Shopping for victims.One criminal tried to make a Wal-Mart store into a one-stop crime central. On October 14 in Statesboro, Georgia Statesboro is a city in southeast Georgia, United States, serving as the county seat of Bulloch CountyGR6. Statesboro was chartered in 1803, starting as a small farming community providing the basic essentials for surrounding farms. , a man attacked a woman and her granddaughter in the bathroom of a Wal-Mart. At 6:22 p.m. in a bathroom, 25-year-old Stephen Hall used a stun gun stun gun, hand-held electronic device that produces a high-voltage pulse that can immobilize a person for several minutes with no permanent damage in most cases. to attack an unidentified woman carrying her two-year-old grandchild. Hall then tried to force the woman into a bathroom stall and threatened her with a knife. During the attack, the granddaughter was knocked from the woman's hands, but the girl wasn't injured. The woman began screaming for help, whereupon other customers and employees came to her aid. The woman's rescuers couldn't, however, subdue the attacker because he threatened them with his stun gun and pepper sprayed anyone who got close to him. Hall eluded his would-be captors until he reached the parking lot. There, he was intercepted by Marine Corps reservist re·serv·ist n. A member of a military reserve. reservist Noun a member of a nation's military reserve Noun 1. Kevin Doncaster, who had a pistol. 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. the Statesboro Herald, when Detective Robert Bryan arrived on the scene, he found Doncaster "with a pistol drawn on the offender." Facing the armed officer and Doncaster, Hall relinquished his weapons. Police discovered that Hall was carrying what could be described as sundry rape tools: a stun gun, a knife, pepper spray, an expandable baton, brass knuckles, and three sets of handcuffs hand·cuff n. A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody; a manacle. Often used in the plural. tr.v. . Local police labeled Doncaster a hero. Meanwhile, Hall faces various charges, including kidnapping, cruelty to children, battery, and carrying a concealed weapon concealed weapon n. a weapon, particularly a handgun, which is kept hidden on one's person, or under one's control (in a glove compartment or under a car seat). . |
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