ryan2772 Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbgoodsamaritan0911nbsep11,0,1176566.storyBy Macollvie Jean-François | South Florida Sun-Sentinel September 11, 2007 FORT LAUDERDALE - As the lunch rush started Monday, waiter Juan Canales stopped a carjacker from taking a woman's Honda CRV out of the parking lot where he worked.Hours later he lost his job.At about 11:30 a.m. Monday, Massiel Marquardt, 22, walked out of a Subway restaurant at the Southland Shopping Center in the 900 block of State Road 84. A man approached her from behind and pointed a 4-inch pocketknife at her left side, she said."He said, 'Give me your car keys or you're gonna die,'" said Marquardt, who moved to South Florida from Georgia two weeks ago. "Honestly, I don't know where he came from."Marquardt said she handed over the keys to her 2007 Honda and ran back toward the shops, screaming, "Help me!"Canales, 42, who was opening up 84 Thai Food for the lunch crowd, sprang into action. He said he caught up to the suspect, Albert Means, 46, and told him, "You're not leaving with this truck."Canales said the suspect pulled out the knife to stab him but Canales grabbed a two-by-four piece of woodfrom a nearby truck. Canales said he swung at Means and threatened to hit him with the wood if he tried to get into Marquardt's Honda.The man lowered his knife, and Canales brought him to the ground. Three other men in the crowd that had formed rushed forward to hold Means down until police arrived."It was a man's instinct," said Canales, a married father of three who has six sisters. "That's all it was. I saw a woman in distress."Police said they arrested Means on aggravated assault and armed robbery charges. He had two arrest warrants out, one for drug paraphernalia possession and another for probation violation, Detective Kathy Collins said. He is being held in the Broward County Jail.Canales, who worked at 84 Thai Food for three weeks, returned to work after spending an hour talking to police and the media. Once the lunch shift ended, his boss fired him."The owner got belligerent" about all the attention his scuffle with the carjacker generated, Canales said.The owner, listed in corporate records as Sathaporn Yosagraiof Fort Lauderdale, could not be reached for comment despite two calls to the restaurant and one to his home.A former electrician, Canales was convicted of robbery in 2004 and attempted cocaine possession in 2006, Florida criminal records show. He served prison time and has been working to stay on a straight path ever since."I was a bad person once upon a time and I decided to change my life," Canales said. "That doesn't have anything to do with what I did."When he was fired another instinct kicked in, as Canales tried to figure out how to support his wife, Jennifer, and sons Eddy, 2, Jason, 8, and Miguel, 16."Like any other father on this planet and in this world, I gotta take my butt out here and get another job," he said.Staff Researcher Barbara Hijek contributed to this report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyTrendy Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 We were talking about this at work.. i hope this guys business fails miserably.What a shitty thing to do.Barbarino - this place is near your house... i'm glad you don't like thai food so we never eat there!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dahzel Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 this is complete horse shit!! this guy helped someone out of his heart and got shit on. i live near there and i feel like going in and telling him what i think. one thing for sure is i will never eat there ever again. what an ass!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drlogic Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 that's fohkn' horseshit! poor dude can't catch a break! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Buck White Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 I saw the car jackee on the news....and she's kinda hot. Aside from NYC .....Florida has the best looking women in the country....without question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrBojangles Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 this is complete horse shit!! this guy helped someone out of his heart and got shit on. i live near there and i feel like going in and telling him what i think. one thing for sure is i will never eat there ever again. what an ass!!!+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 that's fohkn' horseshit! poor dude can't catch a break! Apparently he's had several job offers since the story broke. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trancepriest Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 What an hypocrite... he should have had some sympathhy for another criminal like himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrBojangles Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 Good to hear. Hopefully for his families sake he continues down a legit path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest swank Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 too late! :http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-912canales,0,1857102.story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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