Assault at Post Office

[KBCraig]

This is from Arkansas, but it applies universally: crime can happen anywhere, including "gun free zones". Not to mention, Chenal Parkway is the ritzy part of Little Rock.

I'd have suggested something stronger than pepper spray, although it would be been a good start.


http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0606/336349.html

Crimestoppers:Woman Attacked at West Little Rock Post Office
Wednesday June 14, 2006 9:36pm Reporter: Scott Inman Posted By: Talisa Austin

Little Rock - Two men jumped a woman outside a west Little Rock post office and sexually assaulted her and they are still on the loose. Police want your help in tracking them down.

(Michelle Hill, Crimestoppers Officer)"She had a mailbox inside. She got out of her vehicle. Went in and checked her mail."

When she came out of a post office just off Chenal Parkway, she became the victim of a sexual crime. Two men approached the woman in the parking lot. She was able to quickly get in her car, but couldn't lock the door fast enough. One of the suspects got in the passenger seat and attacked her.

(Hill)"I think they sat and waited for somebody to walk up by themselves."

The woman managed to get free from the suspect and dash into the parking lot of a nearby office building. She hid behind a dumpster, when the two suspects found her and raped her. The victim did give police a good description of the suspects.

(Hill)"One was a black male, bald…The other had a cartoon character, snoopy, on his shirt."

(Hill)"We're also looking for a primer-gray, larger model car. She described it almost as antique looking. It had spinning rims."

Hill says the post office parking lot was well-lighted and cameras do monitor the inside. However, the crime is a good reminder to women that if it's late at night, they should consider almost any place unsafe.

(Hill)"Don't go out by yourself alone at night…There's power in numbers. How you carry your keys…It can look like a weapon.. Pepper spray - nothing illegal about women and men carrying pepper spray."

If you have any information on this case, call the Crimestoppers Hotline at 371-INFO.

[KinnyLee]

That is just infuriating!! These guys need to have their lower parts of their anatomy blown off!

I always tell all my friends about situational awareness. Always look around them before unlocking their cars. Upon entering their vehicle, lock all doors immediately. And drive off. People like to spend time settling in before they drive off. That just gives them the opportunity.

It's sad that most people still believes these kind of things will not happen to them so they are in condition white 24/7. It takes a tragedy to get things rolling, but sometimes that's a little too late.

[1TallTXn]

Its people like those idiots that make me carry!

there's been numerous times where I've walked over closer to a female friend of mine just because of some jerk that was looking at her in a manner that I didn't feel was appropriate. I don't know that they had any plans, but just in case...

[Venus Pax]

This is why I encourage my female friends to carry guns.