
Hail to the Press!
The Daily Press, to be exact.
This isn’t really an ideological post. It’s just really apleasure for me to commend and thank two members of our local newspaper industry whodistinguished themselves this past Monday by capturing a known rapist and suspected serial killer in the High Desert City of Victorville.
John W. Thomson, a fugitive from the state of Washington, was apprehended by two Victor Valley Daily Press employees after the accused killer failed to carjack one woman and then made a second carjacking attempt in a parking lot next to the newspaper’s office. That crime was foiled by pressmen Joe Iskandar, 27 (above, left), and Rey Bantug, 24 (above, right), who overheard the commotion while on a break. Without hesitation they intervened, overpowering and detaining Thomson until Sheriff’s deputies arrived. The two men used plastic zip ties from the pressroom to handcuff Thomson. Read about it… Read More