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On February 3, 1998, a Renton (Seattle Area) man tried to commit a
robbery. this was probably his first attempt, as suggested by his lack of a record of violent crime, and by his terminally stupid choice.
1) The target was H&J Leather and Firearms, a gunshop.
2) The shop was full of customers, in a state where a substantial fraction of the adult population is licensed to carry handguns in public
places.
3) To enter the shop, he had to step around a marked King County Police patrol car parked at the front door.
4) An officer in uniform was standing next to the counter, having coffee before reporting to duty.
5) Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a holdup and fired a few wild shots.
6) The officer and the clerk promptly returned fire, quickly removing the would-be robber from the gene pool.
7) Several other customers also drew their guns, but didn't fire. No one else wa
s hurt.
An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive
to two different automated teller machines. The kidnapper then proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank account.
A man walked into a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Shop and asked for all the money in the cash
drawer. Apparently, the take was too small so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him.
A bank robber in Virginia Beach got a nasty surprise when a dye pack designed to mark
stolen money exploded in his Fruit-of-the-Looms. The robber apparently stuffed the loot down the front of his pants as he was running out the door. "He was seen hopping and
jumping around with an explosion taking place inside his pants," said police spokesman Mike Carey. Police have the man's charred trousers in custody.
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