Posted on 04/10/2007 6:51:19 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
POMONA -- A suspected burglar using a chain and pickup truck to steal an ATM from a market this morning failed to escape capture when his prosthetic leg fell off. Gregory Daniels, 48, was arrested on suspicion of burglary. A second man fled the scene and was not in custody.
The pair smashed a large glass window of the Pomona Ranch Market at 2277 N. Garey Ave. about 3 a.m., police said.
They used a chain and a truck to yank a bolted-down ATM from a concrete floor. Police came to the area and spotted the getaway car.
Officers followed the men into a residential neighborhood. The men drove onto a dead-end street and stopped. Police said one of the men escaped, but Daniels, who had tried to flee, was on the ground because his prosthetic leg fell off.
Can we assume he probalby won’t take the Gold in an @ss-kicking contest, either?
well, an islamic punishment would include lopping off the leg [the remaining one] which carried the scoundrel around, and then the hands which did evil. I’d think that lopping off the leg could be enough.
Poor guy, didn’t have a leg to stand on.
I waited for it ............... FRegards
Great partner.
There has to be a punchline here, but can’t think of one.
Gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘fled on foot’.
The criminal with both legs is still on the run.
It just had to be said. ;)
But what an ijit! Next time he should use some Fixodent or sumpthin'.
Shucks- just reading the title, I thought he had the leg cut off when trying to steal the atm machine.
I don’t suppose it would have helped him escape if his partner had given him a hand.
“I don’t suppose it would have helped him escape if his partner had given him a hand.”
NO! He’d have to give him a leg-up! .............. FRegards
poetic justice,, a dead end street, for him anyway.. it’s a jungle out there sad to say
These guys apparently did not do good research - most if not all ATMs stolen in this manner over the years are found later abandonded with all the money still inside.
One must be prepaired to crack a safe (internal and very secure) after making off with the ATM box itself - usually bolted to the floor.
I.....can’t.....quit......laughing! Leg fall off. Hysterical.
LOL Glad to see someone got my feeble attempt at humor. ;)
“failed to escape capture when his prosthetic leg fell off.”
Don’t worry, he won’t get far on foot.
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