Boston Blotter: A Fist Full of Fish Sauce

--One does not mess with a family that knows how to use a bottle of fish sauce. A guy learned that the hard way last night when he tried to hold up a package store in Methuen. He encountered Ross Vannarith, the hard-ass package-store owner who survived the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia and who was in no mood to deal with some lightweight petty thief.

He also encountered Vannarith's son, who grabbed a bottle of fish sauce and pounded the robber's head with great vigor while Vannarith held the perp in a bear hug. The father-son pair beat up the guy so badly that blood went all over the floor and the robber needed 40 stitches, and Vannarith felt bad about it afterwards. WHDH has a picture of the perp - and he looks like he's still surprised at how his attempted robbery turned out.

--Early this morning, a 25-year-old woman was found shot to death on Dunkeld Street. The BPD didn't add any more details at this time, but they identified two men killed in a shooting that happened early Thursday. The victims were 29-year-old Jessie Calhoun and 20-year-old Robert Turner. Calhoun was from Plymouth, and Turner was from Boston.

--Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins, of Plymouth, who was found guilty for murdering an Iraqi civilian, has received a sentence of 15 years in prison and a dishonorable discharge.

--In Framingham, a police officer shot and killed a man after the man threatened him with a knife.

--A crew of con artists visited a 97-year-old woman's home in Quincy and distracted her long enough to steal money and jewelry. Norma Paccioretti got into a conversation with a woman she didn't know while other people began looting. They finally took off when Paccioretti's grandson showed up.