Arrest in NY Church attack

[Catherine Vincent]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Church_Attack.html
Arrest in NY church attack
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MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. -- A surveillance video of a woman in a church pew warding off an attacker with a pen led to the arrest of a 44-year-old man, police said Friday.

The unidentified 58-year-old woman was praying early Wednesday at the chapel of St. Joseph's Church when she fought off the attacker by stabbing him in the neck with a pen she was using to write in her journal.

The man ran off. The attack was recorded by the church's security cameras.

John Michael Petry was arrested Thursday evening after an off-duty firefighter spotted him riding a bike, recognized him from news coverage of the incident and called police, police Lt. Paul Rickard said.

The tip from the firefighter, Michael Benedetto, was one of many police received after the video was broadcast.

[BadAssTeddyBear]

1. Good for her

But what was a security camera doing in Church?????

[Catherine Vincent]

2. I had that same thought!

n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Maybe was for that very reason?? Or perhaps in case someone steals

something like the poorbox or computer equipment. Our church has a very nice sound system with computer integration that we would be very sad to see walk out the door. Took a long time to get that money together for it, y'know? :)

[pnwmom]

4. Thieves and vandals attack Churches, too.

But many choose to leave their doors open anyway.

Welcome to DU, BadAss!

[militaryspouse]

6. ..

To each their own, but I probably wouldn't be praying in a church by myself at 12:30 in the morning.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Traditionally churches never used to lock their doors. Now many of them

do which is unfortunate. A lot of people used them as a safe haven from weather or worse.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

5. Ummmmm, For Security Maybe?

:think:

[youthere]

14. Welcome to DU BadAss!

:hi:

[lpbk2713]

7. Did Jeebus not like what she was praying for?

:shrug:


Or maybe it was Falwell sending back a message.

[spoony]

15. Way to phone it in.

That was weak.

[piedmont]

9. Oh cut the fear-mongering bullshit.

Yes, you are "still safe" in church. Bad things do happen in churches (rarely)-- this incident is just one of them.

[Catherine Vincent]

18. I wasn't attempting to be fear-mongering.

I edited the title.

[piedmont]

22. ok. nt

[Parche]

10. Church

Who goes to church anymore???? :rofl: :hi:


Church : 'A waste of a good Sunday'

[Warren DeMontague]

11. Er, you weren't really safe in church *before*.

At least, not considering the Vatican's atrocious record regarding protecting Pedophile Priests.

[damntexdem]

12. When have we ever been safe in church?

Certainly not since the onset of the Inquisition.

[DetroitProle]

13. It took less than half an hour

for this to become a religion-bashing thread.
I wouldn't mind if there was some relevance to the pitfalls of organized religion in the article.
Some people are just sounding like obnoxious 14 year olds who want to piss off their parents: "LOL church sux that lady should no that theirs no god whats she doing there" Get a life. Makes our party look so bad.

[spoony]

16. It's Pavlovian

to a lot of the idiots here.

[Atman]

17. Nonsensical sensationalist subject line

We're a nation of 300,000,000 people. So one of those 300,000,000 attacks someone in a church. That in no way equates to "you are not safe in church anymore." All it means is some guy attacked a woman in a church.

:eyes:

.

[Catherine Vincent]

19. I edited the title.

Unroll your eyes. :-)

[laylah]

20. I SAW that!

WTF? I hope they find that sick individual and put him away for a very long time! So glad the woman is okay...well, physically, anyway. I cannot imagine the emotional trauma, nor do I ever want to be able to.

[Breeze54]

21. Note to self: Carry pen at all times!!! Great News!!!

They caught the neanderthal scum!!

:applause: :applause:

[lonestarnot]

23. Does John Michael Petry have a large pencil gash in his neck?

[alphafemale]

24. She put a hurt on him. Too cool!

Bravo to her!

:applause:
Passivity is a nice theory, but it rocks to see some worthless punk get their nuts handed to them by granny