Taking A Stab At Self-Defense
By Wyatt Earp | January 26, 2012
This New Jersey chef really got his point across.
Police are searching for two men who they say tried to rob a Pizza Shop in Trenton. It happened Tuesday at Original Dominick’s Pizza on the 200 block of Sanhican Drive, according to the Trentonian. Police say two armed men entered the establishment and fired a shot into a brick wall.
Investigators say a worker at the pizza shop retaliated, throwing numerous kitchen knives at the suspects causing them to flee.
These thugs took the man to the edge, but the chef’s sharp thinking helped him get a handle on the situation, and probably saved lives.
Topics: The Job | 14 Comments »
January 26th, 2012 at 7:38 am
“Take a bite out of crime.”
Or maybe, “Take a slice out of crime.”
The chef, an avid golfer, needs to work on his slice.
January 26th, 2012 at 8:03 am
Good on him, for quick thinking.
When I lived in Cow-Hampshire, some punk tried to rob a corner store with a pellet gun, the clerk realized it wasn’t real, slapped him one, and told him to come back when he learned to rob a store properly.
Feisty old bastard he was!
January 26th, 2012 at 8:31 am
Right now, some NJ politician is drafting legislation to register every kitchen knife in the state.
January 26th, 2012 at 8:35 am
Well Wyatt, you ..cut..to the matter, ..sliced..thru the BS,
..honed..in on the salient ..point ( I know already used)..,
all while..dissecting and slashing..the robbers to bits.
My dad was a door to door milkman back in the 40′s. 50′s 60′s and mid 70′s, boy was he in shape, and one day while stopped with the side door open a young aspiring punk with a knife appeared and told him to give him the money. My dad reached over and took one of those foot long icepicks out of its holder and said..”You may want to rethink this son.” The kid did and left.
Speaking of icepicks..the opening episode of Justified this year was I think one of the top three in the series. I loved the ending.
Just a question: Do you think Raylan and Boyd conspired to fake that fight to get Boyd close to Dickie in jail?
January 26th, 2012 at 10:02 am
It’s usually not wise to bring a knife (or knives) to a gunfight but it sounds like it worked out alright for once.
January 26th, 2012 at 11:21 am
I hope he doesn’t forget to wash those knives before he uses them on food again.
January 26th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
This is awesome! This makes me think of Ralph Thorn’s Combat Knife Throwing dvd and book that I have (Hopefully one day I can find a place to practice). But I always have wondered after watching the dvd, if you could win a fight by scaring the crap out of somebody by throwing knives at them even if you didn’t know what you were doing. Well, I guess this answers my question!
Rick Saxby,
Publisher, FightingPhilosophy.com
January 26th, 2012 at 2:05 pm
My dad was a door to door milkman back in the 40′s. 50′s 60′s and mid 70′
Same here.
Did you ever work with him ?
January 26th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Old Pizza Joke……. Guy goes to pickup his pizza. Pizzaman says how do you want this cut 4 or 8 pieces, Customer replies, “Make it four I don’t think I can eat eight”
January 26th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
JT – I tried to go with him on holidays and do 1/2 the houses sometimes. Gawd was I tired at days end on those days. That your dad, mine and others that had dads that did that for their families..day after day after day..cant say enough how much I loved him, but it took growing up to realize that. The thing he enjoyed most was..no boss:) LOL
January 26th, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Wyat:
“Trenton Makes – The World Takes” (so says that sign)…but not in THIS case, eh?
Good post (and comments by all).
Stay safe.
January 26th, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Chef Ramsey was in New Jersey?
January 27th, 2012 at 12:21 am
Jon Brooks Says:
January 26th, 2012 at 8:35 am
Just a question: Do you think Raylan and Boyd conspired to fake that fight to get Boyd close to Dickie in jail?
You obviously have not seen this weeks episode….
I won’t ruin it for you…..
Chief Deputy Art Mullen gets to show off his investigative chops this episode…..
January 27th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
JT and Jon, that is funny. My dad was on the other end when I was little. We had a dairy. The cows never wait, 365 days a year.