Teen defends PS3 with samurai sword
A teenager in Miami attacked a burglar trying to nab his beloved console from his house by swinging a samurai sword at the terrified robber, reports Local10.com. Damien Fernandez, a karate brown belt, and his 15-year-old sister Deanne were alone in their Miami-Dade County house on the afternoon of...
A teenager in Miami attacked a burglar trying to nab his beloved console from his house by swinging a samurai sword at the terrified robber, reports Local10.com.
Damien Fernandez, a karate brown belt, and his 15-year-old sister Deanne were alone in their Miami-Dade County house on the afternoon of June 8 when two men broke in by prying open the front door.
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Deanne heard the thieves break in and hid in her closet while the two men grabbed jewelery from her parents' bedroom. The robbers then found an empty PlayStation 3 box, and started searching the rest of the house for the actual console. But when Damien woke up, the pair had a surprise waiting for them.
The plucky lad says, "Once I saw [one of the robbers] take off running back, I jumped off my bed and I grabbed my sword...and I just waited for him." When the teenager swung at the robber in a ninjalike way with his samurai sword, "he freaked out," and fled the premises sans PS3.
The youngster then chased the fleeing robber down the road, where the thief was apprehended by a police dog while attempting to hide underneath a palm tree. The suspect, 21-year-old Javier Cotera, was arrested and is scheduled to appear in court in two weeks. The second man managed to get away.
However, Damian's father, Delio Fernandez, didn't sound too impressed with his son's heroics. He said, "If he would have had a gun, I could have lost one of my children."
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