A GOOD SAMARITAN IN LYON COUNTY GOT MORE TROUBLE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR WHEN HE STOPPED TO HELP A SUPPOSEDLY STRANDED MOTORIST EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
THE LYON COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THE MAN WAS ROBBED BY THOSE HE WAS GOING TO HELP.
THE VICTIM STOPPED WHEN HE SAW A WOMAN OUTSIDE A DARK RED FORD S-U-V WITH HAZARD LIGHTS ON WAVING FOR THE DRIVER TO STOP JUST BEFORE 1:30AM.
WHEN HE ASKED THE WOMAN WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, A MALE SUBJECT CAME UP BEHIND THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE AND ROBBED HIM OF HIS DEBIT CARD.
THE COUPLE THEN SPED OFF IN THE S-U-V, WHICH HAD NO LICENSE PLATES. IT DID HAVE A PAPER LICENSE IN THE REAR WINDOW.
THE VICTIM WAS UNINJURED. THAT ROBBERY OCCURRED ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MILES WEST OF LARCHWOOD ON COUNTY ROAD A-18 NEAR ARTHUR AVENUE.
February 20 2012
Woody Gottburg