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Friday, November 28, 2008

Stealing a law studen'ts laptop

I thought I'd share this article I saw in my friend's (Karen's) shared items cause it was hilarious. In my opinion, at least.


A thief learned the mistake of trying to steal a law student’s laptop last week after after becoming a punching bag for an Arizona State student he tried to rip off. Armed with a baseball bat, the intruder, Gabriel Saucedo, allegedly climbed through an open window into Alex Botsios’ apartment, waking the student and threatening to smash his head in. 

Botsios was willing to let Saucedo take his wallet and guitars. Then the robber made the mistake that ultimately landed him in the hospital — he went for the laptop. According to Botsios, he said “Dude, no — please, no! I have all my case notes…that’s four months of work!” Saucedo, obviously underestimating the fury of an overstressed, overworked first-year, was unsympathetic. That’s when Botsios could take no more.

Wrestling Saucdeo to the floor, Botsios separated the bat from the thief and repeatedly punched him in the face. When it was all over, police had to get Saucedo stitched up before charging him with armed robbery and kidnapping, while Botsios only suffered some scrapes and a bruised knuckle. Most importantly, at least to the student, is that his laptop, which he called “his baby,” escaped unharmed. Next time, Saucedo might want to try robbing a third-year student, as they’re generally more docile.

Seriously, the amount of stress the lot of us have to endure while schooling, especially in a university. I can imagine the distress the student must have felt when he saw the laptop about to be stolen.

Wrong move on the robber's part.

I still find it funny though =X Especially at the closing note of the article.


Signing off... ...

1 comment:

Rhinestic said...

I didn't get more docile when I got into my 3rd year leh... =|