An burglary early Thursday in Tempe ended with the suspect beaten and then arrested, police said.
Police said that about 3:30 a.m., Gabriel Saucedo entered a home in the 100 block of West Fifth Street and, when the resident woke, threatened him with a baseball bat and demanded property. Saucedo, 23, held the resident against his will for about five minutes.
But police said the resident, Alex Botsios, ought back and detained Saucedo until police arrived. Investigators said they found signs of forced entry into the residence and missing property.
Police said Saucedo was treated for minor injuries at a hospital. Afterward, he taken to city jail and booked on suspicion of armed robbery and kidnapping.
Burglary suspect in Tempe beaten by victim, arrestedNovember 6th, 2008, 11:41 am · 28 Comments · posted by Mike Branom28 CommentsLeave a Reply |
Hip HIp Hooray for Alex !! Way to go !!
Home owner charged with assault and battery with intent to harm in 3…..2……1
Ha, you are absolutely.
Knee, left foot, right foot, Thank God for guns! Denny Crane
this is why I sleep with my gun on my nightstand
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I have tried to put my gun on the night stand but the 75 round drum is a little bulky. All i have left is the AK47 after having the pistols stolen.
HA I THINK I FOUND NEW FREINDS I SLEEP WITH 2 GLOCKS AT MY HEAD BOARD A HIS AND A HERS IF I DONT GET THEM SHE WILL(,MY WIFE THAT IS)
Can I have 1 too, I live in Mesa
If Botsios detained Saucedo until police came, why was property missing? The article mentioned a bat (the armed robbery part I take it). All you gun-toting crazies need to rethink. You don’t kill someone for taking property. And you sure don’t kill them when they HAVEN’T taken anything. It’s STUFF. Not LIFE. There’s no eye for an eye here. What Botsios did was the right thing to do.
I suspect I’ll be reading some of your names in articles about an “accidental” shooting of a loved one who walked in at an odd hour, or a child who caught you off guard. I hope your guns are registered.
Good for him! Yet another reason to live in a ‘Right to Carry’ state and to vote REPUBLICAN so your 2nd Ammendment Rights are always upheld. Enjoy this story’s outcome, because with dems taking over, they will want to take away our guns and right to protect ourselves. Nevertheless, we should applaud these victims and reward them for their bravery. They save taxpayers thousands if not millions of dollars by giving other criminals an idea of what’s in store for them should they choose to do the same. This criminial should thank God he’s still alive! In this economy, trying to steal from folks in their own homes surely is a death wish.
Was this article written by a 3rd grader? No, they have much better grammer.
Too bad lil’ Gabriel isn’t going to the hospital to be treated for a slight case of DEATH. It’s time to make burglary, and not king crab fishing, the most dangerous job. Come on over to my house, homie! I’ll fix yer wagon!! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!
mike, I bet even a 3rd grader can spell grammar.
No wonder your “newspaper” is going out of print. The so called “Journalist” that wrote this article needs to go back to grade school to learn grammar and how to spell in English. The Tribune also needs to employ some competent editors.
The home owner would have been justified in shooting the criminal having been threatened with a baseball bat. Brave man. A strike to the head with such a bat could easily be fatal.
lbuck -get your head out of your butt. “it is just stuff” is nonsense from bad TV. When a bad guy enters your house you have no way of knowing their intentions. Thousands of Americans are killed, raped, injured and such by these “just stuff” bad guys.
Pistol on my hip, twelve gauge next to the bed and a well trained dog. I don’t plan to have anyone testify I treated them harshly.
Good man Paul, good man.
“Home owner charged with assault and battery”? In this county? Unless there is more to the story I doubt it.
“Too bad lil’ Gabriel isn’t going to the hospital to be treated for a slight case of DEATH.”
AWESOME..THE SCUMBAG GOT HIS ASS BEAT AND ARRESTED. TOO BAD THE SCUMBAG WASNT SHOT AND KILLED. HELL PROBABLY BE OUT IN A FEW DAYS TO TRY IT AGAIN
WONDER IF GABRIEL IS HERE LEGALLY- HOPE HE TRIES MY HOME NEXT
My head is still squar on my shoulders, but thanks for the advice, TV isn’t my influence. Common sense is. I won’t debate gun control - I’m glad you sleep well at night.
I can’t find more on the article, but I didn’t see anywhere where a gun was part of the incident.
So why are the gun slingers so up in arms? (forgive the pun).
Just another grandstand opportunity.
Let’s here from, I don’t know, baseball players, little leaguers, imbattled spouses. My mom used to use my blonde slugger on my dad in their drinking days. I once had to tie my dad up in the garage and detain him by holding a rifle nearby. Fortunately he was drunk and not a stranger.
But I still haven’t read anything in the article about guns.
The victim got the job done without maiming or killing.
Just as Jason got the job done in Tempe by shooting the robber’s truck engine to detain him as he was going to drive off. Instead he sat until police arrived. And he got slapped with the extreme inconvenience of answering to charges of discharging a firearm in the city. Guns are lethal weapons. He didn’t use it as such. He used it because the robber was going to leave and called his bluff. So, with your logic, he should have inflicted a gunshot wound or killed a guy for some copper. I once heard a clown in a bicycle shop who was buying a lock for his bike to attach to his car bike rack. He seriously said he would kill someone if they tried to take his bike off the car. I asked him, ” Really? You’d kill someone for trying to take a bike? Let’s just do speedy death sentences for anyone trespassing, attempting robbery or looking at us crosseyed. Gun down the kooks. Don’t wait for the law who have SOME training. Just fly off the handle of your semi-automatic and slay perhaps a person with Alzheimers entering the wrong house but hasn’t time to explain because you’ve spent hours at the pistol range and your finger itches.
I like Denny Crane as much as the next guy, but don’t accuse ME of being influenced by TV. He is a fantasy character, an extremist developed in the brilliant mind of David Kelley who is obviously sarcasm and irony lost on you Wyatt Earp wannabes.
Oh yeah, and still no answer on how items were missing.
Insurance set up? Friend? Con?
Um the suspect entered the home and threatened the homeowner with a baseball bat. The homeowner was able to disarm the suspect and apply a little justice of his own to the suspect until the cops showed up, good for him. Hopefully the suspect leaves the hospital with broken bones, nothing less would be acceptable. Now, had the homeowner confronted this suspect who had the baseball bat in hand and the homeowner had his gun in his hand, this case would be a self defense issue, and this suspect with the bat would be deceased… at least that’s how it would have happened in my world. Self defense is a reasonable justification in this case had the homeowner shot and killed this armed intruder… end of story!
So, I see this discussion has turned to guns…..I wonder how many of you pro-gun people voted Obama in? You know he’s going to take away your right to bear arms, don’t you? You will no longer be able to sleep with Mr. Glock cozying up at your side, much less Mr. Winchester whispering sweet safe tidings in your ear. You will be defenseless and at the whim of any intruder large enough to have his way with you. You will no longer enjoy knowing that you can defend your loved ones against all invaders, “foreign” AND “domestic”. And THAT, my friends, is one of the basic rights bestowed upon you, PAID IN FULL, with the blood of your sons and daughters, fathers and mothers. I for one will never give up my weapon. The desert is a big place……and I own a big shovel. God save America…..
Oh Yeah…..Toad……that was great. I mean the Grammer, GrammAr thing……haven’t chuckled that hard in say……well, since I, um….well, never. Thanks.
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There was another accomplice that got away.
that is why property was missing.
Botsios is DY NO MITE ! ! ! !
To: WhatWasIThinking - Exactly what are you thinking NOW?? All that drivel about your right to bear arms… & the Obama comments! What do they have to do with someone trying to take a stereo or something & the bad guy was armed with a baseball bat!!! This homeowner ROCKS! He acted appropriately for the situation. Obviously a lot smarter than - well - YOU.
Yes, if more people “ought back,” thugs would have second thoughts about committing home invasions. The suspects lucky to be alive, if that had been a gun owner’s home he would be at the morgue.