Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:36:18 PM
75-year-old man tackles suspect, threatens to break his arm
By Associated Press
Published: Feb 10, 2015 at 1:31 PM PST
75-year-old man tackles suspect, threatens to break his arm
This photo provided by Sen. Camera Bartolotta shows 75-year-old Charlie Burton, bottom left, of Fombell, Pa., tackling shoplifting suspect Jonathan Fekete Jr., bottom right, at the Washington Crown Center mall in Washington, Pa.
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) - A 75-year-old man helped in the arrest of a shoplifting suspect at a Pennsylvania mall by tackling him and threatening to break his arm if he tried to escape.
Charlie Burton, of Fombell, says he was a vendor at the Washington Crown Center mall for a gun show when he saw an officer struggling with the suspect, 29-year-old Jonathan Fekete Jr.
Police say Fekete was trying to get away after taking $200 worth of clothes from a Macy's store Saturday.
Burton says he ran over to help, grabbed the man's arms and forced him down.
Burton says, "He started hollering his arm hurt, and I said, 'Quit struggling or I'll break the thing.'"
Fekete is jailed. Court records don't list an attorney.
By Associated Press
Published: Feb 10, 2015 at 1:31 PM PST
75-year-old man tackles suspect, threatens to break his arm
This photo provided by Sen. Camera Bartolotta shows 75-year-old Charlie Burton, bottom left, of Fombell, Pa., tackling shoplifting suspect Jonathan Fekete Jr., bottom right, at the Washington Crown Center mall in Washington, Pa.
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) - A 75-year-old man helped in the arrest of a shoplifting suspect at a Pennsylvania mall by tackling him and threatening to break his arm if he tried to escape.
Charlie Burton, of Fombell, says he was a vendor at the Washington Crown Center mall for a gun show when he saw an officer struggling with the suspect, 29-year-old Jonathan Fekete Jr.
Police say Fekete was trying to get away after taking $200 worth of clothes from a Macy's store Saturday.
Burton says he ran over to help, grabbed the man's arms and forced him down.
Burton says, "He started hollering his arm hurt, and I said, 'Quit struggling or I'll break the thing.'"
Fekete is jailed. Court records don't list an attorney.
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