Cabela’sSignal Mountain’s Houston Robertson was in the right place at the right time to help recently tackle a thief on the run from Cabela’s in Fort Oglethorpe. Robertson, who is training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, wrestling and judo at Agoge Combatives in Rock Spring, put his training into practice that day.
It all happened Tuesday, July 21 at 3:30 p.m., when Robertson and his friend Amy Foster were walking toward the new store’s entrance.
“A lady was trying to talk to a gentleman and his body language showed he did not want to talk,” said Robertson. “Another gentleman tried to stop him. They [security guards] are not allowed to be physical, so they tried to talk him [the thief] into coming back in the store. He ran down the embankment behind the store. We were walking behind the security guards to see what was going on. He [the thief] started running down the road.”
After asking the Cabela’s security guard if he should go after the thief and getting the OK, Robertson took off.
“I ran down the embankment,” he said. “He [the thief] had lots of layers on and I could tell he would get tired fast, so I chased after him two to three blocks behind Cabela’s. He jumped over two fences, into people’s yards. I saw him reach in his back pocket and drop a pack of ammo. I realized at that point he could have a gun on him, so I closed in on him quickly.”