NRH Woman Hits Suspected Burglars With Pool Balls

CBS11 ^ | 10-1-09

[Dysart]

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS---You could say a North Richland Hills woman 'used what she had on hand' to thwart a suspected burglary attempt.

Wednesday afternoon Paula Ollie heard noises at her house on Mapleleaf Drive. "Something just wasn't right. They weren't knocking. They didn't ring the doorbell and they were whispering," the 27-year-old woman recalled.

Ollie reacted by gathering several pool balls and putting them in her son's bicycle helmet. "The balls looked like the most aerodynamic things I could get a hold of at the time," she said.

The woman then went out the back door, clinched the helmet strap in her teeth, climbed a tree and perched herself on top of the roof. "I hollered out 'death from above!' I'm not kidding. And no sooner than I said that, I started chunking pool balls at them."

Staring down at the two people she says were dressed in black, Ollie continued her aerial attack. "I just started throwing pool balls at 'em and they kinda started ducking and dodging and took off putting their hands over their heads," she said.

[Dubya]

I’m glad she wasn’t hurt.

[VastRWCon]

Reminds me of “You throw ball at me, I throw ball at you” Roberto Benigni as an Italian tourist who “accidentally” killed a man: from the movie “Down By Law” staring Tom Waits.

[End Times Sentinel]

There's truly no finer, more accurate, versatile, dependable weapon than a gym sock with a snooker-ball in it.
Be it civil unrest or simply running off some kids cutting across your lawn, it's a truly indispensable item.

[snuffy smiff]

Thanks but I’ll keep my Glock 23-just as handy-don’t have to be nearly so close, much more accuracy, every bit as dependable, and when loaded with 180 grain jacketed hollow points, it’s every bit-if not more so-the fight stopper...

JMHO.