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Soon after, Jones, 26, was in full force and others wanted to join his efforts. Sidebar: he will be referred to as Jones for the remainder of the story. 'That was the first guy I caught and that was supposed to be the whole thing,' said Fodor, who first referred to himself as Jones when our interview began, before adding everyone has been calling him that, but either name would be acceptable. Not quite handling matters like Paul Kersey, the blood-thirsty vigilante portrayed by Charles Bronson in the 1974 film, but more like Batman, Jones caught the crook responsible for the car break in that left his son wounded.Ī success that would spawn a new path in his life.

But, when the sun went down, his crime-fighting suit went on, and under the guise of Phoenix Jones, he began to patrol the streets of Seattle, taking the law into his own hands, intent on fighting the criminals, law breakers and n'er do wells of his respective city. Like a superhero from your favorite comic book, Fodor held down his day job where he works with autistic children and continued training. What would he tell his son, that it just happened and to let it go? No, he was going to find the man responsible for it.Īlready a burgeoning amateur mixed martial artist at the time, Fodor decided to make a difference and his crime-fighting alter ego, Phoenix Jones, was born. But, several years ago, when his son Freedom was cut by the broken glass from a car break in, the concerned father wasn't going to just stand idly by he was compelled to do something. Ben Fodor didn't ever set out with the intention of fighting crime.