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RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:12 am
by southerngale
I thought this was pretty funny. It could have turned out badly, though. This old lady would have no part in being robbed... and the guy was in a gang! Brave woman.
87-year old woman chases robber from home with RAIDJasper Police say a man is behind bars after an 87-year old woman chased an attempted robber from her home with a can of RAID bug spray.
Alex Fowler, 26, of Jasper, was arrested today and charged with aggravated robbery.
According to Lt. James Cook, Fowler is a known and admitted CRIP gang member with the words "Crip for Life" tattooed across the front of his neck.
According to Cook, Fowler approached Dorothy Williams, 69, and Sue Erzen, 87, in the 1000 block of North Zavalla. Fowler was allegedly wearing a bandana for a mask, a hat of some type, rubber gloves and carrying a handgun and demanded the victim's purses.
Cook said the victims told Fowler they had no money but he insisted that he be given the purses. The two women confronted Fowler, the eldest with a can of Raid insect repellent. The suspect then fled on foot, south on Zavalla.
Police gained information from their investigation and located the suspect at his residence in the 870 block of North Zavalla.
"We located the weapon, a black-colored BB pistol, the bandana, rubber gloves and a dark-colored toboggan from a back bedroom inside the residence," Cook said.
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:46 am
by Stephanie
Gang members are like roaches. VERY appropriate!!
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:50 pm
by arkess7
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:24 pm
by breeze
*High Five*, Sue Erzen!
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:05 pm
by Category 5
funny stories with raid lately, my dad accidentally cleaned the tables with raid the other week thinking it was pledge.
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:01 pm
by Ptarmigan
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:34 pm
by Ptarmigan
Category 5 wrote:funny stories with raid lately, my dad accidentally cleaned the tables with raid the other week thinking it was pledge.
RAID is really oily and persists for a while. The oily stuff in RAID is what helps kills cockroaches besides pyrethroid.
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:06 pm
by southerngale
The quickest way to kill a cockroach is with wasp & hornet spray. With roach spray, you often have to chase them and spray them and then hope they die after they crawl off, crawling over more things and contaminating them. With wasp & hornet spray, if you hit them, they die instantly. No staggering around. Plus, it shoots from over 20 feet away, so you don't even have to get close to the nasty creatures! Blech!
LOL cat5... how many did he clean? You'd think he'd notice the smell pretty quickly. Roach spray stinks.
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:14 pm
by Stephanie
Category 5 wrote:funny stories with raid lately, my dad accidentally cleaned the tables with raid the other week thinking it was pledge.
Oh your Mom must've been THRILLED!!
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:18 pm
by O Town
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:19 pm
by Category 5
Yeah, we were all thrilled.
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:51 pm
by Ptarmigan
Category 5 wrote:Yeah, we were all thrilled.
Look on the bright side, RAID will continously kill any insects that go on the table.
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:38 pm
by Category 5
Ptarmigan wrote:Category 5 wrote:Yeah, we were all thrilled.
Look on the bright side, RAID will continously kill any insects that go on the table.
The funny is that evening we saw a couple of ants on the table just roll over and die.
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:57 pm
by Stephanie
Category 5 wrote:Ptarmigan wrote:Category 5 wrote:Yeah, we were all thrilled.
Look on the bright side, RAID will continously kill any insects that go on the table.
The funny is that evening we saw a couple of ants on the table just roll over and die.
OMG!!
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:37 pm
by Ptarmigan
Category 5 wrote:The funny is that evening we saw a couple of ants on the table just roll over and die.
The residue lasts for weeks.
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:02 am
by O Town
I just wouldn't eat off if it for a few weeks Cat5, until the Raid wares off.
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:46 pm
by abajan
southerngale wrote:...With roach spray, you often have to chase them and spray them and then hope they die after they crawl off, crawling over more things and contaminating them. With wasp & hornet spray, if you hit them, they die instantly. No staggering around. Plus, it shoots from over 20 feet away, so you don't even have to get close to the nasty creatures! Blech!...
You know, just the other day I was thinking that ants probably crawl over the same surfaces as cockroaches and spread the same germs but hardly anyone sees ants in the same light as roaches.
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:14 pm
by vbhoutex
Here's something for everyone to think about. Do you really have any idea what crawls over and around anything in your house once the lights go out?
Re: RAID! It's not just for roaches!
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:30 pm
by Stephanie
vbhoutex wrote:Here's something for everyone to think about. Do you really have any idea what crawls over and around anything in your house once the lights go out?
Yeah, my cat and dogs....
