March 6, 2009
Gun-toting bandit follows through on threat
Robs Carling Ave. store for second time ... as cop car sat parked outside
By BETH JOHNSTON, Sun Media
As a city police cruiser sat parked outside, a brazen gunman walked into a Carling Ave. store early this morning and robbed the clerk at gunpoint. It is the fifth time in four weeks the store has been robbed.
The clerk at Food Frenz, on Carling Avenue, said the robber walked in the front door as an Ottawa Police Service cruiser sat parked in the parking lot. Once inside, the man pulled out a large silver handgun on the clerk, telling him he'd shoot him if he alerted the police.
"He said 'I told you I'd be back,'" owner Alice Jadon said.
The last time the store was robbed, last week, the thief threatened he'd be back again.
He took cash, lottery and bus tickets and cigarettes and fled. Two police officers chased with a dog, but he escaped. ( He escaped dogs and cops? How long was his head start? How long did it take the Ottawa Police to put it together? I bet the shop owners had to go outside and tell the officer they were robbed. See, here's the part nobody thinks about when it comes to law enforcement: They don't prevent crime; they just do their 'very best' to solve a crime after the damage has been done. They don't prevent murders, they simply investigate them after the murder has been attempted. Even with a cop in the parking lot the store was robbed- ARE YOU KIDDING? I wonder if that speaks to the level of competency found with in the Ottawa Police Service? I guess Ottawa is a pretty good place to be if you're looking to do anything illegal. The cops just can't figure shit out. If their militaristic, brutal tactics were effective- would this be happening? I wonder if Police Chief Vince Bevan is proud of his squad of incompetent goons? Knowing that this is the type of protection being offered by the Ottawa Police, vigilantism will spread like wildfire! Protect yourself, because the Ottawa Police Service just can't handle the job! I'm sure that's what this article was about ;) Please start asking them questions, holding each and every officer accountable. )- W
Jadon, 63 and her husband Sam Jadon, 66, are fed up. The couple, originally from Palestine, have run convenience stores and food markets in Ottawa and Newmarket for two decades but this location is turning into a problem.
"I feel I've lost my freedom in this country," Alice Jadon said.
"This is not right, this is not fair - not in Ottawa, man," Sam Jadon said.
Technicians were installing colour video cameras today, and they're looking into hiring a private security guard.
Police were unavailable for comment this morning. (Hmmm... Wonder why the Ottawa Police weren't available?! They are not a model force, by any means! WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY?! They can't even produce an answer for the public; WHY DIDN'T YOU PROTECT THEM? WHAT WERE YOU DOING? Is there an issue with officer training? If they were going to tell anything even remotely close to the truth, it would not take this long to release a statement... Would it?)-W
The suspect is described in an Ottawa Police Service press release as a black male, 5-ft.-9 to 5-ft.-10, wearing a green winter jacket and blue jeans.
The robbery was one of two armed thefts within an hour of each other this morning in Ottawa.
In the first incident a lone man armed with a gun robbed an Esso gas station on the 3500 block of Strandherd Road around 3:30 a.m. Brandishing a gun, he demanded the clerk hand over the money.
There were no injuries and the robber made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The suspect is described as a white male, in his mid 20s, 5-ft.-6 to 5-ft.8, stocky build, with short hair and wearing a puffy green jacket.
(Do you the think owner would feel reassured if the Ottawa Police offered to post an officer outside their store for protection?)-W
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