Marine stabbed at Best Buy (Augusta GA)

Augusta Chronicle ^ | November 26, 2010 | LaTina Emerson and Bianca Cain

[PAR35]

A Marine reservist collecting Toys for Tots donations at Augusta's Best Buy was stabbed in the back this afternoon while helping subdue a shoplifting suspect.

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Attaway, of the 500 block of College Street in Waynesboro, has been charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault and possession of a knife in commission of a crime.

[PAR35]

The 'customer' stuffed a laptop under his coat, then pulled a knife on a store employee. When he ran out, a group of Marines gathering toys for the Toys for Tots program stopped him, but he stabbed one of them in the back.

The Marine is expected to survive.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Prayers up for this brave, young American.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Prayers up for the brave Marine!

[Christian Engineer Mass]

“39-year-old Tracey Attaway”

Tracey is a girls name.

[piytar]

Did the cops show up and shoot the Marine? Nope? Must not have been in Las Vegas...

[piytar]

BTW, here’s hoping the brave Marine has a speedy recovery!

[kbennkc]

The Marine is expected to survive.

Best Buy is expected to survive.

[dsrtsage]

Thank god they didn’t stab an environmentalist /s

Pray for him and his family

[hole_n_one]

The scumbag perp..........

Tracey Attaway
Source

[doc1019]

Gotta’ love our folks in uniform, always ready to help and do their duty. Prayers up for this brave Marine.

[alfa6]

Glad to hear that the Corporal’s injuries do not appear to be serious. Toys for Tots is a charity that Mrs Alfa6 and I are happy to help out with. We often drop off the goodies at the local recruiting station. It is always fun to see the look on the recruiters face when we show up with 5 or 6 large black bags full of goodies:-)

No mention in the article that the perp is expected to recover from his injuries after being subdued by the Marines???

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Past Your Eyes]

Sounds like you have the same opinion of Las Vegas that I have.

[NonValueAdded]

Prayers up for the Marine

[Cvengr]

Lots of Marine Reservists are LEOs and many from the Atlanta area.

Not a smart move on behalf of the perp.

What we have here, is a failure to communicate!

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Can’t a bro catch a break? He needed the laptop to post on FR! C’mon!

[The Comedian]

The punishment for stabbing a Marine in the back should be to submit the perp to the will of the other Marines for 30 seconds.

That would be about the extreme end of the scale for life expectancy.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[OldDeckHand]

Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal (with a combat v)? - lol

[maine-iac7]

Tracey is a girls name.

Can also be a man's name, as can

Evelyn &

Shirley &

Beverly & many others, including

Marion - which was John Wayne's real name ;o)

[Tigerized]

I knew the ethnicity of the perp just from the headline, unfortunately.

I really wish I wasn’t right about these things. Nothing would make me happier to read accounts that prove race is irrelevant in crime statistics.

Great Society? We’re doomed.

[Rebelbase]

The digital divide is turning violent.