Infinite Monkeys

A Little Harmless Vigilante Justice

God bless Fred Warren. Here is a man who takes no guff from punk vandals. Instead, he chases them down like the mutts they are.

Here's the story, courtesy of The Press-Enterprise:

When Fred Warren saw three teens tagging a wall next to his home Wednesday night, he didn't report it, police said.

Instead, after the spray paint-wielding boys brushed off his wife, the Bloomington man climbed into his Ford Ranger and followed them, Rialto police Sgt. Don Lewis said.

A 10-minute car chase through Rialto ensued, Lewis said, ending when the boys attempted to run Warren off the road but instead crashed into a telephone box and wrecked the pickup they were driving.

The cops, if you can believe it, think Fred was pretty dumb for doing what he did.

"Rather than calling us," Lewis said Thursday, "he was trying to do it all himself. These kids could have been armed, or who knew?"

Sure, sure. Play it safe. Would the police have responded in time? Of course not. The kids would have been long gone. Thanks to Fred Warren, not only are three juvenile delinquents out of action, but so is a filthy meth-head. According to the story:

The boys, all San Bernardino residents, were taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, and later released with the assault citation.

While there, one of their fathers... began giving police a hard time, Lewis said.

His name was run through the system, and it showed an outstanding felony methamphetamine possession warrant. James P. Simmons, 42, of San Bernardino, was booked at West Valley Detention Center, records show.

So Fred Warren took action. Fred Warren is a hero. And what thanks does he get? Well, at least the cops didn't arrest him:

As for Warren, police sent him home without any charges. His instinct to stop the tagging was correct, Lewis said, but perhaps not his method.

"It was an 'Ain't gonna happen in my neighborhood' type thing," Lewis said. "But we explained to him afterwards the proper way to do things."

With all due respect to Sergeant Lewis of the Rialto PD, Fred Warren played it right all the way. Give the man a medal.

Posted by H.L. Monkey at August 11, 2007 08:53 AM