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That’s one effective way of stopping a car thief from taking your vehicle: a Bronx mother saw a stranger in her car, so she took matters into her own hands, beating him up and sitting on him until police arrived.
Tihisha Jones is a single mother and her car had been vandalized twice already, she tells CBS News. As she was getting ready to take her son to school, she saw a man inside her car. He was in the driver’s seat, so there was no mistaking what he was doing – or planning to do: he was about to steal the car.
Without thinking, Jones launched on the man and started beating him. She tells the media outlet she doesn’t recall much about what she did to him, since she sort of “blacked out,” but she does remember thinking she wasn’t about to let him go through with his plan.
“As I got closer I see the guy in the driver's seat bending down over like something (was) in there,” she says. “I don't know what happened. I blacked out after that. I couldn't tell you. I just went into rage. I just kept hitting him, saying, ‘You was trying to steal my car. Like, really, are you serious?’.”
At one point, the suspected car thief, later identified as 19-year-old Bernardino Santiago, tried to get out of his t-shirt, thinking it would allow him to slip his victim’s grasp. As the video at the bottom of the page shows, he was wrong: Jones sat on him to prevent him from getting away, and stayed there until the police arrived.
The entire incident was filmed by a neighbor from an upstairs apartment. Jones says she had to see the video to see her reaction – and the beating she put on the would-be thief.
“I just had enough,” she says for the same media outlet. “It's time to fight back. I don't this is fair for people to work hard for your things for people to take your things away.”
Santiago didn’t need medical assistance after he got roughed up by his victim. He was very drunk and tried to talk his way out of trouble with the police by claiming he thought he was getting in an Uber. He is now facing a series of charges, including attempted grand larceny auto.
Without thinking, Jones launched on the man and started beating him. She tells the media outlet she doesn’t recall much about what she did to him, since she sort of “blacked out,” but she does remember thinking she wasn’t about to let him go through with his plan.
“As I got closer I see the guy in the driver's seat bending down over like something (was) in there,” she says. “I don't know what happened. I blacked out after that. I couldn't tell you. I just went into rage. I just kept hitting him, saying, ‘You was trying to steal my car. Like, really, are you serious?’.”
At one point, the suspected car thief, later identified as 19-year-old Bernardino Santiago, tried to get out of his t-shirt, thinking it would allow him to slip his victim’s grasp. As the video at the bottom of the page shows, he was wrong: Jones sat on him to prevent him from getting away, and stayed there until the police arrived.
The entire incident was filmed by a neighbor from an upstairs apartment. Jones says she had to see the video to see her reaction – and the beating she put on the would-be thief.
“I just had enough,” she says for the same media outlet. “It's time to fight back. I don't this is fair for people to work hard for your things for people to take your things away.”
Santiago didn’t need medical assistance after he got roughed up by his victim. He was very drunk and tried to talk his way out of trouble with the police by claiming he thought he was getting in an Uber. He is now facing a series of charges, including attempted grand larceny auto.
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