Korean Thief Apprehended By USFK Soldier

This is a great story to read to go into the weekend with:

Minutes later the one he’d seen with the brick reappeared, “kind of casing the joint,” as if getting ready to try to loot the machine further.

Thomason had seen enough. He put on his athletic shoes and went downstairs.

“I know the people who own the store down below, I shop in there,” he said. “Nobody wants that kind of crap going on in their neighborhood. I just didn’t think it was right.”

Concealing himself, he waited for the man.

When the man came near, Thomason burst into view, all six-feet five-inches and 250 pounds of him.

“He kind of looked like a ghost when I first popped out around the bongo truck,” said Thomason. “He looked like I was the police.”

He grabbed the man’s shirt. The man spun and tried to use an elbow to break Thomason’s grasp. Thomason said he put him in a sleeper hold.

The E7 eventually turned the thief over to police and was awarded by the local police department for his good deed with a watch and 200,000 won.  He ended up donating the money to a local charity.  I checked Naver for the story but didn’t see anything there, but hopefully it gets picked up by some local media.  If every GI incident makes headlines in the Korean media than at least this one should as well.  Great job by SFC Thomason by the way and a great story to read about to start the weekend. 

HT: Nomad