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Woman puts man in sleeper hold, stops bank heist
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Posted on 06/23/2009 12:05:27 PM PDT by Chet 99

MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—Cyndi Orel worked as a police officer for 25 years and never caught a bank robber. She was apparently saving that hobby for retirement.

The retired Long Beach police officer foiled a bank robbery at a grocery store Saturday when she put a 220-pound bank robber in a chokehold until he passed out. Orel is about 5 feet 7 inches and 128 pounds

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: leo; longbeach; robbery
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To: TheClintons-STILLAnti-American
Kudos!
21 posted on 06/23/2009 12:38:10 PM PDT by Renkluaf
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To: mrmeangenes

320 pounds and not an ounce of fat. Talk about taking your breath away... wow.


22 posted on 06/23/2009 12:40:12 PM PDT by Gator113 (I live in "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world." Imam Obama told me so.)
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To: Hulka

“I’m stuned.”

Really, I find that I am ‘stunned.’

;-)

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23 posted on 06/23/2009 12:44:05 PM PDT by CSM (Business is too big too fail... Government is too big to succeed... I am too small to matter...)
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To: Hulka

Oh, yeah, just so you know, beebers stune!


24 posted on 06/23/2009 12:44:37 PM PDT by CSM (Business is too big too fail... Government is too big to succeed... I am too small to matter...)
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To: CSM

Knew about cheese, moose biting a sister, viking kitties, hugh, series, but never ‘stuned.’


26 posted on 06/23/2009 12:46:03 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
police officer foiled a bank robbery at a grocery store...
I'm stuned.

*snicker*
c'mon, I know its' coming....
a price of grocery joke


27 posted on 06/23/2009 12:47:32 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Zer0Bambi to the poor voter: "Welcome to Obamacare, Now Die!" :^)
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To: mrmeangenes
Sorry to rain on your parade and all...

7'4" World's Tallest Woman? Heather Greene: Lives in Vegas, is 6 ft. 5 in.

28 posted on 06/23/2009 12:50:31 PM PDT by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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To: Pontiac
By the age of 52 you would think that this man would have found productive work.

Hey, give him a break! He probably spent most of his life in prison with little time to forge a productive career. On second thought, if he had already committed eight bank robberies he seems to have been pretty successful in this career. Only problem is time outs can be lengthy.

29 posted on 06/23/2009 12:53:50 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government)
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To: mrmeangenes

Somebody fetch me a ladder, pronto!


30 posted on 06/23/2009 12:55:59 PM PDT by PoliticalDookie
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To: CSM

and stay away from Thailand!!


31 posted on 06/23/2009 12:56:29 PM PDT by billygoatgruff
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To: mrmeangenes

“Build me a woman - make her ten feet tall” Jim Morrison, The Doors


32 posted on 06/23/2009 12:56:43 PM PDT by 21twelve (Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

police officer foiled a bank robbery at a grocery store
I’m stuned.”

Having bank branches inside grocery stores is common in the western US.


33 posted on 06/23/2009 12:58:55 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Mind-numbed Robot
Only problem is time outs can be lengthy.

It’s hard to build up that retirement nest egg when you only work a few months every five to ten years.

He needs to find another line of work.

34 posted on 06/23/2009 1:00:08 PM PDT by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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To: Hulka
Really, I find that I am ‘stunned.’

That is a hugh discovery that you better take seriesly or else your beeber will not work right.

35 posted on 06/23/2009 1:00:15 PM PDT by Eagle Eye (When they came for GM I did nothing because I was not a car dealer....)
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To: TChris

I see !

Well, there is enough of her to go around- that’s for sure !


36 posted on 06/23/2009 1:14:42 PM PDT by mrmeangenes
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To: Hulka

The fact that he is stuned is good. This is a hugh story.


37 posted on 06/23/2009 1:58:02 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ( Obama, you're off the island!)
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To: Chet 99
It probably went down like this.
38 posted on 06/23/2009 1:58:23 PM PDT by nitzy (Take your pick: Globalism OR Limited Government)
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To: TChris

They say the photos aren’t shopped but there is something strange about the one on the left. Look at the region to the right her leg that’s closest to the tiny woman. There are what look like some discontinuities. I saw these photos some years ago and that one bothered me then.


39 posted on 06/23/2009 2:04:20 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ( Obama, you're off the island!)
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To: Right Wing Assault
They say the photos aren’t shopped but there is something strange about the one on the left. Look at the region to the right her leg that’s closest to the tiny woman. There are what look like some discontinuities. I saw these photos some years ago and that one bothered me then.

Good eye! You're absolutely right about the discontinuities. Someone has done some enhancing.

40 posted on 06/23/2009 2:16:03 PM PDT by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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