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"This is a robbery!" warns man armed with tree branch
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Posted on 01/21/2004 2:44:39 PM PST by martin_fierro
"This is a robbery!" warns man armed with tree branch
LISBON (AFP) - A 46-year-old man armed with a tree branch robbed just over 1,000 euros (1,260 dollars) from a customer at a bank in suburban Lisbon but was forcibly subdued by other bank clients before he could escape, it was reported.
The man pressed the branch against the back of the customer on Monday and shouted "This is a robbery!" before grabbing the cash which the bank client had just withdrawn, a police source told daily newspaper 24Horas.
But as the assailant attempted to flee, he was grabbed and beaten up by other bank clients who held him until police arrived, the paper said.
The would-be robber was taken to a hospital emergency ward for treatment to cuts and bruises.
Police said he would undergo psychological testing.
"The authorities are used to dealing with robberies involving guns. But they have never dealt with thieves trying to rob banks with branches before," a police spokesman told daily newspaper Correio da Manha.
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KEYWORDS: branch; robbery; shrubbery
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Maybe he said, "This is a SHRUBBERY!"
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posted on
01/21/2004 2:45:57 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Uneasy in my easy chair.)
Unclear on the concept of "Knocking over a bank branch."
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posted on
01/21/2004 2:47:11 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Uneasy in my easy chair.)
To: martin_fierro
LOL!
Is she a co-conspirator?
To: martin_fierro
"Hey, that's no gun. So just make like a tree and leaf."
To: martin_fierro
ow... just ow
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:07:49 PM PST
by
MacDorcha
To: martin_fierro
Are you sure he didn't say, this is a "stick" up??
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:23:13 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(...................Repeal the Fourteenth Amendment.......................)
To: martin_fierro; mhking
Just nuts!
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posted on
01/21/2004 5:54:17 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Death is certain; little chance of success; what are we waiting for???)
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
The man pressed the branch against the back of the customer on Monday and shouted "This is a robbery!"No, this is a SHRUBBERY!
Just damn.
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posted on
01/21/2004 5:56:08 PM PST
by
mhking
To: mhking
You just can't make this stuff up.
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posted on
01/21/2004 6:03:21 PM PST
by
ConservativeMan55
(You...You sit down! You've had your say and now I'll have mine!!!!)
To: martin_fierro
But as the assailant attempted to flee, he was grabbed and beaten up by other bank clients who held him until police arrived, the paper said. Ya know, I sorta feel sorry for the poor sap...
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posted on
01/21/2004 6:07:49 PM PST
by
mikrofon
To: martin_fierro
'This is a stickin f**k up!'
'Ah, uh, I mean uh ....'
:-)
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posted on
01/21/2004 6:11:27 PM PST
by
Snagglepuss
(Thoughts are things)
To: martin_fierro
Looks like we need stricter branch control laws....
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posted on
01/21/2004 6:24:41 PM PST
by
Sofa King
(-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS! http://www.angelfire.com/art2/sofaking/index.htm)
To: mikrofon
I feel sorry for the poor sapling...
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posted on
01/21/2004 6:25:24 PM PST
by
Sofa King
(-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS! http://www.angelfire.com/art2/sofaking/index.htm)
To: martin_fierro
Sgt.: Now, self-defence. Tonight I shall be carrying on from where we got to last week when I was showing you how to defend yourselves against anyone who attacks you with armed with a piece of fresh fruit. (Grumbles from all)
Palin: Oh, you promised you wouldn't do fruit this week.
Sgt.: What do you mean?
Jones: We've done fruit the last nine weeks.
Sgt.: What's wrong with fruit? You think you know it all, eh?
Palin: Can't we do something else?
Idle (Welsh): Like someone who attacks you with a pointed stick?
Sgt.: Pointed stick? Oh, oh, oh. We want to learn how to defend ourselves against pointed sticks, do we? Getting all high and mighty, eh? Fresh fruit not good enough for you eh? Well I'll tell you something my lad. When you're walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don't come crying to me! Now, the passion fruit. When your assailant lunges at you with a passion fruit...
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posted on
01/21/2004 6:51:05 PM PST
by
weegee
To: mhking
It's highway shrubbery, that's what this is!
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posted on
01/21/2004 6:52:51 PM PST
by
weegee
To: weegee; mhking
His bark was worse ... oh, nevermind.
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posted on
01/21/2004 7:12:30 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Uneasy in my easy chair.)
To: EggsAckley
But as the assailant attempted to flee, he was grabbed and beaten up by other bank clients who held him until police arrived, the paper said. Eyewitnesses saw the branch.
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posted on
01/21/2004 7:13:56 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Uneasy in my easy chair.)
To: EggsAckley
LoLoL...
OUCH...
LoLoLoL...
OW...
I'm not recovered enough for this yet!
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posted on
01/21/2004 7:32:11 PM PST
by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(Emergency open gall bladder surgery; 32 staples and a 9" scar; I hurt. *Ouch*)
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