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<\/p>\nSince Lorenza Marrujo is only 4-foot-11 and weighs in at 100 pounds, the 67-year-old woman would appear to be completely helpless when it comes to self-defense. However, her petite and frail exterior is merely a facade, and one presumptuous criminal would soon learn this the hard way.<\/p>\n
When Donald Robert Prestwood, 58, broke into the senior citizen complex in Fontana, California, he had the rotten luck of entering through Marrujo\u2019s apartment. As soon as she heard the commotion, the elderly resident greeted the intruder by giving him a taste of her background \u2014 26 years of martial arts training.<\/p>\n
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When an intruder broke into a senior citizen apartment complex, 67-year-old Lorenza Marrujo was ready for them. (Photo Credit: Screenshot)<\/p>\n
Marrujo, who likes to be called \u201cNinja Lady,\u201d trained in jiu-jitsu from 1981 to 2007, earning her black belt along the way. She even worked as a security guard while battling homelessness for 30 years. So, when an opponent stumbled into her apartment, everything the elderly woman had learned over her lifetime came flooding back to her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said, \u2018Back off or I will have to hurt you,’\u201d Lorenza Marrujo told The Sun.<\/p>\n
Hoping for an easier target, Prestwood turned and headed out the door. However, Marrujo then heard screams coming from down the hall. The intruder had broken through the apartment door belonging to her friend, Elizabeth McCray, and had grabbed her and shoved her to the floor. At that moment, Marrujo wasn\u2019t willing to give him any more chances.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t expect that little lady would be that brave,\u201d McCray said of her friend. \u201cI said, \u2018Could you be careful, he\u2019s gonna kill us.\u2019 She said, \u2018Not tonight.’\u201d<\/p>\n
Marrujo says she ran up to Prestwood and swept her leg into the leg of the 5-foot-10-inch, 170-pound man, causing him to fall to the floor. When Prestwood grabbed McCray, who is lovingly referred to as \u201cMama Liz\u201d, Marrujo invoked one of her favorite tactics.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had to bend his fingers back \u2026 to get him off her. He was screaming because that\u2019s one of my techniques, the bent fingers. Then I went \u2018boom\u2019 with my elbow twice in his sternum,\u201d Marrujo said, demonstrating a sharp, nasty jab.<\/p>\n
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Elizabeth \u201cMama Liz\u201d McCray says that the 4-foot-11-inch, 100-pound woman came to her rescue, overpowering the intruder. (Photo Credit: Screenshot)<\/p>\n
Lorenza Marrujo then placed one knee on Prestwood\u2019s chest and the other on his neck before grabbing his mouth with her hand. Next, she grabbed McCray\u2019s cane and used it to subdue the intruder, CBS News reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cI squeezed myself between her and him. I put Mama on the side, and I jumped on him and I was punching him and everything, and I had the cane against his throat.\u201dMarrujo said. \u201cMy knee was on his chest. My other knee was on his throat. I had his jaw and I was aiming for his eye.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the intruder restrained, Lorenza Marrujo says that she then switched positions to hold Prestwood down with her hands because she didn\u2019t want to kill him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe 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, \u2018You\u2019re hurting me, you\u2019re hurting me,’\u201d Marrujo recalled. \u201cAnd I said, \u2018I don\u2019t care. I don\u2019t care what happens to you. You had no right to hurt an elderly person.’\u201d<\/p>\n