Naked man hijacks bus

Las Vegas Review Journal ^ | 7/9/08

[NormsRevenge]

A naked man was arrested Tuesday morning after hijacking a Citizens Area Transit bus.

Las Vegas police said the man, 35-year-old Charles P. Sell, was first seen stealing a beer at the 7-Eleven on the corner of Lamb Boulevard and Washington Avenue about 8 a.m.

An officer arrived at the scene and the man fled, a police spokesman said.

Sell then climbed onto the back of a moving CAT bus traveling east on Washington, broke one of the back windows with his fists, and climbed in.

He threw the driver off the bus and drove it about 200 yards before jumping off, according to police. An officer climbed aboard and stopped it.

Sell was arrested and taken to a hospital for a mental evaluation before being booked at the Clark County Detention Center on felony charges of robbery, grand larceny and malicious destruction of private property, according to police.

He was being held on $14,000 bail.

Police said the man was possibly on drugs during the incident.

[NormsRevenge]

Good thing it wasn’t Obama’s bus.

He’s had a rough enough go of it lately as is.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Police said the man was possibly on drugs during the incident.

Ya think?

[M203M4]

PCP or meth?

[DemonDeac]

What happens in Vegas...

[mad puppy]

Police said the man was possibly on drugs during the incident.

Huh? Drugs? Really......

[NormsRevenge]

meth. only took one officer to grab this one.

[dragnet2]

Gas prices?

[Billthedrill]

I have a lot of sympathy - I mean, how easy is it to get a beer at 8:00 AM in Vegas when yer bucknekkid?

[NormsRevenge]

altho, it only says an officer jumped on the bus to stop it, doesn’t say how many it actually took to grab the perp.

[NormsRevenge]

I agree, btw, I am not trying to make light of what is and could have been a much more serious situation.

Hat tip to the LVPD and the job they do.

[RichInOC]

Beware the naked man who tells you he has a weapon and he’s not afraid to use it.

[PLMerite]

“Naked man hijacks bus”

“I’m sorry, sir, you have to have the *exact* fare.”

[LiberConservative]

“Everybody gimme your money or I’ll pull this billy club out of my ...”

[null and void]

Police said the man was possibly on drugs during the incident.

Maybe. Where's the evidence?

[theDentist]

Well, he did have a weapon.

[NormsRevenge]

well, if he had a chance to swig that beer, and they got a specimen, it’s in the little plastic cup.

[null and void]

The alternate theory is that he was crazy.

More supporting evidence, or as the arresting officer told him:

“I can clearly see your nuts”...

[csvset]

In other bus related news, we have this:

Man, lying on highway in underwear, killed by bus

[DemforBush]

Video from a local news station, including a mugshot of the accused perp here

[CaspersGh0sts]

PCP is pretty amazing stuff. I actually saw a man beat down 5 police officers and escape custody in the ER. They hit him with their billy clubs, and he just kept trashing them. It completely disinhibits, disengauges, and does away with the pain response.

Check out this video on YouTube. The guy is getting sprayed with pepper spray and really doesn’t even care:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2A7IsQ83bY

Or perhaps more amusing....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9oK774QU4E

[NormsRevenge]

damn, that’s not good. sleep walker?

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks. He looks pretty normal, fwiw.

[NormsRevenge]

If I’m not mistaken, PCP is used as elephant and large animal tranquilizer, ingested by humans can yield some pretty spectacular results strength-wise and also cause some pretty unusual behavior.

[lesser_satan]

ping!

[meyer]

You suppose that Weird Al Yankovich had this in mind when he sang "Another one rides the Bus"?

Another one rides the bus
Another one rides the bus
Another comes on and another comes on
Another one rides the bus
Hey, who's gonna sit by you
Another one rides the bus

[Texas Songwriter]

“Well, when you see a naked man, running down an alley with a meat cleaver chasing a woman with the intent to commit rape, I shoot the bas**rd. That’s my policy.” Harry Callahan

[Slings and Arrows]

They probably won't be charging him with carrying a concealed weapon.

[JRios1968]

Police said the man was possibly on drugs during the incident.

[raven92876]

ping

[TigersEye]

Don’t you know this guy? lol

[RckyRaCoCo]

did he use the phrase “this is a stick-up”

[pandoraou812]

No I don’t think so... But it could be my stalker on vacation....What do you think? lmao

[TigersEye]

Watch out for the naked man! ;^)

[pandoraou812]

Oh I saw enough in the nasty video he sent!!! Didn’t you?

[TigersEye]

TMI

[pandoraou812]

WEFG

[Larry Lucido]

I hate hijackers who don’t have proper attire.

[RepoGirl]

Once again, I’m just relieved that this wasn’t in Florida. As for the proper attire — very true. But, I don’t think the article states as to whether or not he was wearing shoes. Flip flops would have been so tacky, but a nice pair of loafers, on the other hand...

[Dead Corpse]

Police said the man was possibly on drugs during the incident.

(sarc)No... Really?(/sarc)

However, here is yet another failure of both the drug war and the war on guns.

This knot-head was still able to get blitzed out of his mind and NO ONE resisted his attempt to steal the bus. Using deadly force on him would have ended his drug crazed attacks real quick...

[Slings and Arrows]

This knot-head was still able to get blitzed out of his mind and NO ONE resisted his attempt to steal the bus.

The driver was taken by surprise and there were no passengers aboard.

[Dead Corpse]

I guess being naked would be kind of surprising. But then why open the doors for the moron?

[Slings and Arrows]

She (the driver) didn’t. He smashed his way in through a window.

[Dead Corpse]

Which should have given her plenty of time to draw a pistol and ventilate his cranium.

You don't need to be Quickdraw McGraw to do this, just be ARMED which most places still won't allow folks like this gal to do.