Posted on 04/23/2015 6:40:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Hillcrest man was robbed Thursday in a home invasion and the man suspected in the crime was spotted using the victim’s powered wheelchair for his getaway, police said.
San Diego Police arrested Stanley McQuery, 54, for breaking into the victim’s unit in the senior apartment complex on 6th Avenue near Pennsylvania Avenue.
The 79-year-old victim told police it was after 3 a.m. when a man broke into his home through the bedroom window saying, “I’m trying to get out of here.”
The victim, who has one leg, used his wheelchair to move into the living room. There, he used his mobile phone to call police.
Then, the robber pulled the victim from the wheelchair and rode the device out of the apartment. It wasn’t until he saw a police officer with a K-9 unit that the suspect got off the wheelchair and ran.
The police dog bit McQuery in the arm as the suspect was arrested near Pennsylvania and 7th avenues. He was treated at the hospital and then booked on charges of robbery, burglary and elder abuse.
The victim suffered cuts and bruises to his leg, police said.
The location of the senior apartment complex is south of Robinson Avenue and west of State Route 163.
Steal mobility, steal someone's life until they get a replacement.
/johnny
What is top speed for a wheelchair? 10 mph?
Wheelchair = Vehicle = Horse ..... I say hang ‘em all.
I can't see a regular wheel chair getting away from someone on foot.
/johnny
LOL! This is like George Costanza crossed with Eddie Murphy at the beginning of “Trading Places”.
I don't often need one, but when I have to have one, and the cane isn't doing it... I need one. Period. Steal that and it's exactly like stealing someone's horse or car.
/johnny
Might have been fitting if the dog had chewed his damn leg off, but then the taxpayers would have been on the hook for his wheel chair.
Damn druggies.
Some people are slow...
They see me rollin
They be hatin
They aren’t that speedy. He surely could have just run faster.
Reminds me of the scene in Seinfeld where George Costanza tried to escape from some senior citizens. They’re all in elecric wheelchairs, including Costanza...and not going real fast.
Don't rely on information that is old. ;)
/johnny
“Eat hickory!”
On the roll ping....
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