no good mate. thankfully they got one of them.

hopefully they drag them over the coals... put him in prison with some of the more "robust" inmates, and drill him like a makita.

Good to hear they bagged one already Alfred!

hope they throw the book at them, seems to be on the rise heldups/breakins. A bloke from work said he got home from footy to find a dude getting into his front window with his mrs and kids inside :S

with these drugged out wackos, can only get worse, your comment about breaking him sounds good!

 I'm glad they managed to catch one. He will dob on the other I am sure.

Not good Alfred, I'm glad no one got hurt mate. I have plenty of problems around my area with drug addicts and they just seem to be getting worse.

Best out come possible with for a situation like that. Hope they get the other alfred.

Yeah I take the precaution of emptying my till often. Though that really isnt the issue, its more that I have my missus working the front as well and my kids are there alot. I have a pub 2 doors down and always get worried about over the top drunks so had to install new security cameras and have ALOT of big ass knives as well as golf clubs under the counter lol.

Only had one incident where one drunk threw a bottle into the rear yard of my store, i was actually having a really bad day, i grabbed the bottle, went to the pub and smashed it on the bar in front of him and i told him if i see him again, I will make him eat this bottle. Seen him a few times but he's apologised and has been pretty friendly now. I wouldnt be so pissed off if my kids werent at the back at the time. Also get people from the pub always taking a piss out the back. Had a few run ins, but its happening less now.

Sorry to hear that also Alfred, bloody toerags. I had some shitheel smash my back window recently and steal my laptop full of work data. more inconveniance. I'd fit it down his neck sideways if I caught him.These turds if caught get the obligatory slap on the wrist.

I am just glad that no one was hurt.  Money is money, but safety of the crew has to come first.

WA is one of the few places that you are leagaly allowed to have pepper spray if you feel there is a genuine reason to have it. I bought some for my missus after some twat tried to get into our yard at 2am one night while I was working away. You can buy it at the army and camping store on wellington street in the city and they are small enough to keep in the till too.. if they are only holding a knife or bat etc you will not need to get anywhere close to them as there is a good range even on the small canisters... once they have a taste of that in their nose and eyes they are not going to hassle you any more and then you can use reasonable force to restrain them till the cops arrive (how much is up to you but their own wepon as long as it doesn't cut or bruise would sound good to me).... I would obviously look into the leagalities a bit more but when I bought mine the cops were in the shop and even gave me advice on the best way to wash it out of your eyes... its leagal so take advantage!

Update - the guy that was caught has been charged and will do time and to top that off he was just released on parole!  Cops now know who the second guy is and are hunting for him.

sucked in w$%^kers

Saw an interesting thing on TV recently where  you can buy a bizzo that sits above the door way and squirts the perps as they leave with a liquid that wont come off when you activate it. Sounds like money very well spent.

Cheers

Dale

Hmmmm... might be worth looking into.  of course once I get it, nothing will happen - but then it would be money well spent!

 Received this email today, makes you wonder what the world is coming to

It's time again for the annual 'Stella Awards'! For those unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonald's in New Mexico , where she purchased coffee. You remember, she took the lid off the coffee and put it between her knees while she was driving. Who would ever think one could get burned doing that, right? That's right; these are awards for the most outlandish lawsuits and verdicts in the U.S. You know, the kinds of cases that make you scratch your head. So keep your head scratcher handy.

Here are the Stellas for this past year  --  2010:

*SEVENTH PLACE*

Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas was awarded $80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The store owners were understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the running toddler was her own son

Start scratching!

* SIXTH PLACE *

Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles , California won $74,000 plus medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.

Scratch some more...

* FIFTH PLACE *

Terrence Dickson, of Bristol , Pennsylvania , who was leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the garage. Unfortunately for Dickson, the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting the garage to the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to sit for eight, count 'em, EIGHT days and survive on a case of Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the homeowner's insurance company claiming undue mental Anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We should all have this kind of anguish Keep scratching. There are more...

Double hand scratching after this one..

*FOURTH PLACE*

Jerry Williams, of Little Rock, Arkansas, garnered 4th Place in the Stella's when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses after being bitten on the butt by his next door neighbor's beagle - even though the beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the jury believed the beagle might have been provoked at the time of the butt bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard and repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet gun.

Pick a new spot to scratch, you're getting a bald spot..

* THIRD PLACE *

Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania because a jury ordered a Philadelphia restaurant to pay her $113,500 after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone. The reason the soft drink was on the floor: Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument. What ever happened to people being responsible for their own actions?

Only two more so ease up on the scratching...

*SECOND PLACE*

Kara Walton, of Claymont , Delaware sued the owner of a night club in a nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her $12,000....oh, yeah, plus dental expenses. Go figure.

Ok. Here we go!!

* FIRST PLACE *

This year's runaway First Place Stella Award winner was: Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who purchased new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, from an OU football game, having driven on to the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go to the back of the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Also not surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the owner's manual that she couldn't actually leave the driver's seat while the cruise control was set. TheOklahoma jury awarded her, are you sitting down?
$1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed their manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a motor home.  
 If you think the court system is out of control, be sure to pass this one on.