Jacob Wessel learned to his dismay that he broke into the wrong Indianapolis house Thursday night
43-year-old, 5-foot-6 Karen Dolley woke up in her Indianapolis home around midnight Thursday when she heard the sound of someone in her living room. Karen hopped out of bed, switched on the lights, and came face to face with 30-year-old Jacob Wessel who had forced his way into her house through the back door..
Karen immediately went into attack mode. She punched him about 10 times before poor old Jake knew what hit him. They ended up in her bedroom. She reached for her gun in a nearby drawer, but in the heat of battle, she opened the wrong drawer. Oh shit, no gun! Not to worry. Karen quickly grabbed the ninjato, a Japanese sword, which she always kept by her bed. She dialed 9-1-1 and held the thunderstruck Jake at bay until the cops showed up.
The cops hauled Jake’s thankful ass off to the slammer and charged him with residential entry, a Level 6 felony.
Karen told the Indy Star: “I didn’t think I was getting good blows in but my knuckles are bruised today. Hitting someone like that, it isn’t like the movies. You’re expecting it to be louder and see people jerk around, but that’s not how it happens in real life.”
It turns out Karen had some experience in medieval combat fighting. As an 18-year-old, much to the regret of Jake, she was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a group which re-creates arts and skills from Europe prior to the 17th Century. Her medieval combat training stood her in good Thursday night.
I suspect that Jake is happy to be safely locked up and may be contemplating a new line of work.
1 comment:
He is very lucky she didn't slice and dice his happy ass. Seems like it would have been legally justified under the circumstances.
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