Stolen from JoCo Hawk
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MINNEAPOLIS -- An Iowa football fan in town for the Gophers final game at the Metrodome helped Minneapolis police catch a criminal Friday night.
As bars were closing in the Warehouse District early Saturday morning, officers responded to shots fired in a parking lot near 5th Street and Hennepin Avenue.
Video: Man Catches Criminal
At the parking lot they found Christopher Scott Sinclair, 29, of Minnetonka shooting up a car.
“For him to start firing off five shots randomly, we're very lucky he didn't hit somebody,” Sgt. Jesse Garcia said.
Sinclair took off running when he saw police. Police chased Sinclair for about two city blocks, where he ditched his gun in a sewer outside the Hard Rock Café.
Outrunning police, Sinclair was about to be home free, but he didn’t count on Matt Schultz.
“Right as we were walking out of the bar, we saw the guy running and two cops chasing after him and my brother just yells out, ‘Get him!’,” Schultz said.
Schultz, 24, was in town for the Iowa-Minnesota football game. The Iowa native and former high school wide receiver passed the officers in pursuit, and a block later, caught up to Sinclair.
“So then I just ran up behind him and put my arm around his neck and brought him down,” Schultz said. “Then I had him in a sleeper hold until the cops came and they took care of the rest.”
Minneapolis police don’t recommend citizens taking the law into their own hands, but they’re happy to have their suspect, without anyone getting hurt.
“We don't always recommend that someone help out, with someone potentially armed, but in this case it worked out well and the guy went to jail and nobody was hurt,” Sgt. Jesse Garcia said.
Sinclair was booked into jail on suspicion of discharging a weapon, property damage and carrying a weapon without a permit.
Hittin' it in the bathroom, with time to chase down criminals when we're done. Go Hawks!
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Shooting up a car?
That’s entertainment on a Saturday night in Minneapolis? I expected better (or less redneck at least).
by chitownhawkeye on Nov 26, 2008 10:26 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
How fat were these Minneapolis cops?
Schultz was behind the cops, ran past them and caught the bad guy. Were they running a 30.4 40?
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
by HoyaGoon on Nov 26, 2008 3:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The Iowa Football Team weren't the only ones outrunning Minnesotans Saturday night
Props to Matt Schutlz. Too bad he’s overshadowed by the comic-turned-tragic DomeSex Scandal
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Nov 26, 2008 4:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Video of the arrest
The Minneapolis police have released surveillance video of the arrest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1msSoEj2Tf4
I wonder where Schultz found the scissors…
Oops Pow Surprise: "I'm stuck writing at the Titty Barn."
by Hawkeye State on Nov 29, 2008 10:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Brian Costello
Once a force to be reckoned with, but was never the same after that match.
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon....
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Dec 1, 2008 11:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Was Brutus always so, um....
teabaggy?
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
by Oops Pow Surprise on Dec 2, 2008 9:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think we found our new gunner
Kick coverage has been suffering ever since The Irish Car Bomb got his 97th concussion. Someone sign this guy up.
by NorseHawk on Dec 1, 2008 8:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

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