WORLD'S SLOWEST GETAWAY? Público Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 36, September 5, 2004, Article 21
WORLD'S SLOWEST GETAWAY?
We sometimes highlight failed bank robbery attempts, not
because there's much of a numismatic connection, but
because it can be so much fun to see just how stupid thieves
can be. The latest report come from the "News of the Weird"
column:"Two men were arrested in Dearborn, Mich., in July and
charged with robbing a Bank One branch, done in by a glitch
in their getaway plan. They had hopped on mountain bikes to
make their exit (which bank robbers have used with success
from time to time), but they were apparently unfamiliar with
the concept of a gearshift, and both men rode away in first
gear (or perhaps second), so slowly that one witness followed
them easily on foot, and a bank guard got close enough to
shoot one of them in the arm. They were quickly arrested.
[MSNBC.com, 7-15-04] "
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