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11-11-2026, 06:22 AM
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Re: Get The Gun Ready
73-year-old Albert Marcu PLEASANT HAILL, Ca. Dec. 11, 2023. A group of young men who looked like they were about to commit a smash-and-grab robbery at a store in the East Bay were lucky to get out with just their lives after a worker pointed a handgun at them. It happened Monday afternoon at Estates Consignments on Contra Costa Blvd. in Pleasant Hill. Surveillance video captured a woman walking through the store while talking on a cell phone right before the attempted robbery. A surveillance camera at the front door showed the woman attempting to hold the door as she left the store to allow her friends in before the security guard could close it. They were able to force the door open and rushed into the store. The would-be robbers, one armed with asledgehammer, ran toward the glass cases filled with jewelry, rings, and watches. A woman working at the counter screamed and that's when 73-year-oldAlbert Marcu came to her rescue and pointed a gun right at them. "I showed them my gun, and I told them to stop it, I have a gun," said Marcu. Marcu says he keeps his revolver on him because of recent similar incidents. He says he believes the woman was scoping out all the security cameras while on the phone with the young men. "I didn’t want to shoot anybody, but I have to make a statement. Too many bad things have happened. Stores get robbed left and right," Marcu said. A Pleasant Hill police officer pulled into the parking lot just as the group pulled out but they were able to get away and to this date no one was arrested. |