To catch a thief...

[tucker rocky]

...one must improvise.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Stopped. Cold turkey.

Police in Garner, N.C., said a shopper clubbed an alleged carjacker with a frozen turkey as he tried to steal a woman's car in a grocery store parking lot on Sunday.

Police said 30-year-old Fred Louis Ervin, of Raleigh, stole money from a gas station before running across the street and beating Irene Moorman Bailey while attempting to steal her car.

Other shoppers came to her rescue, including one who hit Ervin with the turkey, police said. Police did not release the person's name.

Despite serious head injuries, Ervin got away in Bailey's car and hit several other cars as he fled, police said. But police arrested him a short time later.

Ervin faces several charges, including assault inflicting serious injury. He was hospitalized Monday in good condition, a hospital spokeswoman said. He had not yet been assigned a lawyer and was to appear in court Dec. 30.


Butterballs make nice weapons of mass defense.