{"id":131745,"date":"2024-11-30T11:10:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T04:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131745"},"modified":"2024-11-30T11:10:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T04:10:28","slug":"mma-trained-pastor-fights-off-axe-wielding-vandal-on-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131745","title":{"rendered":"MMA-trained pastor fights off axe-wielding vandal on Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>ANTIOCH, Calif. (WKRC) &#8211; A axe-wielding man&#8217;s vandalism of a church on the morning of Thanksgiving was stopped by a pastor trained in martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Nick Neves from the First Family Church in Antioch responded to an alarm at the church in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving day, and came face-to-face with a man holding an axe, the Antioch Police Department reported.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the man was using the axe to break the windows of the church, seemingly attempting to get in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I shouted at him to stop, and that police were on their way, and he ran and I grabbed a hold of him and we ended up wrestling in the parking lot of the church,&#8221; Neves told <em>NBC<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Although an armed man and a pastor sounds like a recipe for disaster, the suspect didn&#8217;t account for Neves&#8217; physical prowess.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like to stay fit, and I studied in some jujitsu and kickboxing and I have a mixed martial arts background, so it was very helpful to be able to grapple with this gentlemen without having to do much harm to him,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Neves told police the man continued to struggle for another 15 minutes before giving up and waiting for officers to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was able to pin him to the ground and he got up to try to get away several times, but [I was] basically just trying to wear him out because I knew I could outlast him,&#8221; the pastor said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But the righteous are as bold as a lion,&#8221; the Antioch Police Department said in a Facebook post, referencing scripture.<\/p>\n<p>The department reported that Neves was uninjured by the incident and that the suspect was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just ironic. If he had come a couple of days earlier, he would have been blessed and get some food and be cared for,&#8221; Neves said, alluding to a community project the church had just completed. &#8220;But he decided instead to smash windows and desecrate property and do something that&#8217;s going to hurt the ministries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/local12.com\/news\/nation-world\/pastor-axe-church-mma-fight-thanksgiving-break-in-vandal-vandalism-california-martial-arts-jujitsu-christian-priest-police-arrest-burglar-attempt-fail-holy-first-family-antioch-window-entering\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANTIOCH, Calif. 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