John Pontolillo

John Pontolillo

John Pontolillo, 20, is a Johns Hopkins University undergraduate who killed an intruder with a samurai sword while he attempted to steal items from John Pontolillo's home.

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Police are trying to determine whether criminal charges should be brought against Johns Hopkins University undergraduate John Pontolillo after he killed an intruder attempting to rob his home with a samurai sword. The yard between the house and garage where Donald Rice was killed with a samurai blade. (Baltimore Sun) Donald D. Rice , a 49-year-old repeat offender released from jail on Saturday, entered Pontolillo's garage just after midnight. Hours earlier, someone had taken 2 laptop computers and a videogame console from Pontolillo's home. This time when he heard noises in his garage, he picked up his razor-sharp samurai blade and headed toward the ... Read Full Story
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Here's the link to The Baltimore Sun Hours earlier, someone had broken into John Pontolillo's house and taken two laptops and a video-game console. Now it was past midnight, and he heard noises coming from the garage out back. The Johns Hopkins University undergraduate didn't run. He didn't call the police. He grabbed his samurai sword. With the 3- to 5-foot-long, razor-sharp weapon in hand, police say, Pontolillo crept toward the noise. He noticed a side door in the garage had been pried open. When a man inside lunged at him, police say, the confrontation was fatal. "He was backed up against a corner ... Read Full Story
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What They SayLet's break it down. Mugen's a reckless sword-slinger with a style that's more b-boy than Shaolin. He's got a nasty streak that makes people want to stick a knife in his throat. Then there's Jin, a deadbeat ronin who speaks softly but carries a big blade. He runs old-school style, but he can make your blood spray with the quickness. When these roughnecks bring the ruckus, it ain't good for anybody, especially them...  
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Foreign tourists watch in amusement as some 20 people dressed in bright red samurai armor pick up cigarette butts and other rubbish around Osaka Castle with tongs designed to look like swords. They are members of the nonprofit organization Osaka Kacchutai (Osaka Armor Corps), which has been cleaning up the castle's perimeter once a month since 2003. read more  
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UPPER DARBY — A Drexel Hill man who threatened to commit suicide by torching his apartment attacked police with a Samurai sword, bending the blade with the strikes to the ballistic shield the officer used for protection, police said. (See video at end of story).  
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COQUILLE, OREGON – Drugs and alcohol played a role in an argument between two brothers that left one dead from being stabbed with a sword.  Just after 2:30 a.m Sunday, police were called to the trailer where the two men lived and found Lee Edwin Wallace, 38, semi-conscious with a stab wound to the [...]  
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A man who threatened a group of students with a Samurai sword is behind bars.Portsmouth NewsAshley Garnish brandished the weapon at the group saying 'who wants this first then?' Portsmouth Crown Court heard. Prosecutor Gary Venturi said one of the ...  
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