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human being is a hero. Oh and another thing, "exceptional nobility and courage? Yada, yada,
yada.
males in the pickup truck, she felt something was not right, so she contacted an employee of
I was walking through Liberty Park in Inverness a couple of days after the diner
Brown's Auto Service who had keys to the business, so the business could be checked.
experience and I asked a ten year old to tell me who was his hero. He said, "my dad." I asked him
why his dad. He said, "because he's my dad." I stopped to get some gas and asked a young lady
When the Brown's Auto Service employee arrived, the two witnesses said they'd entered the
who was buying some gum about her hero. She said, "my aunt." When I asked why, she added,
business through the front door then had gone into the yard through a side door, rather than
"my aunt is s single mom and has three kids and works full time, she's incredible." I had to agree
the gate, to avoid making noise. As the witnesses were walking to the rear of the business
that three kids and a job was strength for sure.
property, the Brown's Auto Service employee saw flashlights at the south end of the property.
Seems there are all kinds of reasons a person can be vaulted to hero status. The classic
As he got closer, he saw three white males, gathered around a green vehicle with an open
definition leaves out so many though. What about the scientists that discover amazing things?
hood. When he shone his light on the males, he said, two fled into the woods and the third
How about Lee Iacocca?
attempted to hide behind a truck, then also fled into the woods.
When it comes right down to it, a hero simply gives us a good feeling about who we are as
The two witnesses said they had then returned to the front of the business and
people. They are brave, honest, creative, curious, tenacious, kind, selfless, and many other
contacted the sheriff's office.
things we regard as honorable. Every culture has its heroes and they are different for different
While one of the deputies checked the rear of La Puma Auto Sales, a juvenile walked
cultures; people we call despicable terrorist murderers are called heroes by others.
toward him with his hands in the air. The boy was wet from hiding in a pond located south of
I was lucky to not step into the older gentleman's praise of his Obama hero by throwing
and behind the business. He told the deputy that another of the suspects was still "out
my own two cents worth in. After all, it's his hero, not mine. My heroes you ask? Hrmmm... I feel
there," but he did't know where. The deputy handcuffed the boy and placed him into custody.
honored to have walked the Earth with George Harrison. His messages live on. I miss you
A property crimes detective interviewed the juvenile and La Puma at the sheriff's
George.
office's Operations Center. The juvenile said he had been with La Puma and another male
whose name he did not know. He said they had gone to Brown's Auto Service to remove
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vehicle parts, and that he was the lookout. He said that La Puma had walked from the back of
La Puma Auto Sales to the back of Brown's Auto Service, to see if the area was clear. He said
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that La Puma told them that the area was clear and all three of them had gone to Brown's Auto
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Service. He said, that after they had entered the property, La Puma had told them that he was
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returning to his business, leaving him and the unknown suspect at Brown's Auto Service. A
short time later, he said, they had seen the two witnesses and had scattered, going off in
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The owner of Brown's Auto Service told deputies that La Puma had been to her
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vehicles at the rear of her business. She said she had told La Puma that she did not want to sell
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The juvenile and La Puma were both placed under arrest around 1:45 a.m., March 16,
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