Chkultr
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May 12, 2008 07:09 PM
PORTSMOUTH, VA. (WAVY.com) -- Glenn Roe is no pushover. Yet, Saturday night someone tried to rob him at a Portsmouth ATM.
"He grabbed it at the same time and said, 'gimme the money' and I said, 'hell no' and we wrestled," explained Roe.
The former Vietnam vet has a concealed weapons permit. And on this night, he was armed.
"I pulled my pistol out and I said, 'I got a pistol. I'm gonna shoot you,' and we wrestled on around and he still wasn't scared."
Watching from Roe's truck, his son used his cell phone to call 911. Eventually, the would-be robber got away, without the money.
And the police? Roe says he got a recording.
"I grabbed the phone from him and I tried to talk to the police and it said we'll answer your call as it was taken."
"It did not come to Portsmouth," says Portsmouth Police spokesperson Jan Westerbeck. The credit union is near the Portsmouth/Chesapeake city line and several cell phone towers.
Jan Westerbeck says dispatchers in a different city can help.
"If they get that call and they have officers within close proximity to someone who needs help, they're going to send somebody at the same time they're going to notify Portsmouth, and Portsmouth will send officers."
Turns out, Roe's second 911 call ended up in Chesapeake.
What upsets Roe is that no matter where you are, you should be able to get through to 911.
May 12, 2008 07:09 PM
PORTSMOUTH, VA. (WAVY.com) -- Glenn Roe is no pushover. Yet, Saturday night someone tried to rob him at a Portsmouth ATM.
"He grabbed it at the same time and said, 'gimme the money' and I said, 'hell no' and we wrestled," explained Roe.
The former Vietnam vet has a concealed weapons permit. And on this night, he was armed.
"I pulled my pistol out and I said, 'I got a pistol. I'm gonna shoot you,' and we wrestled on around and he still wasn't scared."
Watching from Roe's truck, his son used his cell phone to call 911. Eventually, the would-be robber got away, without the money.
And the police? Roe says he got a recording.
"I grabbed the phone from him and I tried to talk to the police and it said we'll answer your call as it was taken."
"It did not come to Portsmouth," says Portsmouth Police spokesperson Jan Westerbeck. The credit union is near the Portsmouth/Chesapeake city line and several cell phone towers.
Jan Westerbeck says dispatchers in a different city can help.
"If they get that call and they have officers within close proximity to someone who needs help, they're going to send somebody at the same time they're going to notify Portsmouth, and Portsmouth will send officers."
Turns out, Roe's second 911 call ended up in Chesapeake.
What upsets Roe is that no matter where you are, you should be able to get through to 911.