And not a shot was fired.Shortly before 3 a.m. on May 9, two men armed with a handgun and wooden clubs kicked in the front door of a home in Monongalia County, West Virginia Monongalia County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia and is part of the Pittsburgh Tri-State. As of 2000, the population was 81,866. Its county seat is at Morgantown6. . The intruders, Jonathan Lowe Jonathan Lowe (E.J. Lowe) (born 1950) is currently Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Examination Board of the Department of Philosophy at Durham University, England. and Robert Thrasher thrasher: see mimic thrush. thrasher Any of 17 species (family Mimidae) of New World songbirds that have a downcurved bill and are noted for noisily foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud, varied songs. , then broke into a locked bedroom and demanded money from the two unidentified residents who had taken refuge there. Robert Lewis For the actor named Robert Lewis still living as of 2007, see Robert Lewis (living)[1] Robert Lewis (16 March, 1909 – 23 November, 1997) was an American actor, director, drama teacher, author and founder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947. , another resident in the home at the time, heard the commotion and grabbed his shotgun. Lewis confronted Lowe and Thrasher, and held them at bay until police arrived to take them into custody. No shots were fired and nobody was injured. Lowe and Thrasher were both charged with armed robbery and released on $18,000 bond the next day pending a preliminary hearing on the case. |
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