Hard-earned money.About seven years ago, a father began to teach his then-six-year-old son to use guns because the father kept guns in the house, and he wanted "to take the curiosity away," reported the Greenville Greenville. 1 City (1990 pop. 45,226), seat of Washington co., W Miss., on Lake Ferguson, a deepwater harbor adjoining the Mississippi River; inc. 1886. News (South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. ). Recently, the father's diligence paid off. When the father, George Dickert, walked into his Greenville house after having had a cigarette outside on the evening of July 9, an armed man wearing a mask followed him into the house and demanded money. "I ain't playing," he told Dickert. Dickert then, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. FOX 21.com, tried to grab a gun of his own, leading to a physical altercation with the robber. As Dickert fought with the man, four of the robber's accomplices entered the house, and several of them began beating Dickert. As Dickert was being beaten, his wife and three-year-old daughter looked on in horror. Dickert's 13-year-old son walked in on this scene, and he immediately knew what to do: he ran and grabbed one of his father's guns. When the son entered the living room, he had the gun cocked and ready to fire. When the assailants noticed the armed youngster, they fled en masse en masse adv. In one group or body; all together: The protesters marched en masse to the capitol. [French : en, in + masse, mass. . As they retreated, the elder Dickert finally managed to grab a gun of his own, and he fired at them four times, missing them. Police arrested four of the five robbers nearby. The robbers were still sweaty sweat·y adj. sweat·i·er, sweat·i·est 1. Covered with or smelling of sweat. 2. Causing sweat: a sweaty job. and breathing heavily from their escapade. Arrested were Jonathon Arnold, 20; Rico Miller, 18; Ronnie Harris, 17; and Granada Grayson, 19. Charges range from second-degree lynching to attempted armed robbery and first-degree burglary burglary, at common law, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another at night with the intent to commit a felony, whether the intent is carried out or not. . When Dickert was asked by FOX 21 why he had fought back against the robbers, he replied, "I work five days a week and my wife works six days a week. We're an honest couple. We do what we have to do to make a living and some idiot decided he wanted what I had." |
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