[quote]Sarasota Police Department in Florida have released incredible surveillance footage showing a man wielding a machete chasing off three home invaders, one of whom was armed with a shotgun.
Police said that they received calls about a suspicious armed man around 4.45am ET (9.45am BST) on Thursday (15 June) morning. As they gathered more information, they said they discovered that a homeowner had disarmed the man and was holding him until law enforcement arrived.
The man told police that there were two other suspects - a description of the suspects vehicle quickly led them to a petrol station where four men were arrested. Police said one was carrying zip ties.
In interviews, police said two admitted to the robbery. Police later found surveillance footage showing three men entering the property carrying a shotgun, machete and crowbar. Police named the men as Alen Beltran-Vazquez, Angel Cabrera-Basulto and Ronier Jauregui-Lorente from south Florida.
Shotgun-wielding Beltran-Vazquez was captured by the man during the incident and held until police arrived while the other two fled, the sheriff's office said.
The two other men in the vehicle were named as Jorge Valido-Leyva and Roberto Salcedo-Balanza. Authorities said they helped coordinate the botched robbery.
All five men have been charged and are being held in Sarasota County Jail without bond. The two men who police say did not enter the property face two counts of principal to armed robbery each; Beltran-Vazquez is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and armed robbery; and the last two are charged with two counts of armed robbery.
Police added that the investigation was ongoing and further charges were pending.
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[url=http://video.ibtimes.co.uk/transcoder/480p/133/homeowner-1497889570.mp4]Bideo included[/url] http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/watch-machete-wielding-florida-man-chase-off-gun-toting-home-invaders-1626954
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Funny enough, he lives on my street. My parents are friends with him, and when my dad and him talked, he told him he would have killed the man, had his wife and friend not held him back.
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Why go for the melee kill
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Proves swords are superior to guns.
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I remember seeing this on the nightly news. Still not as crazy as the naked florida man who stole a decorative swan or this older bit of news about how a sex toy shop fended off armed robbers by throwing dildos at them. [spoiler]It starts at 2:12 in this video.[/spoiler]
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They should make a movie about Florida man
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florida man strikes again [spoiler]Im a florida man :([/spoiler]
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It's Florida, this is a normal Tuesday afternoon for the majority of residents there
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Damn. Florida-man struck again.
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I would kill to have Florida man made into a cartoon about a batshit crazy super hero that fights crime with crazy tactics while using drugs for super powers, but also doing crazy shit on the side and -blam!-ing things up often as badly as the crimes he's stopping.
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What's with the #Australia ?
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1. That website has an Adblock detector. Darn. 2. I can't remember the last time I had a video load so slowly with no internet connection problems. Now back on topic: I'm glad they didn't shoot him when he came back out with his machete. Good job to him!
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Florida man, making a change for the better. First he was eating pancakes in the middle of the road, and throwing rocks at alligators, and now he's dealing vigilante justice. Never change, Florida man. [spoiler]yeet[/spoiler]
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His name was Jason. Today as his birthday
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Edited by Furiously Dashing: 6/20/2017 7:23:18 PMMeh, a shotgun blast is no trouble at all. It only does 62.5 damage and can easily be reversed by a Medkit. Also the reload speed is 7 whole seconds. 7! I could brush my teeth in a shorter amount of time!! [i]However[/i], the knife (only God knows why it's like this) does 100 damage no matter the location of the wound. Seriously, the only thing I have wrong with it is the range.
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Florida man is turning his life around I see. Now he's taking out guys like him.
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Now that's manly.
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Florida man strikes again [spoiler]Im a florida man :([/spoiler]
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With that many hyphenated names I expected it be an army of feminist, not illegal aliens.