We’d like to introduce Jacob Wessel, left, and Karen Dolley.
Jacob Wessel wasn’t thinking clearly when he broke into a home in Indianapolis’ Eastside Thursday night. Maybe he thought Karen Dolley, living by herself, had purdy lips and cute legs. Maybe he thought she had lots of money and valuables. Maybe he thought he would have a little fun at her expense.
He didn’t realize Miss Dolley was highly trained in hand-to-hand combat and used those skills in her free time to amuse herself in medieval combat re-enactments.
In other words, Jacob Wessel broke himself open a can of “WHOOP ASS” when he broke into her home and things went downhill quickly from there.
Miss Dolley punched him so hard and so fast that her knuckles were bruised and he was balled up in the corner of the room trying to protect himself. She reached for her gun, but wasn’t able to find it, so she went with Plan B, a short sword called a ninjato.
Mr. Wessel, who stands six inches taller than his would-be victim, found himself with a short sword poking him rather uncomfortably to ensure his compliance as he eagerly awaited the police to arrive.
Oh, we love a happy ending.
God bless Karen Dolley. She’s no sheep.
When a man broke into Karen Dolley’s home on Thursday night, her training in medieval combat came in handy. So did her sword.
The 43-year-old woman said she awoke around midnight to the voice of a man in her house near 10th Street and Emerson Avenue on Indianapolis’ Eastside.
She leapt out of bed, turned on the lights and saw him standing in her living room, she said. Then her instincts kicked in.
Dolley, standing 5-foot-6, said she immediately attacked, punching him about 10 times and cornering him in her bedroom.
She reached for her gun in a nearby drawer, but she accidentally opened the wrong drawer during the chaos of the moment, so her gun wasn’t there.
She reached for her backup weapon, a Japanese-styled sword called ninjato, which she keeps near her bed. Her intruder crouched in the bedroom as she held him at sword-point until police arrived, she said.
She called 911 and police arrived within two minutes, she said.
Police say Jacob Wessel, 30, of Greenwood, was arrested after forcing his way through the house’s backdoor. Wessel, standing at 5-foot-10, was later charged with residential entry, a Level 6 felony.
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