ANGRY TEXANS FELL ROBBERS WITH BASEBALL BATS

Neighbors inflict heavy dose of curbside justice

It is likely that these four robbers will choose some less dangerous crimes to commit in the future.

BAT-WIELDING NEIGHBORS ATTACK ROBBERY SUSPECTS
By Dale Lezon

Houston Chronicle
June 25, 2012

Residents at a Pasadena mobile home park used baseball bats to attack four men who had robbed a neighbor on Monday, officials said.

One of the men was flown by LifeFlight medical helicopter to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. Another was taken to Bayshore Medical Center and then also was flown my LifeFlight to Memorial Hermann-The Texas Medical Center. Their injuries and conditions were not released.

The other two men were not injured, said Vance Mitchell, spokesman for the Pasadena Police Department.

Three of the four men had forced their way into the home in the 900 block of Perla near Lafferty about 1:30 a.m., Mitchell said. The fourth man stayed in their vehicle.

One of the residents managed to get outside and alert neighbors, Mitchell said, who are relatives.

The neighbors armed themselves with baseball bats and attacked the men when they came out of the trailer, Mitchell said. Three left in their vehicle. The fourth, badly beaten, was lying on the ground, the spokesman said.

The residents gave officers a description of the get-away vehicle and officers stopped it a short time later. Inside, they found a second severely beaten man, Mitchell said. Officers also found guns as well as cash and hydrocondone pills apparently taken in the heist. Police did not disclose how much cash was discovered.

The four men were taken into custody and charges are pending against them.