Thanks John and my hat's off to you for getting
involved. In my 24-plus years of law enforcement, all
too often things have happened that could/should have
been avoided only IF someone like you would have made
the call. Too many times people "don't want to get
involved" or "it's none of my business" and things end
in tragedy. It really doesn't do any good for a
witness to come forward AFTER the act if he/she could
have called BEFORE.
Thanks again John, you should feel proud, not guilty..
Joe
--- John Bartell <jrbartell@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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<html><head></head><body>Hi all,<br>
I just returned home from a trip to see
my ailing mother in Milwaukee.
Not a fun trip, but I knew I had to make it.
Today my son and I left the
Milwaukee area for the 3 1/2 -4 hour ride home to
Central WI. I would like
to say we saw a slough of Forwardlook cars, but no
luck...a couple of 58
Ch----s was the best we could do.<br>
Just another boring ride home???
As we neared the Wisconsin Dells
hwy. 13 exit, the traffic was coming to a
standstill. I looked at my son
and said we were taking a different route home.
As we exited the interstate,
we decided to stop at the local Wendy's for lunch.
After a way too long
of wait, we decided to leave and went down the road to
Taco Belle. We ate
our lunch, and my son decided to get another
meal...(growing teenagers....)
while he went to get his seconds, I was gazing out the
window when I noticed
something silver flash...A GUN...did I see what I
thought...I told my son...hey,
I think I just saw a guy with a gun... We
decided to leave right now.
We jumped in my pkup., and headed around the back of
the building...my son
yelled out...Dad he does have a gun...this young
wannabee gangster was tucking
what apppeared to be a 9 mm. automatic pistol in his
pants and covering it
with his shirt. I told my son to grab the cell
phone and call 911. We proceeded
to cross the highway to a safer vantage point as
my son told police of our
location and what we saw. At the same time this
young guy and his girl
went into the Taco Belle. In no more than 90
seconds from the time we dialed
911, <i><b>7</b></i> squad cars were on location...The
police motioned for
us to drive back to a point where we could ID the
"suspects," approximately
50 feet from where they would appear, and surrounded
our truck to guard us.
the two came out of Taco Belle just as I was
describing them to police.
I said "there they are," and WOW...<br>
You cannot get an adrenaline rush like
the one I got when 12 officers
all cocked their firearms at almost the same instant.
I cannot watch another
COPS show without hearing those hammers and slides all
being set to fire.
To shorten this up some, the "bad guys" hit the
pavement and after a brief
scuffle the gun was brought out and the two were
cuffed. No, not a 9mm,
an unbelieveably realistic plastic BB type gun with a
clip looking exactly
like the one the WI Dells officer compared it
to. <br>
I am gladto say nothing happend at Taco
Belle, but this "repeat" offender
is off the streets tonight for carrying a concealed
weapon. After the fact,
I am glad I did what I did, but when those two "kids"
came out of Taco Belle,
they were so close to being shot, I now have an eerie
feeling in my gut...What
if???? I hope this "young gun" learned as
much as we did. My hats off
to the WI Dells WI police department for their speedy
arrival and superb
handling of the situation. The officer in charge
told us do not feel guilty
or foolish, that we cannot imagine how many armed
robberies take place with
look alike BB guns. <br>
Sorry, but I needed to tell a
friend...no, a lot of "friends"!!! John in a
safer and warmer WI<br>
<br>
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