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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

MAN IN WHEELCHAIR ROBS BANK – AND GETS AWAY WITH IT




Hollywood take note: a bank robber has pulled off possibly the most audacious escape ever, robbing a bank in a wheelchair – and getting away with it.
The man – who wore a grey hoodie – rolled out of the Santander Bank teller in the New York City borough of Queens on Monday after demanding money from the cashier with a note.
He never showed a gun to bank staff during the robbery in the New York City borough of Queens, but was not stopped as he rolled away.


The New York incident is not the first time a person in a wheelchair has robbed a bank.
A 60-year-old Idaho man in a wheelchair was arrested last year for holding up a First Federal Bank, stopped by police while attempting to flee the robbery scene in a taxi cab.
In 2010, a terminally ill California man in a wheelchair hoping to get medical care in prison held up a Chase Bank with a BB gun.
He was arrested outside the building and was sentenced to 21 years’ incarceration



Read more: metro

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