A Washington state man foiled an attempted truck theft after being alerted by his Ring video doorbell. He encountered two men trying to steal his pickup truck and took immediate action to prevent becoming a crime victim.
The nationwide crime wave came very close to home for one Washington state man, after his Ring video doorbell alerted him to activity in his driveway early in the morning last Wednesday. Eric Smith of Puyallup, near Tacoma, was witnessing two men allegedly trying to steal his pickup truck. He told Fox News that when he looked out and saw his truck's door open, he pledged not to become the latest crime victim statistic.
The impediment caused Smith to roll off the front of the car, and he said he was essentially uninjured. 'I think I had the mentality, the mindset, that I didn't want this to happen to me,' he said. ' is a growing popularity of criminal activity in the area…. s soon as I saw my truck door open, I was like, 'no, it's not going to happen to me'.
But things changed very quickly when the driver of the vehicle decided to back up and try to come between us. That's exactly what happened. And I was very, very, very lucky and fortunate that it ended the way it did,' Smith said. Smith added he had the wherewithal to whip out his phone and attempt to photograph the getaway car's plate and its occupants after he landed on his feet. 'If they were willing to hit me, who knows what they were going to do next.
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