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Crook’s arm ripped off after failed robbery attempt
nypost.com ^
| february 12, 2016
| Larry Celona, Shawn Cohen and Khristina Narizhnaya
Posted on 02/12/2016 2:24:49 PM PST by lowbridge
A would-be robbery victim got some street justice on Friday when a man held him up at gunpoint - and he sped away so fast, it ripped the gunman's arm off, police sources said.
The pair met through Craigslist, where they had arranged to exchange a pair of Air Jordan sneakers near East 86th Street and Avenue M in Canarsie.
But instead, the 17-year-old would-be robber pulled a gun on the 39-year-old man, who was sitting in his car, sources said.
The victim then stomped on the gas to get away, dragging the crook, whose arm was ripped off, law enforcement sources said.
"I saw a kid under a car," said Alex Saint Fleur, a bus driver who lives across the street.
"The guy ran him over. He got out, the driver said, 'He's trying to rob me. He's trying to rob me.'"
"I saw the gun on the floor," Saint Fleur added. "The arm was in the floor near the gun."
The teen got out from under the car, he said, and ran onto a city bus.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: newyork; thefugitive
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:24:49 PM PST
by
lowbridge
To: lowbridge
Can’t wait to see some of the comments on this one.......
To: lowbridge
The lawyer fees are going to cost this guy an arm and a leg.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:27:22 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking but I know what I am thinking.)
To: lowbridge
Actually, it’s Islamic justice. Strange it would happen in New York City.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:27:28 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: lowbridge
He had the right to bare arms.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:28:02 PM PST
by
proudpapa
(trusTed!)
To: lowbridge
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:28:07 PM PST
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
To: lowbridge
Damn, such a wonderful story. Thanks
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:28:10 PM PST
by
umgud
To: lowbridge
Ouch! but it serves the punk right, for trying to steal.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:29:03 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
To: lowbridge
Arm ripped off, ran away and got onto a bus. Really?
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:29:17 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: lowbridge
Half his sex life down the drain.
To: lowbridge
"Just a flesh wound."
To: lowbridge
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:29:50 PM PST
by
Romulus
To: Dilbert San Diego
His new street name is “Slot Machine”
To: lowbridge
Honda Pilot
Quicker off the line than I expected...
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:30:32 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Hillary: the Democrat version of Jeb Bush)
To: lowbridge
A judge should make the kid sew his own arm back on.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:30:50 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: lowbridge
In NY I think they pronounce it "It cost him a nominal egg".
To: Dilbert San Diego
“Victim disarms armed robber”
L
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:31:27 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: lowbridge
He had to take a bus, cuz he sure wasn't going to hitchhike.
There's no future for him in strong-arm robbery. And his juggling career is over too.
"Hey, dude! High five! Oh, sorry ..."
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:31:36 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: lowbridge
I’ve got to get me a car that does that.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:31:49 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: Dilbert San Diego
The real “one armed bandit”.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:31:59 PM PST
by
stinkerpot65
(Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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