El Kabong fights Central Florida crime?

4:34 p.m. EST, April 9, 2012|Henry Pierson Curtis, Orlando Sentinel

Police won't say if cartoon crime fighter El Kabong is cleaning up the streets of Orlando.

For now, a crime report simply states a guitar swinging vigilante saved the day early Saturday at a Conroy Road apartment complex.

"At approximately 0045 hours (12:45 a.m.), Vigilante entered the residence and found an unknown male suspect inside," Officer Kristy Casiano wrote. "Vigilante grabbed a guitar and struck the suspect in the face. The suspect fled the scene."

As many children of the 1960's know, the masked, guitar-swinging vigilante El Kabong was the secret identity of Hanna-Barbera cartoon star Sheriff Quick Draw McGraw who drove desperadoes from the Old West with an acoustic guitar and the help of his sidekick Baba Looey. Arriving Tarzan-style by rope, Quick Draw called out "Kabong" before delivering a stunning blow to the miscreant.

Saturday's burglary is under investigation by Orlando police, according to spokesman Sgt. Vincent Ogburn.

The suspect was last seen fleeing on foot. The unidentified vigilante described him as a 25-year-old man about 6 feet tall and dressed in a green shirt, jeans, white sneakers, a dark- color beanie and wearing gloves.

In another case last Thursday night, an Ivey Lane Homes resident reported two men she thought she knew had broken into her home. An hour after police took the initial report, they returned after "5-6 subjects armed with guns" chased the two suspect burglars through the apartments, a report stated.

"No one was harmed and both of those individuals were uncooperative and declined prosecution," the report stated.

Anyone with information about either burglary is asked to call Crimeline at 800-423-8477.

hcurtis@Tribune.com or 407-420-5257.

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