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Waiting game.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(store owner Merlony Colaco catches robbers at gun point )(Brief article)

The New American

| July 09, 2007 | Williamsen, Kurt | COPYRIGHT 2007 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

When a thrown brick busted out a store window at the Molly Pitcher Mini Mart in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, at 11:30 p.m. on March 28, an hour and a half after store hours, owner Merlony Colaco was ready. He grabbed the shotgun that he'd purchased after two previous bust-and-grab burglaries that month, and he snuck up behind the robber, who was stuffing packs of cigarettes into a trash bag. "The intruder's head was covered with a shirt" to mask the identity of the thief, reported the Chambersburg Public Opinion.

When Colaco got the drop on the intruder and the mask was removed, the intruder turned ...

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