- Devin Washington, 18, jumped into a thief who was trying to get away after grabbing cash from a register at a Popeyes branch in New Orleans East
- Washington was sitting down with two managers for a job interview on Saturday when a cashier started screaming for help
- Washington gets the job after the end of the interview and the thief was arrested and charged with robbery
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – A teen landed a job he is applying for when he stopped a robbery in progress at the same time of his job interview.
Casey Ferrand mentioned in her article for WDSU published on March 22 that 18-year-old Devin Washington jumped into a thief who was trying to get away after grabbing cash from a register at a Popeyes branch in New Orleans East.
Washington takes action on the moment a female manager tried to block the robber who is attempting to escape.
The young man was sitting down with two managers for a job interview on Saturday when a cashier started screaming for help.
“Saying ‘we’re being robbed,’ I guess he reached his hand in the drawer and he was trying to run to the door and one of the managers (tried to stop him) and he ran into her,” Washington said.
“The only thing I remember is me getting him and putting his hand behind his back. That’s all. I wasn’t scared or nervous or anything like that. I just got up and did it,” added Washington.
An article by Christina Zdanowicz for CNN published on March 21 said that Washington jumped in to help upon seeing the woman in need thinking it could be his own mother that could be in the same situation.
The teenager held the robber in an arm-lock until police arrived.
“He was like trying to get loose, trying to put up a fight with me, and I was just holding him there,” Washington said.
Michael Franklin, Washington’s former football coach and mentor, said the incident is not surprising as Washington has jumped in to break up school fights a number of times before.
“Most times the fight that he has interceded in, they thought that he was actually the one involved in the fight just because he’s so massive, he’s so big, he’s 6 foot 4 inches,” Franklin said.
An article by Lee Moran for Huffington post published on March 21 said that Washington got the job after the end of the interview and the thief was arrested and charged with robbery.
“Just thinking about it, I could be hurt, shot or anything. I’m happy that nothing bad happened to me,” Washington said.
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