrying a sawed-off shotgun.
"I was hit in the cheek, once in the ear and once when they knocked me down. My head hit the blacktop. My son got hit in the cheek and the other gentleman got hit a couple times in the face," John Hancock said.
Police said the men took about $300 from the Scouts. The tree sale is a fundraiser for their troop.
"I don't care what they did to me. But because they had the audacity to point a gun and attack the children, these people need to be put away. As far as I'm concerned, they should be dead," Hancock said.
No one was seriously hurt.
The three men were last seen fleeing the area on foot. A police dog tracked them for a time, but lost the scent.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 352-3040.
Cincinnati is quickly becoming the next Detroit.
Sometimes the circumstances of the crime are worse than the crime ordinarily would be. Hope they are found and that the jury and judge throw the book at them.
They actually described them as “black” males.
Profiling that way is just not politically correct.
I was surprised that their descriptions were given on television but not in print.
hey! its detroilet. donchaknow?
p.s. most of my friends in high school lived in college hill (not north). its really changed over time. so sad. buddy larosa probably has relocated.
Scum. To rob boy scouts selling Christmas trees? You can’t make that up, sad to say.
my wife has lived in both, she says she feels safer and would rather live in detroit.
When I saw it on TV, no description was given of the robbers.
Scum!!
This is almost like robbing the VA Hospital. Un-American. (Not that there is a pro-American way to rob somebody.) I’m glad the people weren’t hurt. The criminals will be caught. I’m sure the police will shake every bush in town.
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