Samurai Sword-Wielding Mormon Bishop Fends Off Mugger
By ABC News | ABC News Blogs – 7 hours ago

A bishop for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with a black belt in karate used a Samurai sword he keeps by his bedside to stop an alleged mugging.

Kent Hendrix of Millcreek, Utah, was in the shower early Tuesday morning when his son Eric, 14, alerted him to a woman's screams outside their home.

"I jumped out and I put some clothes on and I grabbed my sword," Hendrix, 47, told local ABC affiliate KTVX-TV.

Hendrix's sword is a 29-inch carbon steel Samurai sword that the bishop keeps by his bed for "home defense," the father of six told KTVX.

Once Hendrix got outside, he saw his neighbor fighting off a man trying to grab her purse.

"When he saw the sword he said, 'I'm leaving. I'm leaving,' and took off running," Hendrix said.

The suspect, later identified as Grant Eggertsen, drove off in his car to the sounds of Hendrix yelling behind him, "Ha, I have your DNA and I have your license plate. You are so done."

An hour later, Eggertsen, 37, was, indeed done, turning himself into police.

Eggertsen was booked on charges of robbery, attempted burglary, trespassing and violation of a stalking injunction, according to Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal.

It's unclear whether he has entered a plea.

Eggertsen and Hendrix's neighbor, a 35-year-old woman whose identity was not released, were former colleagues whose deteriorated professional relationship resulted in a stalking injunction placed against Eggertsen by the victim, Lt. Hoyal told ABCNews.com.

Eggertsen had reportedly been waiting behind the victim's carport Tuesday morning and allegedly threw her to the ground when she emerged from her house around 7 a.m. As Eggertsen allegedly attempted to open the front door with her keys, the victim made her escape, fleeing down the road screaming.

The screams alerted her neighbors, including Hendrix, who came outside to help.

"The several neighbors who did a great thing and came to her aid, ultimately stopped this attack," Lt. Hoyal said. "And the victim did the right thing by screaming."

So now every luny is a terrorist; Meinhof is turning in her grave.

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It's an interesting story but who was the fundraiser? And please, someone using a weapon to protect an innocent person? Yeah, terrorist is the first word that came to my mind also.

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That joke went over everyone's head I think. Too bad cause I thought it was great.

Samurai sword FTW!

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Great story! And I totally get the title!

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Yeah, to some n'er do wells like this, stealing is the only fundraising they know. They're too sorry and lazy to work for a living.

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Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

Here we go. One more time on the merry-g-round. ...

And surprise, surprise . . The post is from one of the usual suspects.

Of course, extremism is in the eye of the beholder. For example, if you were in my house, just being you, I would have shown you the door a long time ago, and I'm not even your uncle...

Utah?!? Aren't there Commies in Utah? I'll bet that he was a Commie too!! Joe McCarthy was right after all!

Cry to your mommy, Botnst.

MTU, is this a serious post, or are you speaking tongue in cheek?

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Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

Thank gawed. I thought maybe my compass lost its magnet.

Did Gilligan clean it?

Geez, I'm not the sharpest bulb in the crayon box and I got it.

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In some jurisdictions, it is illegal to wield any knife or blade over 6" in length. Sorry, if you live in those jurisdictions and you hear your neighbor being attacked, you'll have to "dial 911 and wait".

Wait a minute!!


Wait just a dad-blamed minute!!!


Are you trying to tell me that size DOES matter?


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MTU, I've been around Bot for a long, long while, more at BW than anywhere else. I don't always agree with him on everything, but he does have a particular, irrepressible wit and that's what the title was. (In case it's not clear to others playing at home, I also appreciated it.)

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Oh dear, if Bot is offended then my comment went over his head and frankly I
have yet to see wit from anyone accomplish that. It zipped atop a few already, surprise surprise.