Posted on 07/18/2014 8:25:39 AM PDT by george76
A bank robber tried to escape police by jumping into the Arkansas River.
He hasn't been seen since.
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A witness who saw the whole scene unfold told 11 News that at first the suspect seemed confident that he had escaped police, going so far as to climbing onto a cement slab in the middle of the river and taunting officers.
But when the suspect jumped back into the water, he never resurfaced. A police spokesman says the man may have gotten caught in the undertow.
(Excerpt) Read more at kktv.com ...
So, if all your friends jumped in a river, would you jump in too?
No. But if I robbed a bank I would.
Perhaps the “Mother of all Catfish” lived under that bridge?
Or bridge trolls?
Must be a popular new getaway technique. Two weeks ago in MD a security guard was chasing a shoplifter who jumped into a retention pond and sank like a brick.
Rushing water past an stationary object can create one hell of a vortex that could easily trap a person. He sleeps with the fishes.
Him and DB Cooper are laughing it up.
Note to robber.
When you get to Royal Gorge float through on your back. Should be quite a sight, 1000’ walls straight up.
Maybe he shouldn’t have filled his money bag with rolls of Susan B. Anthonys.
Escape from Alcatraz.
What do they mean with "tried"? He succeded!
My bad. And I was just out there 3 was ago. Wanted to go to Royal Gorge but it’s closed because of a fire last year.
3 weeks ago.
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