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Man, 72, Jailed in Home Hammer Invasions
myway ^ | Dec 8, 5:37 PM (ET) | unknown

Posted on 12/08/2006 3:29:41 PM PST by rocksblues

CLIFFORD, Pa. (AP) - A 72-year-old Reading man was jailed on charges that he committed home invasions in far northeastern Pennsylvania in which other septuagenarians were struck on the head with a hammer and bound with rope and handcuffs.

In the Susquehanna County home invasions, police accused James Edward Farley, of Reading, of striking and tying up Charlie Tyler, 71, of Auburn Township, on Sunday, taking about $500 in cash and two rifles, and striking and tying up Rolland Loomis, 75, of Bridgewater Township, on Oct. 27, taking about $2,800 in cash, according to a criminal complaint.

Farley was arrested Wednesday in Reading and arraigned Thursday before Magisterial District Judge Gene Franklin on two counts each of burglary, robbery, aggravated assault, theft, receiving stolen property and possessing instruments of crime. He was lodged in the Susquehanna County prison in lieu of $400,000 bond. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney. A preliminary hearing was scheduled Dec. 18 before District Judge Jeffrey Hollister in Montrose.

One witness, Larry Brace, said Farley had showed him a nylon duffel bag containing handcuffs, zip ties, a ball peen hammer, a steel punch and a stun gun and told him, "I'm a robber. That's what I do."


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: criminal; robber
After his release he should move to Minneapolis and apply for a city job.
1 posted on 12/08/2006 3:29:41 PM PST by rocksblues
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To: rocksblues

did you mean St.Paul?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750085/posts


2 posted on 12/08/2006 3:36:31 PM PST by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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To: rocksblues

Hey! Care to explain that crack??

;-)


3 posted on 12/08/2006 3:36:49 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Send Lawyers, Guns And Money *Not Necessarily In That Order*)
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To: Rakkasan1

Ok, I get it now!!

Hah!!


4 posted on 12/08/2006 3:37:47 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Send Lawyers, Guns And Money *Not Necessarily In That Order*)
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To: Rakkasan1

Twin cities?


5 posted on 12/08/2006 3:38:22 PM PST by rocksblues (Do unto others as they do unto you!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
"I'm a robber. That's what I do."

I guess he could work at city hall.

6 posted on 12/08/2006 3:38:23 PM PST by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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To: rocksblues

nort of there. I got out .


7 posted on 12/08/2006 3:38:49 PM PST by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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To: rocksblues
Home Hammer Invasions

I'd heard he had fallen on hard times, but this?

The hits? Would that qualify for false advertising?

8 posted on 12/08/2006 3:56:23 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Note: Sell Diebold Stock.................NOW!!)
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To: rocksblues

We must let him go at once. After all he is old and we all know the elderly can not commit crimes.


9 posted on 12/08/2006 4:01:22 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Those who call their fellow citizens Sheeple are just ticked they were not chosen as Shepherds)
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