That movement allows you to grip a pipe and turn it, then rock the wrench back slightly so that the lower jaw stops biting in. Turn the wrench to the next position, and when you move it forward ...

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy shot a woman suspected of vandalism Saturday in Covina after she attacked the officer’s vehicle with a pipe wrench, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

The other kernel of truth is that Johnson did, indeed, co-invent a pipe wrench, one he developed in tandem with other prisoners while incarcerated at Leavenworth Prison upon returning to the States.

Greene wanted to see if it was as strong as Stillson claimed and encouraged him to attack a pipe until either the metal broke or the wrench did. After he successfully tore into a 1.25-inch pipe ...