Personal safety threatened in low-crime area as father, son and friend robbed at church in Mandarin

Think you have personal safety in a low crime zone? Think again. And maybe take a self-defense class.

The illusion of personal safety in Mandarin was shattered last night by a news story aired on CBS 47. Manny Pucci, his 11 year old son and a friend were leaving a Bible study group Monday evening at the Christian Family Chapel on St. Augustine Rd.—the church is between Hood/Hartley Rd. and the point where St. Augustine Rd. and San Jose Blvd. converge. A robber held the trio up at gunpoint, says CBS 47. The robber put the gun to the back of the young boy’s head and told the father, “I’m gonna shoot the kid.”