95 Year Old WWII Vet Beats The Shit Out Of A Robber Attempting To Steal His Wallet

MANCHESTER, N.H. (CBS) – Arthur Kemberis may be 95 years old and walks with a cane but this WWII veteran had the strength to fight off a would be robber who tried to steal his wallet. “I am not a fighter. I am too old to do that but I did lift up my cane and struck him on the shoulder,” Kemberis said. Arthur says the unexpected confrontation unfolded Saturday morning when he went to pick up his wife’s prescription at Walgreens in Manchester. Police say that’s when a suspect began following Arthur inside the store. “I took the money out and he saw me after I took out the amount and I pushed everything back in my wallet,” Kemberis said. Moments later outside in the parking lot the man approached Arthur and tried to grab his wallet several times but Arthur even at the age of 95 wouldn’t stand for it. “He saw me coming up to strike him on the shoulders. I hit him three or four times,” Kemberis said. Kamberis wasn’t hurt. “He wasn’t very aggressive, but I was,” Kemberis said.

First of all let me say that while it’s despicable, old people are a great target. Not because they’re weak or anything like that — clearly they’re not — they just carry obscene amounts of money on them. I remember my grandfather used to carry roughly half his net worth in his wallet. ATM cards are confusing and it’s a pain in the ass to get to the bank so he’d go once a month and just grab basically all the cash they had on hand. But, I’d probably steer clear of the WWII vets. You think you’re gonna scare a guy who looked Hitler in the eye? Fat chance. Arthur Kemberis has seen how depraved humans can be and he won that battle, if you think a little assault in the Walgreen’s parking lot is gonna phase him then you’re outside of your mind.