common ground Friday, robber punked edition.

[gejohnston]

Was it gutzy or stupid? Either way, the robbers' weapons are now in a police evidence locker. My guess is that kids and mom have different opinions on the issue. My other guess is that Mr. Henry isn't king bad ass of the cell block.

Authorities say a father fooled an armed robber into returning a watch the gunmen stole from his son at a park in unincorporated Westwego. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies arrested the alleged robber but are seeking a second suspect in the case, according to Glen T. Boyd, spokesman for the department.

The victim, a 12-year-old boy, was at a park in the 800 block of Drake Avenue around 6 p.m. on Tuesday when an older boy armed with a pistol walked over and demanded his watch. The victim handed it over.

Despite having just committed a felony, the robber, later identified as Donquell Henry, 18, of Marrero, stuck around in the park, Boyd said. The victim told his sister. She tried to confront Henry, but backed off when she realized he was armed.

Brother and sister told their father about the stick-up, and he tried a different tack. The boy's father approached Henry, who was with a second armed teenager, with one hand behind his back. The father wanted the teens to believe he was also carrying a pistol, according to Boyd.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/07/jpso_dad_dupes_armed_robber_in.html

[Common Sense Party]

1. The robbers are now in a police evidence locker?

Is that even legal?

[gejohnston]

2. That is why I need grammer auto correct

I guess as long as they put a bed and sink in it. I bet you find a lot of cool stuff in evidence lockers.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. possibly, gutsy AND stupid as

the two are not mutually exclusive.

[Eleanors38]

4. The "bystander's" sense of justice made him have a sad?

Sounds like he should experience the porcelain-cracking confines of a NO jailhouse crapper.

[GreenStormCloud]

5. That bluff could have gotten him killed.

You can't predict how the other guy is going to react if you make him think you have a gun, and you don't. You are betting your life, for a watch, that he won't shoot you.