Burglary suspect caught, had machete wound inflicted by boy

kxan ^ | June 16, 2019 | AP

[bgill]

A North Carolina burglary suspect who was fought off by an 11-year-old boy with a machete was caught Sunday, nearly two days after he slipped away from the hospital where he was treated for a head wound. His capture came after a manhunt and finger-pointing about who was to blame for his escape.

Sgt. Shane Brown of the Burlington Police Department said Jataveon Dashawn Hall was arrested in an apartment there Sunday afternoon. Hall, 19, was returned to Orange County, where the sheriff’s office said he faces charges including breaking and entering and assault.

Authorities said the boy was alone in the house in Mebane, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) northwest of Raleigh, on Friday morning when Hall broke in after another suspect rang the doorbell and a third waited outside. Hall forced the boy into a closet and was stealing electronics when the boy emerged, grabbed a machete and hit the suspect in the head with the blade, drawing blood, according to the sheriff’s office. The boy swung a second time but missed. Authorities didn’t say where the machete had been stored.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Authorities didn’t say where the machete had been stored.

Should have been locked up and inaccessible to a minor. /S

I've been thinking of getting an Assegai short spear. The native name for it cracks me up--it's "Iklwa", supposedly made for the sound it makes when thrust into a body and withdrawn.

"Iklwa", haha.

Maybe there's a screen name in there somewhere.

[EEGator]

“Jataveon Dashawn Hall”

Hmmm...

[lee martell]

Lax hospital security.
A little retraining seems to be in order.

[Pollard]

aww, he was just tryin to fix his haycut

[ptsal]

Thieving thug encounters an angry victim.

[Rio]

Even Amazon has one... https://www.amazon.com/Zulu-War-Iklwa-Short-Spear/dp/B00H5UTG8U

[Beagle8U]

Smokey Mountain Knife Works will be running full page ads in the newspaper advertising their machete deals.

I think they sell a dozen assorted for about $20. Cheap quality but good enough for whacking up Dindos.

[Pearls Before Swine]

There’s a less adorned one by Cold Steel that looks more business like to me. Search on “Cold Steel Assagai short”

[Governor Dinwiddie]

That mug shot indicates Jataveon is looking for an attitude adjustment. A few days in the pen, and after his "bruthas" turn him into a woman, he will be simpering like a baby and crying for his momma.
 

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Reminds me of my son, when he was about the same age. We were both home at night and I wanted to make a quick run to the supermarket. Telling him to sit tight and that I'd be right back, I got into the car and headed out. About a mile down the street I realized I'd forgotten my wallet and turned around to go back and get it. I pulled into the garage, got out of the car, and immediately heard the words "Who's out there?" uttered in the most menacing tones. I looked up to see my son in the doorway, holding a baseball bat.

And yes, I believe he would have used it. A number of years later, when he was in his early twenties and working as night manager of a small local grocery store, he disarmed a shotgun-wielding robber.

[Flick Lives]

Hall forced the boy into a closet and was stealing electronics when the boy emerged, grabbed a machete and hit the suspect in the head with the blade, drawing blood, according to the sheriff’s office.

That's got to have hurt. I recommend aspirin.

[bigbob]

That boy has some kinda cred now.

[chaosagent]

FWIW the photo they showed in an earlier article wasn’t a machete.

It was a Bolo knife.

[roadcat]

What happened to the kidnapping charges? This article failed to disclose that the perp was also kicking and assaulting the eleven-year-old boy, and locking him in the closet should be a kidnapping charge. Eleven-year-old is a heck of a brave kid, going at the perp with a machete. Should have taken off a leg so the perp wouldn’t run.

[knarf]

Jataveon Dashawn Hall
if obama hada son

[TangoLimaSierra]

If I'm down to a blade weapon, this is mine:

[frank ballenger]

Kids do the darndest things.

[eartick]

Jataveon Dashawn Hall

Let me guess, one of Obama's sons.....

[Myrddin]

That Kukri looks like the big one I purchased from Nepal. Certainly the "go to" blade if available. My EDC, CRKT Obake: