Posted on 05/25/2007 5:38:34 PM PDT by Sleeping Beauty
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) - After demanding money, an alleged bank robber apparently had second thoughts because he asked the teller to call police and said he would be waiting outside on the curb, authorities said.
When Philip Stuart Martin, 45, was arrested Wednesday outside First Financial Branch Bank, he had no weapons, was not physically or verbally abusive and appeared sober, said police Capt. Jason King.
Martin apparently had walked to the bank and did not have a car, King said.
Martin was charged with robbery and remained in the Erath County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bond Thursday.
Police have talked to Martin but are still trying to figure out why he asked the teller to call authorities, King said.
"This was a very unusual, non-typical situation," King said.
King wouldn't say how much money was taken.
I was hoping he wore panties over his face, like the last guy.
He was homeless,broke, sick and hungry. He wanted into jail.
Bingo.
Three hots and a cot, and sex too.
It’s called “throwing a brick” and means deliberately going to jail. Hard to imagine that being the best life choice but it happens for just that reason- it’s seen as the best alternative at the time.
..and get a free college education, food, room and board, and health care.
He should have tossed all his ID and said his name was Jose’. He would have been awarded 3 squares for maybe 3 days, free med check up, and then given the opportunity to walk .
PS: Anybody with three first names is a loser! :-)
Wow. This prison place sounds like a liberal paradise.
Not to mention a free ride on the welfare system afterward...discount housing, etc. etc. etc....
That happens in American, every time you go to the hospital without insurance, unless you were born in a foreign country.
I’d expect more of that every year with winter, especially in points farther north.
Sounds like he just wanted to go back to jail to me.
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