{"id":2395302,"date":"2025-01-26T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/84-year-old-uses-nothing-but-a-pair-of-trousers-to-take-out-masked-robber\/"},"modified":"2025-01-26T14:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T19:09:33","slug":"84-year-old-uses-nothing-but-a-pair-of-trousers-to-take-out-masked-robber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/84-year-old-uses-nothing-but-a-pair-of-trousers-to-take-out-masked-robber\/","title":{"rendered":"84-Year-Old Uses Nothing but a Pair of Trousers to Take Out Masked Robber"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F84-year-old-uses-nothing-but-a-pair-of-trousers-to-take-out-masked-robber%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2395302&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An 84-year-old\u200b retired man named Ron\u2064 Croker in \u200dSouth Yorkshire, England, successfully defended himself against an attempted robbery using only a pair \u200dof jeans. While\u2062 folding his clothes at a laundromat, a\u200d masked assailant demanded money from Croker, \u200dwho, rather than backing \u2064down, confronted the attacker. Croker swung the jeans at the robber, \u2064causing him to retreat and eventually forcefully pushed him out of the shop.Despite the attacker\u2019s aggressive approach, Croker \u2062remained fearless, even yelling back at him during the encounter.<\/p>\n<p>after the man briefly left, he returned for another attack, but\u2063 Croker continued to fend him off with his jeans. Following the confrontation, where he sustained minor bruises, Croker called \u200bthe police to report the incident. He\u2064 later reassured his wife about \u2062the\u2062 situation, stating \u200bhe was \u200bfine and \u200bthat the laundry was dry. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">incident garnered \u200battention online<\/a>, with Croker being hailed a\u200d hero, though he humbly dismissed the title, stating he simply did what he could \u2063to protect himself. Subsequently, the police\u200c arrested a man in connection \u200dwith the\u200c attempted robbery.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An elderly man in England successfully fended off a would-be robber using only a pair of pants.<\/p>\n<p>Ron Croker, an 84-year-old retired former trade foreman, was folding his clothes earlier this month at Coin-Op Launderette near Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, when a masked individual demanded his money, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/article\/6563913c-fd6f-404d-97d3-e7e0041e5e5f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Times of London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He decided to fight the attempted thief.<\/p>\n<p>But he was forced to do that with the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gun-ban-crime-london-murder-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">objects<\/a> available to him at that moment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I had a pair of jeans and shirt in my hand, and that&rsquo;s when he started flying through the door at me,&rdquo; Croker described to the Times.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The assailant was shouting and swearing at him, according to Croker.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t have any fear when he was coming screaming at me,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;I can scream loud, and I just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gold-star-families-blast-biden-for-whitewashing-military-deaths\/\" title=\"Gold Star Families Blast Biden For Whitewashing Military Deaths\">started yelling back<\/a> at him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The would-be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/suspected-car-thief-forced-beg-owner-help-heist-goes-terribly-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thief<\/a> demanded his wallet and reached for it, but Croker whipped him in the face with a pair of denim jeans, forcing the assailant back.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I swung at him, he stepped back, and I caught him. I shoved him out the shop, and he nearly went through the door,&rdquo; Croker described.<\/p>\n<p>But the altercation continued.<\/p>\n<p>Croker folded his jeans and tried to return to his laundry when the assailant returned.<\/p>\n<p>The elderly Englishman said, he &ldquo;started swinging&rdquo; with those trusty jeans once again, forcing the would-be thief away.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I said to him through door, &lsquo;If you come back in here,&rsquo; I said, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m gonna f***ing kill you,&rsquo; though I didn&rsquo;t feel like I really would,&rdquo; Croker told the Times.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have never experienced nowt like that in my life,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had fights and scuffled when I was younger, but when he was coming at me, I thought I couldn&rsquo;t back down; there was no one there to help me. It was either me or him, and I won.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Croker indeed recalled that, unfortunately for the want-to-be robber, he had learned to defend himself in his teenage years, which of course was decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He just picked on the wrong bloke. He wanted my money, and I wasn&rsquo;t giving it to him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains vulgar language that some readers may find offensive.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Robber vs. 84-year-old Ron Croker and his jeans.<\/p>\n<p>Ron won. Twice. &#128086;<\/p>\n<p>For more <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nocomment?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nocomment<\/a> videos&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f4lUW8IpTG\">https:\/\/t.co\/f4lUW8IpTG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YdfI4TuEJx\">pic.twitter.com\/YdfI4TuEJx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NoComment (@nocomment) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nocomment\/status\/1879639618708181436?\">January 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Croker called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/uk-police-commish-threatens-come-even-us-citizens-like-elon-musk-exercising-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> from the laundromat and waited for them to arrive. He was unharmed except for some bruising on his hands and his arm.<\/p>\n<p>Then he called his wife, Valerie, to whom he has been married for 60 years and with whom he has cared for 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/attorneys-general-call-biden-admin-plan-effectively-ban-christians-fostering-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foster<\/a> children.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I phoned her and said, &lsquo;I&rsquo;ll be a bit longer. I&rsquo;ve been mugged, but don&rsquo;t worry, I&rsquo;m not hurt, and the washing is dry,&rsquo;&rdquo; he reassured his bride.<\/p>\n<p>The footage of his bold self-defense with nothing but a pair of jeans soon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won&#039;t Enforce COVID Curfew\">circulated online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everybody seems to know me and says I&rsquo;m a hero, but I don&rsquo;t class it like that,&rdquo; Croker said. &ldquo;I just did what I could to protect myself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A few days later a man was arrested and charged with attempted robbery.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Ron Croker was at a laundromat near Rotherham when a masked robber demanded money. Instead of giving in, he fought back with the only items he had\u2014his jeans and shirt. Despite the assailant&#8217;s aggressive behavior, Croker yelled back and struck him with the jeans, pushing him out of the shop. When the robber returned, Croker swung his jeans again to defend himself. Afterward, he called the police and reassured his wife that he was okay despite being slightly bruised. The incident gained attention online, but Croker humbly stated that he was just protecting himself. 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