Jose Castrejon Sosa, 19, showed no weapon and truly had no weapon but saying he did was enough to be able to kidnap two men and rob them. These men were so afraid that they actually waited for him while Sosa supposedly left to go into a restaurant to go get his gun.
This is so sad that two men would be so unprepared and so fearful that a 19 yr old could kidnap and rob them with only words. Fear and intimidation are an attackers greatest weapons but even if an attacker actually has a weapon empowering yourself to know you can defend yourself reduces their power over you.
If someone says they will harm you unless you do what they say, do you honestly believe you can trust them? FIGHT BACK PEOPLE! Don't just become a victim at least strike a vital target a couple of times (throat, eyes, groin, etc) then run. You don't have to be Bruce Lee to fight back but do something. Your greatest self-defense weapon is surprise so use it.
Sadly most attacks happen without a weapon and still people don't fight back. The best thing you can do is prepare now. Make the mental decision that you will fight back, that you won't be the next victim. Find someone to train with to practice even basic self-defense strikes so that if you need to use them you will be ready. At worst run in a zig zag pattern screaming your head off. Even if you attack did have a gun you most likely escape because you are hard to hit and they don't want to get caught. Do something, fight back, don't just be a victim.
Train, Defend, and Live!
SALT LAKE CITY -- A Heber man has been charged with robbing and kidnapping two men and threatening to harm them if they did not do as he instructed.
Jose Castrejon Sosa, 19, is accused of approaching two men who were walking near 7200 South and State Streeton Nov. 1, and asking to use a cell phone, according to charges filed Monday in 3rd District Court. After using one of their phones, he placed it in his pocket and told them "they needed to stay with him and that their lives depended on it," charges state.
He allegedly took them to Chuck-A-Rama at 6200 South and State Street and told them he kept a gun under the sink in the men's restroom, according to police. He went into the bathroom and when he returned told the men he had a gun in his pocket that had no safety, charges state.
Sosa took a ring from one of the men, then walked with them to another restaurant and took one of their wallets, charges state.
Sosa was charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, and two counts of aggravated kidnapping, all first degree felonies.
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