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Published 18:13 02 Oct 2020 GMT
A 67-year-old woman who has a black belt in martial arts has made the news this week after she single-handedly dispatched an intruder who attacked her neighbor.
Per a recent report by the San Bernadino Sun, Lorenza Marrujo - who stands at 4ft 11 inches tall and weighs just 100lbs, has been practicing martial arts for the last 26 years - and likes to refer to herself as 'Lady Ninja.'
Take a look at this news report on the 'Lady Ninja':
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On Monday, when she heard the sounds of her neighbor Elizabeth McCray screaming for help, she leaped into action and came to her aid.
She found that a burglar, one Donald Robert Prestwood, had knocked McCray to the ground. Marrujo then brandished a baseball bat to ward him off.
Recounting the incident in a later interview with CBS LA, Marrujo stated:
"I squeezed myself between her and him. I put [Elizabeth] on the side, and I jumped on him and I was punching him and everything, and I had the cane against his throat."
"He lifted up and tried to twist my hand, but at the same time, I twisted his and turned it around real fast and he was saying, 'You're hurting me, you're hurting me,' and I said, 'I don't care. I don't care what happens to you. You had no right to hurt an elderly person'."
Jennie Venzor, a spokeswoman for the Fontana Police Department, stated:
"We recommend that you dial 911 for emergency assistance, which, in this case, [Marrujo] did that, and she also jumped in. What she told me is that her training kicked in, and it was like a muscle memory. She knew she had to help her friend out."
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McCray was taken to the hospital for her injuries and released the next day. Meanwhile, Prestwood was arrested on suspicion of elder abuse and held at the West Valley Detention Center on a bale of $150,000 (£116,500).
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
