Former Kronk boxer fights off armed carjacker

November 3, 2012 at 1:00 am
Former Kronk boxer fights off carjacker
By George Hunter
The Detroit News
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Detroit — A 22-year-old man was ordered Friday to stand trial for allegedly trying to carjack a former Kronk Gym boxer in a confrontation that didn't go quite as planned.

And after the victim beat his attacker and wrested away the pistol, the suspect whipped out a piece of paper and yelled, "Give me my gun back; I got a CCW," according to court testimony.

The alleged incident occurred shortly after midnight Oct. 6 at a Marathon station near Seven Mile and Dequindre on the city's east side. Leonard Turner, a 47-year-old former middleweight boxer, had pulled into the station to put air in his tire. He said he was returning home with a friend in the passenger seat.

As Turner put the air in, he said he was approached by a gun-wielding man later identified as Brian Hardman of Detroit.

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From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121103/METRO01/211030357#ixzz2BBbqW2np

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Former Kronk boxer fights off armed carjacker (Original post)	Bozita	Nov 2012	OP
Very rare case on at least two counts.	Atypical Liberal	Nov 2012	#1
And the Judge said...	DollarBillHines	Nov 2012	#2
did he have a CCW?	gejohnston	Nov 2012	#3
Jerk that pistol and go to work...	rrneck	Nov 2012	#4
In all the confusion...	Lefty48197	Nov 2012	#5
If this punk actually does have a CCW--which I highly doubt, and I find it interesting that the	Common Sense Party	Nov 2012	#6
Let us know if he had a permit, okay? Thanx.	Eleanors38	Nov 2012	#7

Response to Bozita (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 03:01 PM

Atypical Liberal (5,412 posts)

1. Very rare case on at least two counts.

One, CCW permit holders are hardly ever involved in crime.

Two, most people aren't ex-boxers who can successfully fight off an armed attacker.

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Sat Nov 3, 2012, 03:22 PM

DollarBillHines (1,922 posts)

2. And the Judge said...

'Defense attorney Jonathan Jones argued that his client shouldn't be charged with carjacking because he didn't have the gun on him at one point. But Judge Shannon A. Holmes replied, "The reason he didn't have the gun on him is because the defendant got his butt whipped, and Mr. Turner took the gun from him."'

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121103/METRO01/211030357#ixzz2BBmdSVLn

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Sat Nov 3, 2012, 03:25 PM

gejohnston (12,836 posts)