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
Perhaps you gents will consider setting your options in accordance with post #44.
I think, Boazo, that I'll try to forget it.
Funny? - Dumb, dumber, or dumbest, which are you?
He'll laugh all the way to the pen, and it'll be the birthday party to remember!
LOL, I know the feeling.........I've done more than my share too.
What a thing to say. Many thanks for your insightful and penetrating analysis. You've obviously spent a great deal of time reviewing all the posts.
We're likely to believe most anything about someone who promotes his own website here ;o)
I guess that you got caught in your own trap. Part of the laugh about "people in Rio Linda" is that it really is the name of the town. There are others in California of a similar ilk: "El Granada" in San Mateo county comes to mind.
it may not be funny but it is also probably not convictable.
No criminal intent. (guilty mind, guilty act)
I think this is more a charge of criminal mischief than actual robbery.
Some father. Such a loss might be a good example of addition by subtraction.
Operative word, "play"
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