{"id":53,"date":"2010-02-19T15:17:44","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T15:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2010\/02\/law-order-actor-tackles-a-thief-in-seattle.html"},"modified":"2010-02-19T15:17:44","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T15:17:44","slug":"law-order-actor-tackles-a-thief-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2010\/02\/law-order-actor-tackles-a-thief-in-seattle.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Law &amp; Order&#8217; Actor Tackles a Thief in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" height=\"220\" alt=\"peter-rini.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/import\/imgs\/peter-rini.jpg\" width=\"220\" \/><\/span>When actor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0727679\/\">Peter Rini<\/a> heard the sound of cars colliding and a woman&#8217;s scream, he also saw a van hit a telephone pole and the&nbsp;driver dash out of it on foot.<\/p>\n<p>With quick thinking, Rini ran after the driver, a suspected thief, and tackled him to the ground.&nbsp; Rini held the man down and helped contain the scene until police arrived to make an arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Rini, an actor who has had cameos on all three &#8220;Law &amp; Order&#8221; franchises along with &#8220;ER&#8221; and &#8220;Sex and the City&#8221; was in Seattle on February 8 to promote a production of the musical&nbsp;&#8220;South Pacific.&#8221;&nbsp; He was honored by Seattle police on Wednesday for his heroism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more on Peter Rini:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/theblotter\/2011110896_actor_honored_by_spd_for_tackl.html\">The Seattle Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0727679\/\">IMDB.com: Peter Rini<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When actor Peter Rini heard the sound of cars colliding and a woman&#8217;s scream, he also saw a van hit a telephone pole and the&nbsp;driver dash out of it on foot. 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