Community steps up after veteran was ambushed

Veteran ambushed by thieves gets big surprise
FOX 10
By Andrew Perez
Updated: Friday, March 21, 2014

DAPHNE, Ala. (WALA) A big hero’s welcome is expected in Daphne this weekend.

Veteran Robert Huber, 75, will be leaving his rehabilitation facility, weeks after a violent home invasion left him wounded.

A $500 reward is still being offered for information leading to an arrest in the case, although officials say police are following several good leads right now.

Huber’s daughter believes her father will be surprised to learn just how many people have stepped up to help renovate his Church street home.

“He’s anxious. He wants to come and see everyone up here. He wants to see what they’re doing,” said Huber’s daughter, Kim Mclemore. “I don’t think he realizes the depth that has gone in all this.”

Huber’s Daphne home is being fitted with new handicap ramps, floor tiles, wheelchair accessible bathroom, and state-of-the-art security system, as part of an extreme home makeover.

Dozens of volunteers have been fixing up Huber’s home and yard in anticipation of his arrival.

89-year-old Mawk Arnold and his Marine Corps league buddies are among the volunteers who have joined forces.

Arnold says the group got involved after learning Huber had been attacked and taken advantage of, over a television.

“What in the world was the idiot thinking to do what he did?” asked Arnold. “I can understand the thievery — that’s normal, but to tear the place up and to beat a veteran in a wheel chair?”
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