BDx13 - 9-12-2007 at 12:16 PM
Tue Sep 11, 1:03 PM ET
BAY SHORE, N.Y. - A tire iron-wielding man who police said was looking to mug a senior citizen probably thought he had found an easy target ? that is,
until the 74-year-old fought back.
Bruce Ferraro had no idea someone was following him as he walked out of a department store at the South Shore Mall on Saturday and got into his car,
police said. But then a man pounded on Ferraro's window and demanded cash.
"Ferraro says, 'What, are you kidding me?' and he actually gets out of the car," Suffolk County Detective Sgt. Thomas Groneman said.
The mugger demanded Ferraro hand over his wallet, calling the Bay Shore resident an "old man" and threatening to hit him with the tire iron, Groneman
said.
Instead, Ferraro grabbed the bar and the two fought, until the septaugenarian managed to snatch away the tire iron, police said.
Groneman said Ferraro did "a good job" of disarming his would-be assailant, though he would not recommend other people attempt such a brazen act of
self-defense.
Without the weapon, the 32-year-old suspect ran to his car and attempted to drive away, police said. But the vehicle stalled, and the man got out of
the car and fled on foot. Ferraro later helped police identify the suspect.
The man was arrested later Saturday at his home in West Babylon. Police charged him with attempted robbery and he was being held on $10,000 bail in
Riverhead.
Ferraro's only injury was a scrape on the wrist.
DAK - 9-12-2007 at 03:09 PM
The old man should have pounded him with the tire iron.
JawnDiablo - 9-12-2007 at 03:28 PM
nice.
ya know, my dad is 72, and is kinda half nuts and i bet he would try such a thing. but might actually club someone....
Siczine.com - 9-12-2007 at 03:54 PM
That must've been one pussy ass thief, or the old man was in great shape.
newbreedbrian - 9-12-2007 at 04:19 PM
that's great. a few weeks ago some friends of mine were having a couple drinks in the park. some homey kid with a bandana and a length of pipe comes
up to them and tries to rob them, then of course a bunch more little hood rats come out of the woodwork. they're like fuck we're wayyyy outnumbered.
then they see a bunch of kids are like 14-15 and there's a couple girls too. they just start punching these kids in the face, and most of the kids
take off running. they get the main guy aside and start fucking him up. like for real, tony chews the top off his beer can and starts cutting his face
and shit 
cops show up and after getting the story arrest the 18 year old
leader and he's getting charged with assault and attempted robbery. boys came out great, one guy took the pipe to the head and opened up an old cut
that's about the worst of it.