When she called the police and wouldn’t let him inside, the man broke down the door, Murphy said. So she grabbed the closest thing she could find to defend herself - which happened to be a table with metal legs. “And when he’s down,” she continued, “I’m jumping on him.” “I took that table and I went to working on him,” Murphy said. Then, she grabbed a bottle of shampoo and emptied “the whole thing” on his face while he was on the ground, she said. When police arrived, the man was taken to the hospital, and Murphy applauded as a star. An 82-year-old grandmother - who also happens to be an award winning bodybuilder - has told the story of how she confronted a burglar more than half her age and absolutely battered him. “The officers that came wanted to go on my front porch and take selfies with me,” she said. Murphy works out at the Maplewood YMCA on a daily basis and can deadlift 225 pounds, she says. Written by Jasmine Willie Murphy, an 82-year-old woman and award winning body builder, found herself in the middle of a home invasion and lived to tell the tale. “I’m alone and I’m old, but guess what? I’m tough,” she said.
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