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An armed robber who took less than $100 from a 7-11 store gave it
back to the stunned clerks because his getaway car wouldn't start. The
unidentified suspect claimed the holdup was just a joke. The two clerks agreed to
give his vehicle a jump start, not to write down his license plate number
and wait about 40 minutes before calling the police. The suspect was
arrested one hour later. [St. Peters, Mo., Lubbock Avalanche Journal, 07-13]
A 33-year-old janitor was arrested for stealing policewomen's
underwear while working at the Kwai Chung police station in Hong Kong. The man,
who was wearing women's underwear at the time of his arrest, pleaded
guilty to theft charges. [Hong Kong, Merc News, 07-14]
A bank robber stripped to his underwear and left his jeans behind
after a dye pack exploded inside the front of his pants. After demanding cash
from one of the bank tellers, the suspect stuffed the bag inside his pants
and left the Life Savings Bank building. "(People saw) an explosion
taking place inside his pants," Police Spokesman Mike Carey said. "He was
seen hopping and jumping around." The suspect was able to escape. "He's
probably sitting around with an ice pack in his lap, if he hasn't sought
medical attention," Carey added. [Virginia Beach, Va., AP, 07-18]
Two youngsters are probably not old enough to drive but old enough to
rob a supermarket. The boys, both under the age of 16, heldup a supermarket
in Indianapolis and then attempted to escape by ... taking the bus. The
two teen-aged robbers were arrested a few minutes later. [Indianapolis,
Reuter, 07-18]
An armed robber on the run shot and wounded a zoo gorilla before he
was apprehended by police. The suspect, who was being chased by police,
jumped over the Johannesburg Zoo fence and ended up inside the gorilla's
cage. The 418-pound animal was quick to defend his territory and female partner
and rushed towards the terrified robber who fired two shots. (The outcome -
Max the gorilla: shot twice, recovering well. The armed robber: shot in
the hip by police officers, stable condition. The two police officers:
attacked by the raging gorilla, hospitalized in stable condition.) [Johannesburg,
South Africa, Reuter, 07-18]
An unidentified man and a woman were under arrest after throwing hot
coffee on a flight attendant and trying to force their way inside the pilots'
cockpit during a Continental Airlines flight from Houston. "The woman
was banging on the cockpit door and yelling she had a gun," a spokesperson
said. [Houston, Reuter, 07-18]
Edward Faherty, 18, was arrested for riding nude on a stolen
motorcycle. "He was apparently out for a little fun on a motorcycle stolen in Memphis,
Police Chief Tom Long said. "The thing that we were smiling about at
the time was here's this nude guy going 90 mph down the interstate. You
know the bugs had to be beating him up." The suspect was freed on $15,000 bond.
[Senatobia, Miss., AP, 07-18]
A blind Egyptian man, turned professional car stereo thief, was
arrested after a witness saw him driving a vehicle for a few miles and then
walking away with the stereo. [Cairo, Egypt, Reuter, 07-14]
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