Jewelry Store Owner Uses Golf Club to Thwart Alleged Robbery
Store owner says he was tased, so he ran for his club
Vikki Vargas
Police say a Garden Grove jewelry store owner fought off two robbers with a golf club Wednesday. The two suspects posed as customers to gain entry into the secure store. Now, the manhunt is on to capture the suspects. Vikki Vargas reports from Garden Grove for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Aug. 16, 2012.
The owner of C and S Masterpiece jewelry store in Garden Grove used a six-iron golf club to fight off burglars, one of whom the victim says shocked him with a taser.
Detectives say the robbers were admitted to the store after posing as customers.
"They came in with a piece of jewelry that they brought with them, saying that they wanted to have it modified, maybe some work done on it ," said Lt. Robert Fowler of the Garden Grove Police Department. "That’s how they got the store owner to buzz them into the business."
In a matter of seconds, he says one suspect came after his neck, his head and his shoulder. He says he'll never forget the frightening, repetitive sound of an electric stun gun as it sent jolts through his body.
"Suddenly, one guy has a Taser, a stun gun, or something," said the owner, who did not want to be identified because the alleged robbers are still at large.
In a matter of seconds, he says one suspect came after his neck, his head and his shoulder. He says he'll never forget the frightening, repetitive sound of an electric stun gun as it sent jolts through his body.
Police say marks left on the victim's body were indeed inflicted by an electroshock weapon.
Initially, the owner says, he did not feel anything.
"My brain froze maybe, but my body instantly was moving," he said.
He ran to a backroom where he keeps his 6- iron and started fighting off the assailants with his golf club.
"Finally I grabbed my golf club, lucky, thank God," he said. "We fought a little bit and they ran away."
Police say the getaway car was a white, 1994 two-door Honda Civic with the license plate 6JSN612. The car was reported as stolen out of Santa Ana Tuesday.
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