{"id":905700,"date":"2021-10-21T11:58:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T15:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=905700"},"modified":"2021-10-21T11:58:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T15:58:54","slug":"the-marine-corps-taught-me-not-to-mess-around-veteran-absolutely-stuffs-armed-would-be-robber-sends-accomplices-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-marine-corps-taught-me-not-to-mess-around-veteran-absolutely-stuffs-armed-would-be-robber-sends-accomplices-running\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Marine Corps Taught Me Not To [Mess] Around\u2019: Veteran Absolutely Stuffs Armed Would-Be Robber, Sends Accomplices Running"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fthe-marine-corps-taught-me-not-to-mess-around-veteran-absolutely-stuffs-armed-would-be-robber-sends-accomplices-running%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=905700&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>A Marine veteran recently leaped into action to thwart an attempted armed robbery at a convenience store in Yuma, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/news\/ex-marine-helps-stop-armed-robbery-in-yuma\/article_dfcdf478-3224-11ec-9200-df89b9e0265f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">veteran<\/a>, whose name was not revealed, happened to be standing in line at the cash register when two <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/01\/gas-station-customer-witnesses-robbery-comes-back-with-pistol-stops-armed-criminal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">would-be robbers<\/a> entered the premises, while one alleged accomplice waited outside the store. One of them held a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/30\/philadelphia-wingstop-customer-kills-armed-robber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">handgun<\/a>, which he raised and pointed at the store clerk upon entering.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/13\/ufc-jordan-williams-car-robbery-attempt-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: UFC Fighter Jordan Williams Stops A Guy From Stealing His Car In Insane Viral Video)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cZERO FEAR: When this Yuma, AZ veteran saw some criminals pop in guns high \u2014 he didn\u2019t wait for things to potentially go south,\u201d journalist Zach Crenshaw tweeted Oct. 21. \u201c\u2018The Marine Corp taught me not to [mess] around,\u2019 he later said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"14.675213675214\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ZERO FEAR:<br \/>When this Yuma, AZ veteran saw some criminals pop in guns high \u2014 he didn\u2019t wait for things to potentially go south.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Marine Corp taught me not to [mess] around,\u201d he later said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The few, the proud\u2019 for a reason.<br \/>More on the story on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abc15?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ABC15<\/a> at 10. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fGjKthcXvO\">pic.twitter.com\/fGjKthcXvO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Crenshaw (@ZachCrenshaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachCrenshaw\/status\/1451049409785909251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Yuma County Sheriff\u2019s Office (YCSO) released a statement indicating that it had been dispatched to respond to the incident, which took place at a Chevron gas station. Police found the suspected gunman already detained by another customer identified as a Marine Corps veteran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival, Deputies learned of three suspects entering the Chevron, one of them armed with a handgun. The armed suspect walked next to a store customer while pointing the weapon toward the cashier when the customer acted immediately and disarmed him,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cWhen Deputies contacted the customer, who previously served in the United States Marine Corps, and asked how he was able to take control of the situation, he stated, \u2018The Marine Corp taught me not to [mess] around.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two other suspects fled the scene, according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/marine-corps-veteran-disarms-robbery-suspect-at-yuma-gas-station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FOX 10 Phoenix<\/a>. The suspect in custody, a juvenile, was \u201cbooked into the Yuma County Juvenile Justice Center for alleged armed robbery and aggravated assault.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Marine veteran recently leaped into action to thwart an attempted armed robbery at a convenience store in Yuma, Arizona.The veteran, whose name was not revealed, happened to be standing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-905700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}