And not the good kind….
Bill Barnes says he was scratching off a losing $2 lottery ticket inside a gas station when he felt a hand slip into his front-left pants pocket, where he had $300 in cash.
He immediately grabbed the person’s wrist with his left hand and started throwing punches with his right, landing six or seven blows before a store manager intervened.
“I guess he thought I was an easy mark,” Barnes, 72, told The Grand Rapids Press for a story Tuesday.
He chose poorly.
I’m thinking the thief’s gonna get a lot of grief from some of his new neighbors in the slammer.
I imagine a lawsuit against the ex-marine is coming in 3…2….1.
Darren Copeland 