Posted on 04/30/2010 5:32:54 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
PALM BAY, Fla. -- A local bank customer was hailed as a hero Thursday night for taking down a man who said he was down on his luck and he decided to commit a robbery.
Floyd Francis gave up instantly, police said, and he was taken to the Brevard County Jail.
"I drew my gun on him and put him down," Ruben Torres said.
In a hand-written confession, Francis said he tried to rob the Space Coast Credit Union in Palm Bay because he needed money.
He wrote, "I make music for a living, but tings not working out right now, so I went to rob this bank."
"He put a bag on his head," Torres said.
Torres said he instantly saw through the plot. While Francis was waiting in line at the credit union, he put a plastic bag on his head. Torres said he had time to go get his gun from his car.
"(Torres is) the hero of the day," said Steve Hill, of the Palm Bay Police Department.
Police said they don't recommend doing what Torres did, but they're glad it worked out.
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What’s with the cow bell?
For some reason, I have a hankering for an Oreo...
Oh jeez, that’s even worse. It’s so ‘last millennium” :-)
LOL
How can you blame this guy? He was only doing what he had to do. The guy was only trying to feed his family.
I’m wondering if he wanted to get caught. Sometimes that promise of 3 hots and a cot in jail sounds better than their own reality to these slackers.
Maybe it was out of tune.
Are you ringing the cow bell like you see people do at baseball games? I’m just trying to understand the context of your post.
As much as I love it when armed citizens make the bad guys fail, this story is not one of the best examples. From other accounts that I read, the robber put a plastic bag over his head, demanded money, then took off the bag so the teller could put the money in it.
I got the impression that Mr. Torres could have written “handgun” on a deposit slip, held it up for the bank robber to see, and the guy would have surrendered. :)
Yeah, it’s more of a “just say no to drugs” story, with a CCW twist.
google “more cow bell” it’s a thing.
“Guess what?! I got a fever, and the only prescription...is more cowbell!!”
That SNL skit is hilarious! I just watched it for the first time and it looks like all the guys playing the BOC band were just ready to go into hysterical fits of laughter. Jimmy Fallon did laugh but he tried his best to hide it.
Now, that’s damn/down right funny!
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