Disabled vet thwarts home break-in, warns suspects not to return
Disabled vet thwarts home break-in, warns suspects not to return
(Michael Barrett/The Gazette) Joseph Sapienza stands with his walker Friday afternoon by the front door of his Davis Avenue home, where two men reportedly tried to break in Thursday night. The 68-year-old disabled Marine taped a note to the door, visible at bottom right, warning the suspects not to try it again.
- Warning note left for would-be burglars
Sixty-eight-year-old Joseph Sapienza suspects the men who attempted to break into his Gastonia home Thursday night thought he would be an easy target because hes disabled and uses a walker.
But after scaring away the would-be thieves, Sapienza taped a note to his door, in which he attempted to make it clear that his trigger finger works just fine.
(If) you try to break in my house again, I will be waiting on you, reads the note, which was still there Friday afternoon. Enter at your own risk.
Sapienza, a Marine Corps veteran who served four years in Vietnam, was watching television in his bed at 7:42 p.m. at his home on Davis Avenue. He heard someone prying off the lock and pulling the nails to the latch out of his front door.
He grabbed his .45-caliber handgun, put it in a holster on his walker and began shuffling toward the sound. He flipped a hallway light on, yelled out to announce he was armed, and yanked open the door to see two men wearing ski masks.
They jumped off his porch and practically tripped over one another trying to flee, Sapienza said.
It was like a keystone cops scene, he said. When they saw the .45, one ran one way up the street, and the other went the other way.
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But after scaring away the would-be thieves, Sapienza taped a note to his door, in which he attempted to make it clear that his trigger finger works just fine. I LOVE IT !!
Works just great except for that pesky itch. If they should come back, though, I'm sure he'll find a way to scratch the itch.
Evil grin!!
Good for him and good thing he was armed.
and good thing he was armed. Especially since he is disabled!