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> THIS IS A TRUE STORY....HEARD IT ON TV AS WELL>
BE CAREFUL WHEN WALKING AT NIGHT.....AND
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN AT WALMART....
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> Friday night they went to a wedding reception at the UL Alumni House
> (the old Heymann residence) on campus. As they were walking to their
> car, Which was parked across from Wisdom Chapel, they were attacked and
> beaten by 5 guys and two girls. There was no robbery attempt. Dudley
> seems to think they were "high" on something, because in attempting to
> protect himself he hit one of the guys who was kicking him squarely in
> the "personals" and the guy didn't even feel it. One of the girls
> screamed "kill the bitch" as they knocked Gretchen down. A passerby on
> his way to work scared them off. Campus police and local police were
> called. For some reason they seem to think some of the "wait staff"
> from the reception might be involved. They are investigating.
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> I don't know if I relayed the following to you or not, but if I did,
> Just chalk it up to a "Senior Moment". Kate, the engineer in our
> office, told us that her cousin was shopping at the Wal-Mart on Pinhook
> with her 10-year-old and 4-year-old boys. They were on the cereal aisle
> and the boys were checking out the different cereals. A man grabbed her
> 4-year-old by the neck of his shirt and was taking off with him. The
> 10-year-old started screaming and grabbed his brother's legs and was
> Holding on to him. Kate's cousin started screaming for help and the man
> dropped The boy and took off running. No one came to her assistance --
> not even security. Two weeks before that a lady Kate knows was shopping
> in the same Wal-Mart when a man tried to grab her purse from her. They
> had a tug of war and the lady was screaming for help. The man let go
> and ran out -- and you guessed it -- no one came to her assistance --
> not even security!
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> I had heard that the crime rate in Lafayette has gone up considerably
> lately, but that fact is not being advertised! Just be careful and
> attentive while out in Lafayette -- either daytime or nighttime!
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