newsman
03-21-2008, 07:52 PM
TOWNSEND, Del. - March 10, 2008 (WPVI) -- A crook in Delaware got more than he bargained for when he tried to rob a 77-year-old woman. That woman was a former deputy sheriff ... and fought back.
Marie Robinson feels certain the man who broke into her house and demanded her purse last week knew she had just hit the jackpot at the Dover Downs Casino, but she's betting he didn't know is she's an ex-chief deputy sheriff, who at age 77, still knows how to wallop a punch.
"He turned around, as he turned around I just, (swinging) like that to him. Evidently I must hurt him pretty bad cause he bled through the mask," said Robinson.
She used a Blackjack she's had since 1958. The bleeding bandit did make off with her purse but this ex-cop knew it was empty when she handed it over. A bruised Robinson saying she hid her jackpot winnings when she feared 3 men followed her home.
6abc.com: Elderly woman fights back against crook 3/10/08 (http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6010701)
Marie Robinson feels certain the man who broke into her house and demanded her purse last week knew she had just hit the jackpot at the Dover Downs Casino, but she's betting he didn't know is she's an ex-chief deputy sheriff, who at age 77, still knows how to wallop a punch.
"He turned around, as he turned around I just, (swinging) like that to him. Evidently I must hurt him pretty bad cause he bled through the mask," said Robinson.
She used a Blackjack she's had since 1958. The bleeding bandit did make off with her purse but this ex-cop knew it was empty when she handed it over. A bruised Robinson saying she hid her jackpot winnings when she feared 3 men followed her home.
6abc.com: Elderly woman fights back against crook 3/10/08 (http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6010701)