Police say man in wheelchair robbed bank
Fri Apr 4, 7:15 PM ET
Palo Alto police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle — an electric wheelchair. Police said a man in his 60s with gray hair and a beard held up the Wachovia Bank branch at the Stanford Shopping Center late this afternoon with a black handgun.
After the stickup, he left in his wheelchair and was last seen motoring down a nearby street toward El Camino Real, a major thoroughfare.
Witnesses say the man's legs were wrapped in bandages and his right leg was sticking straight out while he zoomed away.
Police are looking for a white Ford van that the suspect may have been hoisted into after the robbery.
Investigators don't know whether the wheelchair was just a prop or whether the suspect was truly disabled.
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Information from: San Jose Mercury News, http://www.sjmercury.com
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Police Say Man In Wheelchair Robbed Bank
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, Apr 06 2008 12:53 PM
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Posted 06 April 2008 - 01:01 PM
HA HA that made me laugh, i can just imagine the faces of the cashiers i wonder if he went to the low window for wheelchair users LOL LOL
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Motorcycle accident, or sniper fire depends who is in the room at the time LOL
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Posted 06 April 2008 - 10:52 PM
This guy has to be a hero.
If he genuinely uses a wheelchair, what incredible confidence to try such a risky heist and actually (to this stage) carry it out. Bizarre.
If it was a thief using the wheelchair as a disguise, what a daring, funny and creative ploy?
OK, he's a very naughty boy for thieving but yah gotta admire him (or maybe it's a her)
If he genuinely uses a wheelchair, what incredible confidence to try such a risky heist and actually (to this stage) carry it out. Bizarre.
If it was a thief using the wheelchair as a disguise, what a daring, funny and creative ploy?
OK, he's a very naughty boy for thieving but yah gotta admire him (or maybe it's a her)
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Posted 07 April 2008 - 12:19 AM
Apparelyzed, on Apr 6 2008, 06:14 AM, said:
Just for the record, I was in the UK on friday! 
Simon
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Of course you were.
when it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight, call the Marines.
I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!
How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!
How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
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Posted 07 April 2008 - 10:42 AM
Hmmm! Does anyone happen to know what type vehicle Captain Pike drives?
btw, my chair is a manual.
Really!
And I hate Fords.
Honest!!
btw, my chair is a manual.
Really!
And I hate Fords.
Honest!!
'Cause that's how I roll! 
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Posted 07 April 2008 - 06:53 PM
I would say I did it, but my right leg was amputated a couple of years ago.......
That's where I hid the shotgun....
Must of been a bunch of LAME ASS bank guards........
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That's where I hid the shotgun....
Must of been a bunch of LAME ASS bank guards........
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Posted 07 April 2008 - 07:24 PM
Who ever he is, he's my hero, that's fer sure!
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when it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight, call the Marines.
I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!
How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!
How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
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Posted 09 April 2008 - 12:33 AM
Well with the prices of some of the equipment.........if he didn't have insurance........you never know who'd be tempted to rob a bank. 
For the record.......I wouldn't be able to hold my leg out strait anyhow + I was in California USA.
My BEST alibi is that I would NOT have been able to maneuver down a crowded street with OUT hitting dozens of people
For the record.......I wouldn't be able to hold my leg out strait anyhow + I was in California USA.
My BEST alibi is that I would NOT have been able to maneuver down a crowded street with OUT hitting dozens of people
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*I USE a wheelchair, that does NOT make ME a wheelchair!*
*Wheelchairs are made of a special ocular magnetic alloy......they're "eyeball magnets".*
*I USE a wheelchair, that does NOT make ME a wheelchair!*
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