Posted on 08/29/2005 4:08:37 PM PDT by Mike Bates
Savannag, GA - A Savannah man was arrested after he told a 13-year-old girl to hand a note to a bank teller threatening a holdup, police said.
Michael Lyons, 45, told police that he and a group of girls celebrating his daughter's birthday were trying to play a practical joke. The note said "Give me all of your money, this is a stick up," according to a police report.
While Lyons was getting money out of an ATM on Friday, the girl went into the bank and handed the note to a teller.
The teller sounded the bank's alarm and police and FBI surrounded the building searching for suspected burglars.
Instead, they found Lyons and the group of girls.
Lyons was charged with criminal attempt of robbery by intimidation, said Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police spokesman Bucky Burnsed.
"You can't yell fire in a crowded theater, can't joke about a bomb in your luggage at the airport, and you can't write notes to cashier that say 'This is a stick up,'" Burnsed said.
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Information from: Savannah Morning News, http://www.savannahnow.com
I disagree. There is absolutely nothing funny about this.
I don't see the humor in it. They have to take every threat seriously. Dumb dumb idea.
I wonder what his DU handle is.
I'm sure he was going to split with the girls, it would
only be fair.
Humor would be writing it on your ATM deposit envelope. This was just dumb.
Note to self: Be sure to use /sarcasm tag as appropriate.
You try working as a teller and tell me how funny you find it. This is a serious matter and I hope the dope gets 5-8 to think about it.
How does a man get to be 45 years-old without understanding that you can't play cops and robbers with real cops?
Translation?
Yes. This was funny. About as funny as pointing a toy gun at a cop.
Hilarious.
I went into my bank once, filled out a deposit slip and handed it and my check over to the teller. She looked at it and asked if I'd written anything on the back. No. She showed me that someone had written upon it, "This is a stickup." She had me fill out a new slip and placed my original in an envelope for the police. I never heard if they found out who'd done that.
Some people are beyond stupid!
Another in a long line of people too stupid to breed yet they did. How does one get to age 45 by being such a dumb ass.
Probably not to the bank teller. And it sure as heck would not have been if somebody got hurt.
Translation?
Lyons is charged with being an incurable moron, more than likely a member of the DU
This is funny to you? I find no humor in it. I think the guy is a nut personally.
Anyone who thinks this is funny needs some kind if help...please seek it.
I'm all for practical jokes, but I don't get how this is funny. Is it some sort of irony thing with a little girl having the note?
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