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95-year-old woman thwarts would-be robber with walkerTimes staff writer © St. Petersburg Times, published December 12, 1998 When she told him she had none, he tried to hit her. So Powell, who has arthritis and gets around with a walker, picked up the walker and started hitting the man. "I let him have it," Powell said Friday night. "I hope I hurt him bad." When the man tried to take her walker, Powell went to the back door and called out, "Y'all come in." The man, possibly thinking other people were in the back yard, left. Powell called the police and stayed on the front porch until they arrived, afraid that the man might still be in the house on E 22nd Street. As of Friday night the man had not been arrested.. Although Powell said she felt excited by her run-in with a robber, it's not something she wants to repeat. She thinks she'll get one of those new-fangled "house alarm things" instead of relying on her trusty walker.
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AMPA -- A would-be robber broke into 95-year-old Ada Powell's home Friday evening, wielding what she thought was a flashlight and demanding money.
