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Glad they caught this bitch. lol at her trying to bark commands.
"Dude, she's rich, she's eating at a restaurant." Disgusting trash.
McGruff the Crime Dog teaches kids to 'take a bite out of crime' but what happens when the criminal takes a bite out of you?
That's what lawyer Jonathan Damon encountered when he caught 24-year-old Mikayla Hull trying to make off with a 75-year-old's purse Tuesday.
The victim, Evelyn Searl, was eating at a restaurant in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her daughter when Hull rode up on her bike and swiped the bag.
Take a bite out of crime: 24-year-old purse-snatching suspect Mikayla Hull is caught on camera biting the man straddling her, a lawyer named Jonathan Damon
Searl ran after her but tripped and fell on her face.
Before Hull could get away, three men apprehended her and pinned her to the ground, with Mr Damon straddling her so she couldn't get up while they waited for police.
Hull's detainment by the citizen arresters was caught on camera by a passing Grand Rapids Press reporter.
The video picks up after Hull has been pinned to the ground, and she starts asking to be rolled over and have her hands put behind her back instead of being straddled.
Ms Searl is also captured laying on the ground after slipping and falling.
It seems that witnesses believed that Hull hit Ms Searl, and while she admitted to taking the bag, Hull tells Mr Damon that she didn't touch the woman.
'Dude she's rich, she's eating at a restaurant,' Hull said. 'I didn't break her nose. I snatched her purse. It was sitting on the table. I swear to god I wouldn't hit her.'
Hull continues to ask to be turned over, but the men refuse and she starts to wiggle in an attempt to break free.
'You're struggling you should not be struggling because you're going to get hurt,' Mr Damon warns.
'Alright, you asked for it,' he says before she bites him in the arm.
Once Hull starts biting, Mr Damon starts punching her in the face until one of the other men tells him to stop.
'You just assaulted me fool,' she said.
After Hull was taken into custody by police, Mr Damon spoke with the reporter and seemed to be confused about Hull's gender, referring to her as a 'he' though he can clearly be heard in the video using 'she'.
Arrested: Police say Hull will be charged with larceny from a person and assault.
'I was raised to never hit a girl,' he told the Press. 'I was raised at a time when you had no concept of a girl doing that. In the 1950s, girls didn't snatch purses. They wore petticoats.'
While Mr Damon was praised by the daughter of the victim, he's also received criticism on the web for punching a woman.
'I know I'm a bleeding heart and all that, but him slugging [the] girl in the head probably could've been avoided. The cops sure wouldn't have gotten away with it,' one commenter wrote.
After the incident he went to the hospital to treat the bite wound, which he says broke skin. Mr Damon received a tetanus shot and a prescription for antibiotics. Doctors told him to return if the wound becomes infected.
Hull was taken into custody and a police spokesman said she will be charged with larceny from a person and aggravated assault.
Police said they would not charge Mr Damon for hitting Hull.
'I don't think a crime was committed by him,' said Grand Rapids Police Lt Pete McWatters. 'To the contrary, he was defending himself.'
Paramedics examined Ms Searl on the scene and determined she was uninjured.
Her daughter, Samantha Searl, posted a comment on MLive.com about the incident:
'We want to make sure that everyone knows that she WAS NOT HIT by the thief, but FELL chasing after her. We are very thankful for all those who helped make a citizens arrest and, hopefully, end the thief's career.'
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"Dude, she's rich, she's eating at a restaurant." Disgusting trash.
McGruff the Crime Dog teaches kids to 'take a bite out of crime' but what happens when the criminal takes a bite out of you?
That's what lawyer Jonathan Damon encountered when he caught 24-year-old Mikayla Hull trying to make off with a 75-year-old's purse Tuesday.
The victim, Evelyn Searl, was eating at a restaurant in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her daughter when Hull rode up on her bike and swiped the bag.
Take a bite out of crime: 24-year-old purse-snatching suspect Mikayla Hull is caught on camera biting the man straddling her, a lawyer named Jonathan Damon
Searl ran after her but tripped and fell on her face.
Before Hull could get away, three men apprehended her and pinned her to the ground, with Mr Damon straddling her so she couldn't get up while they waited for police.
Hull's detainment by the citizen arresters was caught on camera by a passing Grand Rapids Press reporter.
The video picks up after Hull has been pinned to the ground, and she starts asking to be rolled over and have her hands put behind her back instead of being straddled.
Ms Searl is also captured laying on the ground after slipping and falling.
It seems that witnesses believed that Hull hit Ms Searl, and while she admitted to taking the bag, Hull tells Mr Damon that she didn't touch the woman.
'Dude she's rich, she's eating at a restaurant,' Hull said. 'I didn't break her nose. I snatched her purse. It was sitting on the table. I swear to god I wouldn't hit her.'
Hull continues to ask to be turned over, but the men refuse and she starts to wiggle in an attempt to break free.
'You're struggling you should not be struggling because you're going to get hurt,' Mr Damon warns.
'Alright, you asked for it,' he says before she bites him in the arm.
Once Hull starts biting, Mr Damon starts punching her in the face until one of the other men tells him to stop.
'You just assaulted me fool,' she said.
After Hull was taken into custody by police, Mr Damon spoke with the reporter and seemed to be confused about Hull's gender, referring to her as a 'he' though he can clearly be heard in the video using 'she'.
Arrested: Police say Hull will be charged with larceny from a person and assault.
'I was raised to never hit a girl,' he told the Press. 'I was raised at a time when you had no concept of a girl doing that. In the 1950s, girls didn't snatch purses. They wore petticoats.'
While Mr Damon was praised by the daughter of the victim, he's also received criticism on the web for punching a woman.
'I know I'm a bleeding heart and all that, but him slugging [the] girl in the head probably could've been avoided. The cops sure wouldn't have gotten away with it,' one commenter wrote.
After the incident he went to the hospital to treat the bite wound, which he says broke skin. Mr Damon received a tetanus shot and a prescription for antibiotics. Doctors told him to return if the wound becomes infected.
Hull was taken into custody and a police spokesman said she will be charged with larceny from a person and aggravated assault.
Police said they would not charge Mr Damon for hitting Hull.
'I don't think a crime was committed by him,' said Grand Rapids Police Lt Pete McWatters. 'To the contrary, he was defending himself.'
Paramedics examined Ms Searl on the scene and determined she was uninjured.
Her daughter, Samantha Searl, posted a comment on MLive.com about the incident:
'We want to make sure that everyone knows that she WAS NOT HIT by the thief, but FELL chasing after her. We are very thankful for all those who helped make a citizens arrest and, hopefully, end the thief's career.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2fNUuGoaJ
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