Police: Man fought off 3 men trying to steal mower

Police in Roswell do not recommend victim s of crimes take matters into their own hands, but one man did last weekend when three men from Atlanta tried to take his lawnmower.

According to a police report, on Aug. 12 three men in a Penske van pulled up to a business on Old Ala- bama Road around 2:20 p.m. where Eduardo Baizel, 31, of Roswell, was mowing the lawn. When Baizel wasn’t looking, the men hopped out of the truck and began loading his lawnmower into it.

A fight ensued and the men eventually gave up and fled, police said. But minutes later, Johns Creek Police pulled over the truck just up the road from the crime scene and arrested the men: Dex- ter Bowen, 48; Traves Hall, 21; and Shamel Glover, 29.

All three men are facing charges of aggravated assault and criminal attempt to commit armed robbery. Glover was also charged with driv- ing with a suspended license. All three men remain in a Fulton County jail.

“We never recommend that you get involved,” Roswell police spokesperson Lisa Holland told Channel 2 Action News. “This person got in a struggle and could have been seriouslyhurt by thesepeople.”

Baizel runs his own lawncare business and told Channel 2 that the mower is worth $2,200. He said he saw the men ride by in the truck twice before they pulled over to steal from him.

Police are looking into whether t he t h ree men are responsible for similar crimes around metro Atlanta.