Posted on 06/24/2003 3:16:19 PM PDT by Normal4me
NEILLSVILLE, Wis. -- Police say he wasn't the brightest robber they ever captured.
A masked man tried to rob a pharmacy in Neillsville armed only with his fingers.
Chief Brad Lindner says the man formed his gloved hand into the shape of a gun and tried to hold up Sniteman's Pharmacy Sunday.
No, his pointed finger wasn't concealed under a jacket or anything. The robber simply held up his hand and formed a gun.
The pharmacy owner William Weiler wasn't going to stand for it. He wrestled with the suspect and ripped off his mask.
The would-be robber ran away and was arrested a short time later at a friend's house.
Joel Peterson of Marshfield appeared in Clark County Circuit Court Monday where he's charged with attempted robbery and seven other counts.
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