This is the kind of story that drives me nuts.
Not because the bad guy got away without justice having a chance to be served in the end.
No, it drives me nuts because, frankly, this guy shouldn’t have been able to do the things that he did most recently.
When you hear the details, you’ll agree. Dave Urbanski writes,
A Texas male with 37 prior arrests was released from jail, cut off his ankle monitor, then went on a crime spree, stealing over $200,000 in jewelry, KSAT-TV reported, citing the San Antonio Police Department and new documents.
Michael Allen Loving, 38, was arrested again Tuesday after being accused in connection with a string of recent robberies and thefts, namely from pawn shops and mall jewelry stores, the station said.
“I would say that it’s brazen that he just walks in, in the middle of the day,” said Camelia Juarez, a SAPD public information officer, according to KSAT. “He will just smash the glass, break it and take off with [the jewelry].”
Urbanski continues:
Loving also threatened EZ Pawn shop workers with a gun, police told the station.
That’s just nuts. With 37 previous arrest, it seems incredibly unlikely that he was innocent of all charges on all of them, and the fact that he had an ankle monitor that he cut off implies that he was found guilty of something and put on house arrest.
But with 37 arrests, why was he on house arrest and not in jail?
I don’t know the answer for that, and, frankly, it’s not relevant to my point in bringing up this story in the first place.
The point of bringing this story to your attention? This guy is dangerous. It wasn’t just theft (which is bad enough). It wasn’t that it was a lot of theft.
No, this guy used a firearm to intimidate people to commit a crime.
He threatened people.
That’s not acceptable, and if this kind of thing happens to you (and I hope that it never does), you need to be able to defend yourself at all times.
That’s why I brought this story to you: This story should encourage you to carry everyday.
Because the life that you save may be your own.