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AR15.COM
11/14/2008 2:12:43 PM EDT
This is not a joke or an Onion article!

This actually happened today in the town across the river from me!

Man in wheelchair robs bank

Police: Man in wheelchair robs bank on Merritt Island

BY KAUSTUV BASU • FLORIDA TODAY • November 14, 2008


Police say a man in a motorized wheelchair robbed a Space Coast Credit Union on Merritt Island this afternoon and was arrested minutes later more than 500 feet from the bank.
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The man allegedly involved in the bank robbery at the Space Coast Credit Union in the 400 block of Fortenberry Road on Merritt Island about 4:15 p.m. was arrested minutes later near the parking lot of a FLORIDA TODAY office on Plumosa Street, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said.

The man entered the bank in a motorized wheelchair and demanded money, officials said. “He left the bank with an undisclosed amount of money and he was arrested soon after,” said Lt. Mike DeMorat of the sheriff’s office.

The sheriff’s office has not released the name of the suspect. Charges are pending.
11/14/2008 2:14:07 PM EDT
[#1]
Fail


Poor choice in getaway car!



11/14/2008 2:15:31 PM EDT
[#2]
that's discrimination, illegal search based on him being handicapped.
11/14/2008 2:22:06 PM EDT
[#3]
11/14/2008 2:23:02 PM EDT
[#4]
Thats 5 minutes from me! Should I load more mags
11/14/2008 2:25:46 PM EDT
[#5]
Roller-Fail.



ETA: Fail on wheels.



 
11/14/2008 2:25:48 PM EDT
[#6]
I bet everyone around there knows the guy by name.
11/14/2008 2:29:56 PM EDT
[#7]
something tells me he was in need of free medical care.
11/14/2008 2:34:27 PM EDT
[#8]
looks like we need to place tighter restrictions on wheelchairs
11/14/2008 2:35:25 PM EDT
[#9]
caught having lunch at Dixie CrossRoads!!!!
11/14/2008 2:36:01 PM EDT
[#10]
Timmy?
11/14/2008 2:37:20 PM EDT
[#11]
Low speed pursuit.
11/14/2008 2:37:38 PM EDT
[#12]
I kept reading that article and I kept on seeing Space Ghost Credit Union.

11/14/2008 2:39:35 PM EDT
[#13]
He was just redistributing  the wealth
11/14/2008 2:43:07 PM EDT
[#14]
Serves the guy right for trying to be his own wheel man.
11/14/2008 2:54:57 PM EDT
[#15]
11/14/2008 2:59:53 PM EDT
[#16]
Quoted:
something tells me he was in need of free medical care.




First thing I thought of too.
11/14/2008 6:40:09 PM EDT
[#17]
On a related note, watch these idiots.

BBC Linky. "In the history of criminal master plans, this one is unlikely to be remembered as one of the best"

NTM
11/14/2008 6:45:51 PM EDT
[#18]
The libs will spin it and paint a picture of a handicapped low income individual who could no longer afford today's healthcare and had to resort to robbing a bank. It'll be all Bush's fault and he'll get off on probation along with free healthcare for the rest of his life.
11/14/2008 7:09:21 PM EDT
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