A mother taking her child to school says she stopped a man from stealing her car and held him down until New York City police arrived.
Tihisha Jones says she started her car with an automatic car starter before leaving her Bronx apartment Tuesday when her son saw a man in the SUV that she calls “Black Beauty.”
Jones tells WNBC-TV she pulled the man out and dragged him to the ground. Jones says “he’s lucky I didn’t kill him.” She says she was running on adrenaline and all she was worried about was her vehicle, which had been broken into twice before.
Police say the man has been charged with attempted grand larceny auto, attempted petit larceny and criminal possession of a weapon.
(AP)
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Good for her. Her kids were in the car. Here’s hoping she left him with a few bruises and a fracture or two to nurse while he’s awaiting justice.
This is a great video and I’m sure she’s getting congrats from all but… you heard her say she didn’t know what she was doing (adrenilane takeover) and perhaps she took a few unwarrented swings??? should she be indicted??? Of course not!!!
So how about all the police beatings that are shown and most times lead to protests if not riots. Are they not entitled to an adrenaline rush? Are they supposed to count every punch they take??? Just wondering, Al…
To Kinsler, Although I believe police should do what they have to do to protect themselves and the rest of us, police are different than any other person. Police are trained to respond to emergency situations. They do have to make difficult split second decisions, which isn’t easy. But due to their training they have to respond more rationally than the regular man on the street. They can’t just “black out” and act under an “adrenaline rush” as this brave woman did.
Last night on the news they said that the guy was drunk and said he thought he was getting into an Uber. I found that very amusing.
Good for her. I hope the tussling didn’t affect her heart adversely
I don’t want to make a grande point, out of a petit faux pas, and one might think me petty,
But: who spelled the crime “petit” larceny!?!? That’s PETTY. PETTY! Try to remember. See, the issue here seems to be that the writer of the article is probably also the editor and CEO, so there is no oversight…or do they want to claim this was just an oversight? Either way, I couldn’t overlook it, and it hurt my eyes.
Follow up, just watched the video! That glaring error that hurt my eyes just got grander: the crook was charged with Grand Larceny. As in GRAND. The one that is worse than PETTY. Somebody wasn’t doing his HW.
I sure did like this story, though. Do you think this woman, who said nobody should come and take away your stuff that you worked and saved to buy yourself, was on adrenalin when she voted for Obama? Or was she smartly thinking those same thoughts in the voting booth and choosing smarter? Completely hypothetical curiosity.
An impostor just used my phone, take that down pls.
How many imposters do you have living by you? just curious.
Kinsler, Hard to keep count. I have imposters, i have people posing as impostors, i have people who wear masks and impersonate impostors….and I have a puppy.
to the editor of YWN,
Do you believe that a news agency who calls itself “yeshiva world” which is made for yeshivashia people to place pictures and video clips of a woman sitting on a man, although I understand she had to do what she had to but are these the pictures that your readers deserve to see, I mean
what are the feelings of a Ben Torah and any other Earliicha Yid after seeing this?
how do they need to go to yeshiva and sit and learn Torah beteharah
Please have this removed from your site immediately
Great job Tihisha! This woman should be recruited for shomrim.
Mrs D. Petit larceny is correct. Petty is accepted, too because it’s so commonly used. The origin is likely French/Latin, something like that, because of the Norman origins of so much of the English system. (I’m just guessing). But it’s Petiit and Grand.
Dear Rutzon Hashem61315,
Why are you so worried about “yeshivashia people” seeing a properly dressed woman dressed in a video? Newsflash: Because they are approximately 50% of the population, women are fairly ubiquitous in every day life and extremely difficult to avoid. Moreover, why is a real yeshiva bachur online to begin with? Lastly, if you are as concerned as your screen name indicates about seeing a woman, maybe just stick to make believe land like Hamodia or Mishpacha where even Rebetzin pictures are banned.