Hoover, Alabama

From the Tuscaloosa News of September 25, 2005

Brothers [sic] fight back against crime

Nobody likes to be robbed, but Bill and Joshua Borklund have taken extra measures to make criminals pay for targeting a Hoover gas oline station.

Bill Borklund, who owned and ran the Alford Avenue BP for 5 years before leasing the business to someone else several months ago, once chased a man 134 miles to Troy for stealing $20 worth of gasoline.

In 2003, he followed a robber out of his store, grabbed a pellet rifle from him and started hitting him with it. He also pulled a pistol and fired five shots at the robber's fleeing car in an attempt to disable it.

His 24-year-old son, Joshua Borklund, now is following in his father's footsteps. Just two weeks ago, the younger Borklund, who works for the new owner, got into a shootout with a robber in the parking lot.

Like father, like son. These Borklund men don't like to let criminals get away.

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