SMITH’S ASSOCIATE HELD AT GUNPOINT
WILL SMITH’s business partner is offering a reward for information leadin g to the capture of a thug who drew a gun on him in an attempted robbery on Friday (18Jun10).
Movie producer Charles ‘Charlie Mack’ Alston, Smith’s longtime friend a nd associate, had stopped at a gas station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to refuel his BMW when he was held up by an armed man demanding money.
Alston tells Philly.com, "I guess he felt like he had the upper hand be cause he had a gun. He was wrong… This dude runs up and puts a gun in m y stomach. I’m looking at him, and he’s feeling in my pocket, going, ‘Whe re’s the money at? Where’s the money at?’" Alston pulled $3,000 (=C2=A32,000) in cash from his pocket, before swif tly manoeuvring to pin his attacker to the ground.
The man bit and scratched Alston to free himself, and made off with $2, 700 (=C2=A31,800) of the money.
Alston has now offered a $5,000 (=C2=A33,300) reward for any informatio n that could lead to the robber’s arrest.
He adds, "We never know what the circumstance is. He could be a bad see d, or trying to feed his seed. To me, it’s sad."
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