Police Chief Rob Lawson today highly praised the resident who detained a burglar and his accomplice in middle of the night, allowing police officers to make the arrests and solve other burglaries in the process.
“He did a super job”, Chief Lawson tells TLS, “It worked out extremely well – not only in detaining the suspects, but the grabbing the keys from the ignition,” the Chief says, which allowed the police to arrest the pair before they fled the scene.
“I personally called to thank him for his actions, and enabling us to solve other burglaries,” the Chief said.
However, the Chief added that although the victim did a great job, he would not encourage these type of actions for the general public because of the possibility of a suspect carrying a weapon.
The suspect, 26 year old Pablo Louis Riverra Jr. of East Kennedy Boulevard, admitted to multiple other recent burglaries. The accomplice arrested, a woman, may possibly be a relative, the Chief says.
One of burglary victims who had his GPS and camera stolen from his truck during the night last night tells TLS his items were returned to him by Lakewood Detectives following the suspect’s arrest. However, the victim also had a bag containing approximately $800 worth of tools stolen, which has not yet been located. (The victim asks that anyone who may find the black bag of tools, please contact TLS).
Seems like he did do a good job but he took great risks. Gotta admit, I’d probably do the same.
its time to start braking fingers
Is it legal to take someones keys????
SO who is this person who caught these people….!!
good job!!!
Way to go Bro! Keep up the great work!
Yes. A person who witnesses a felony can use non-deadly force to detain the felon. Taking his keys is certainly better than using physical force that causes harm, which is also permitted.
Does anyone else see the same pattern as me. For the most part each of these situations involves someone with a Spanish last name.
awesome! just goes to show people are not powerless to stop this kind of behavior.
So let me understand ? A thief just let the victim take his keys and waited for the police ? Only in Lakewood
Whos worried about if its legal or not the perp wasnt legal
what silly questions. doesn’t anybody deserve some kind of privacy. who cares who it was, why he was going to airport at that hour,etc.? really, in the scheme of life, is it really important information that the public needs to know? ridiculous!
the word is b-r-e-a-k-i-n-g not braking (as if driving a car)
problem is this was listed as a felony. i doubt he will be charged with a felony that negates that rule
It is good when citizens look out for themselves, take appropriate actions against those that would rob or plunder, and notify police of the violation.
This individual performed heroically, and I am happy to see that LPD Chief Rob Lawson called to congratulate him.
Criminals need to know that they risk encountering a member of the public that will take such an action. Congratulations citizen, for a job well done.
Thanks Chief Robert Lawson! You are a great help to Lakewood
Township.
will you people who have absolutely NO idea what exactly happened – stop making all these assumptions? N0 – SHE did not just stand by while her car keys were taken…if you don’t know the whole story – please stop passing judgements….you have no idea if it was or wasn’t a dangerous situation, or how it occured either….
I consider myself a proud and old friend of Lakewood’s newest Hero!
I also congratulate him for exercising remarkable restraint and taking the least restrictive measures in detaining the two criminals – especially given the shock of literally just being robbed in front of his eyes.
My only fear at this point is of the Justice system failing to properly carry out the process to protect our citizenry, as they have unfortunately proven too many times in the past.
My math teacher taught me in early grade school that 1+ 0 = 0. The same rule applies to stopping crime; Hero citizens or great law enforcers + a failing justice system = zero.
sorry i disagree
if the robber would have had a weapon then what would you do ???
NEVER CONFRONT THEM call pd asap !