Disabled Man Robbed in His Own Home, Community Comes Out to Help Him
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Channel: Dayton 24/7 Now · 2012 · News & Politics
DAYTON -- A 70 year old, who is confined to a wheelchair, becomes the victim of a robbery inside his own home. But once word got out about what happened to John Thacker, people from as far away as Troy rushed to help him out.''Give it up, he said give it up!'', John Thacker told us that's what the man who barged into his Jersey Street home Thursday afternoon said to him, ''Then he came over here and tried to grab me and I grabbed the stick and tried to beat him off.''But John wasn't strong enough and showed us where the man ripped his shirt nearly off his body and grabbed 50 out of his pocket.That money was from a check John had just cashed at the Food for Less on Third Street.''All I got left is , that's all I got left'', John told us, worried if he was going to be able to feed himself and his dogs for the rest of the month.But as he worried, people from all over Dayton and a family all the way from Troy came by to drop off food and pet supplies.Matthew Bishop and his family made the drive to Kroger and then to Dayton from Troy late Friday afternoon.''We just wanted to bring them some food and we brought you a chicken for dinner tonight'', Matthew told John as he handed him the groceries his family had purchased.''What makes someone think that they have the right to do this to people it's just sad'', Matthew told us.John Thacker meanwhile was overwhelmed with the generosity of complete strangers, ''You're beautiful people all of you are beautiful people.''Thacker told police the robber was a black male around 6 feet tall and about 200 pounds. If you know anything about this crime, call Dayton Police at 333-COPS.
