Furious 80-year-old man attacks neighbor with garden hoe for ’stealing’ his cookies
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Florida police say a furious 80-year-old man used a garden hoe to destroy his neighbor’s front door “beyond repair” because he thought they stole his cookies.
Gene Edward Chambers, a retiree, was approached by authorities and seen holding a garden hoe “raised above his head” in front of a home after frightened residents called police on Sunday.
“He went to the residence and knocked on the door,” a report states. “When they didn’t answer, he started hitting the door with the garden hoe.”
Chambers told police that his neighbors broke into his home during the night and stole seven boxes of Little Debbie Oatmeal cookies.
A deputy searched Chambers’ home for signs of theft and found five boxes of the cookies in his cabinet, and a receipt from the previous day that proved he purchased only five of the snacks from Wal-Mart. “Chambers was mistaken thinking he had bought seven boxes,” according to a deputy‘s report.
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Gene Edward Chambers, a retiree, was approached by authorities and seen holding a garden hoe “raised above his head” in front of a home after frightened residents called police on Sunday.
“He went to the residence and knocked on the door,” a report states. “When they didn’t answer, he started hitting the door with the garden hoe.”
Chambers told police that his neighbors broke into his home during the night and stole seven boxes of Little Debbie Oatmeal cookies.
A deputy searched Chambers’ home for signs of theft and found five boxes of the cookies in his cabinet, and a receipt from the previous day that proved he purchased only five of the snacks from Wal-Mart. “Chambers was mistaken thinking he had bought seven boxes,” according to a deputy‘s report.
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