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Man attempts to rob convenience store with electric drill
Lincoln JournalStar ^ | 9/5/12 | Lincoln JournalStar

Posted on 09/06/2012 8:15:06 AM PDT by bigbob

Police are looking for a man who attempted to rob a convenience store early Wednesday with an electric drill.

A man wearing black jeans, a black sweater and a black mask entered the Kwik Shop near First Street and Cornhusker Highway at 2:49 a.m., Lincoln Police Officer Katie Flood said.

He demanded money and held an object concealed under a towel to look like a gun, Flood said.

The clerk, however, noticed a drill bit and saw a cord hanging from below the towel and refused to give the man money.

After the clerk told the man she thought it was an electric drill, the man left without taking anything.

A man in the area saw the man leave the store, run toward a nearby mobile home park and leave eastbound in a dark-colored, four-door car, Flood said.

The manager of the Kwik Shop provided police with surveillance footage.

The clerk described the man as about 5-foot-5, 140 to 150 pounds. He is likely young, judging from his voice, Flood said.


TOPICS: Humor; Local News
KEYWORDS: drill; electricdrill; robbery; stupidcriminals
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Betcha this guy would bring a screwdriver to a knife fight ...
1 posted on 09/06/2012 8:15:09 AM PDT by bigbob
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Stop or I’ll countersink!


2 posted on 09/06/2012 8:16:09 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: bigbob

THIS IS NOT A DRILL!


3 posted on 09/06/2012 8:17:47 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: bigbob

Needs more extension cords


4 posted on 09/06/2012 8:17:52 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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5 posted on 09/06/2012 8:18:09 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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Police are looking for a man who attempted to rob a convenience store early Wednesday with an electric drill.

Outlaw those damn drills and rid ourselves of these issues!

Drill bits should require a permit to purchase.

6 posted on 09/06/2012 8:18:45 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Stop or I’ll countersink!

(gasp) THAT would put a dent in someones day!

7 posted on 09/06/2012 8:21:51 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: bigbob
Soon to be on TruTV...


8 posted on 09/06/2012 8:22:46 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (FUMR)
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To: bigbob

that is a whole lotta stupid right there.

at least use a cordless.. obviously the extension cord didn’t make it all the way to the store.


9 posted on 09/06/2012 8:24:34 AM PDT by cableguymn
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A man wearing black jeans, a black sweater and a black mask entered the Kwik Shop..."

>I>The clerk described the man as about 5-foot-5, 140 to 150 pounds. He is likely young, judging from his voice, Flood said.

Hmmm... one of the kids from the Black Bloc, or one of the Usual Suspects? I only ask that because they didn't mention the perps race, and that usually means the latter...

10 posted on 09/06/2012 8:25:47 AM PDT by Kenton (I love the smell of the Democrat flop sweat in the morning. it smells like... VICTORY!)
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To: bigbob

Hardware Wars!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ymFxkFfIhU


11 posted on 09/06/2012 8:26:38 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: cripplecreek

That was funny.


12 posted on 09/06/2012 8:26:56 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: bigbob
Hey Nebraska is a open carry state w/ a holster....whatz the problem?


13 posted on 09/06/2012 8:27:16 AM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: treetopsandroofs
"You'll laugh, you'll cry! You'll kiss three bucks goodbye!" Classic.
14 posted on 09/06/2012 8:27:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: bigbob
We should only have the right to use brace and bit drills

not some fully automatic, assault drill with a clip that can hold hundreds of armor piercing bits.


15 posted on 09/06/2012 8:29:01 AM PDT by KarlInOhio ("Government is the only thing that we all belong to"=implicit repeal of the 13th amendment for all.)
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To: EGPWS

This is a Makita 3/4” 40 Amp Model 440729-J, the most powerful hand drill ever made, and it will screw your head clean off. So you need to ask yourself just one question.

Do you feel lucky?
Well do ya, punk?


16 posted on 09/06/2012 8:33:05 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: treetopsandroofs

Narrator: Enjoy intense drama during the pre-battle briefing scene.

Lecturer: Okay, so what you want to do is this: You want to attack at the most vulnerable spot. Come at it from this angle and locate the automatic flip-flop override device here, which in turn will defuse the antigyroscopic preinterface thruster chamber, and the pneumatic centripetal antigravity shield deflectors, then you simply deactivate the axial gyro-presubinertia-photomegatronic oscillator that you see here.

Fluke Starbucker: Huh?

Lecturer: You pull the plug!


17 posted on 09/06/2012 8:34:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: Kenton
Hmmm... one of the kids from the Black Bloc, or one of the Usual Suspects?

A Raiders Fan? White Sox perhaps?


18 posted on 09/06/2012 8:34:39 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Black guy?

Noticed that important physical description information was missing, so can only assume it was one of Obama’s sons.


19 posted on 09/06/2012 8:50:12 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

“You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll kiss three bucks goodbye.”


20 posted on 09/06/2012 9:02:16 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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