Burglars say shop owner tortured them, made them strip naked

[Liberal_in_LA]

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - A burglary call at an Orange County business ended with the arrests of not only the suspects who broke in, but the owner of the bicycle shop and two others, as well.


The culprits claim the owner tortured them for hours before calling 911.

They claim the owner of the bike shop made them strip down to their underwear, beat them and held them at gunpoint for more than two hours.

According to the arrest affidavit, Jose Gonzalez, 27, and Michael Eller, 28, admitted to deputies that they broke into the Gas bikes shop on North Orange Blossom Trail early Sunday morning.

Once inside, they were confronted by shop owner Robert Antley, who was waiting for them with a gun. According to the report, Antley told deputies that he had been sleeping inside the store due to several prior burglaries there. But instead of calling 911 to report the break-in, Eller and Gonzalez told deputies, Antley allegedly made the two men strip down to their underwear and face a wall. The report said the burglars told deputies Antley jabbed the gun into both men's sides and threatened to kill them.

Eller told deputies that at least an hour passed before Antley's brother, Joshua, 24, and his girlfriend, Kathryn Pellicio, showed up.

Eller and Gonzalez said they were then led to a bathroom in the back of the store where they were beaten for more than an hour.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-now/burglars-say-shop-owner-tortured-them-made-them-strip-naked-after-they-broke-into-store_/458360022

[4lbs]

1. Sounds a little like that one scene in "Pulp Fiction", where they end up at the bike shop, and then

the owner calls his buddy Zed.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. THAT's the title I was trying to remember.....thanks.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

31. "Zed's dead, baby.....Zed's dead...."

[CentralMass]

3. Sucks to be them.

[Peaches999]

5. Sucks to be them?

If this story is true, the shop owner needs to be arrested too.

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. He was arrested

[CentralMass]

26. No argument there.

[NBachers]

4. I'm betting this wasn't their first burglary. Not too sorry for these guys.

[Peaches999]

6. If a cop did this, would you be okay with that?

[NBachers]

7. If a couple of cops broke into your business and burglarized it, would you be okay with that?

[Peaches999]

8. Cops don't burglarize buildings

And if they did, pointing a gun at two cops would be a death sentence, so I don't know what point you are trying to make.

If a police officer caught two burglars and then jammed a gun into them while stripped and naked, that would be prosecutable - even in Florida.

[NBachers]

9. Gowyund mpaer Tohaonton gpopwl. Waohtn nmao mmnaotbn pwonbs? Onbqoyb, dloane napn.

[Peaches999]

10. A recognizable language please

[Liberal_in_LA]

13. Lol.

[snooper2]

21. Only on Thursdays, you know better than that...

[EL34x4]

11. Honestly, I don't really care what happens to these guys.

And get used to it. As police officers increasingly step away from actual law enforcement, we're going to be seeing more of this.

[ileus]

14. Stupid hurts...

Pulp fiction is the first thing I thought of also, except that was a pawn shop.

Who'd ah thought a granola crunching lycra wearing bike shoppe owner would have it in him...

[Glassunion]

15. Don't let their little styrofoam helmets fool you. They're assholes.

[ileus]

23. That's roadies for you....always thinking they're better than everyone else.

[Glassunion]

24. Sorry, I forgot DU's meter has been broken for a while now.

[lpbk2713]

16. Occupational Hazard to keep in mind.

Not everyone will be happy with what you do.

[LanternWaste]

38. Flawed... as this happens to demographic sets other than burglars as well.

Flawed... as this type of violence happens to demographic sets other than burglars as well.

[Monk06]

19. As a person who worked for five years in a bike shop I have to ask.......

were any bikes hurt during the robbery?

[pinboy3niner]

20. Check with their spokesman

[Dr. Strange]

29. We need to talk about your incessant punning, but I don't have the time right now.

Wheel talk about it later.

[Codeine]

36. Don't pedal that nonsense here. nt

[surrealAmerican]

41. People will think you're some kind of crank, talking like that.

It could even derail the conversation.

[Codeine]

42. Don't get all Huffy. nt

[Monk06]

46. You guys can just stop derailleuring he thread

[Tommy_Carcetti]

22. Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.

[linuxman]

25. Two law-breaking, burglaring pieces of shit don't like it when their victim breaks the law, huh?

Imagine that.

[stone space]

30. Is this the Trump campaign's official comment?

Two law-breaking, burglaring pieces of shit don't like it when their victim breaks the law, huh?

Imagine that.

[linuxman]

44. Wouldn't know.

I don't frequent their forums as much as you must.

[LanternWaste]

39. No doubt, many believe the illegal should be stopped by yet more of the illegal...

No doubt, many believe the illegal should be stopped by yet more of the illegal... justice itself having little satisfaction for that heart, or little place in that mind.

Imagine that, part II.

[linuxman]

45. No doubt you'll show up in every thread

trying like the dickens to sound philosophical. Predictable as the calendar.

[NobodyHere]

27. Not surprising that the owner was robbed before.

That kind of experience can make someone unhinged. I don't think he needs to go to jail though.

[stone space]

28. If you force somebody to strip at gunpoint, you may be a gunhumping Trump supporter. (nt)

[ronnie624]

47. No doubt about it.

And "Democrats" who see nothing wrong with vigilantism, would surely be Trump supporters, under the right circumstances.

[Calculating]

32. Not feeling much sympathy for the robbers

Maybe avoid robbing people if you don't want to risk messed up stuff happening to you.

[lpbk2713]

34. I think this sort of thing happens in cycles.

[saltpoint]

33. A sparkling episode in U.S. citizenship all around. eom

[Captain Stern]

35. If there's evidence that the owner did this, he should be found guilty.

Personally, I hope there's no evidence.

[eissa]

37. I'm in tears over this, those poor men

Where's a box of tissues when you need one?

[bluedigger]

40. It's hard to meet nice people in the pursuit of a life of crime.

But then, I suppose every career has it's drawbacks.

[Taitertots]

43. The robbers will go to jail. The owner will go to jail.

In a few years both will be back on the street in a worse mental state than when they went to jail. This situation is bad in every way.