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Police: Bad Handwriting Lands Attempted Bank Robber in Jail
NBC Bay Area ^ | Tuesday, Jan 7, 2014

Posted on 01/07/2014 5:52:10 PM PST by nickcarraway

Poor penmanship is not a crime, but it landed a man in jail for attempted bank robbery.

Police say 29-year-old Jamal Garrett entered the Wells Fargo Bank in the 2600 block of Somerville Road in Antioch and handed the teller a note.

Police said the teller was unable to read the note due to poor handwriting. When she called her manager for help, they say, Garrett slipped out the back door.

Police found him soon after. He was arrested for attempted bank robbery and outstanding parole violations.


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And they say there is no need to teach cursive anymore?
1 posted on 01/07/2014 5:52:10 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I have a gub.

What’s a gub?


2 posted on 01/07/2014 5:53:11 PM PST by DManA
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To: nickcarraway


Woody Allen is not a choice role model for the career criminal.

("I have a gub." -- from "Take the Money and Run")
3 posted on 01/07/2014 5:54:27 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (Five years, my brain hurts a lot.)
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To: nickcarraway; mikrofon; martin_fierro
OK, Jamal, 300 times:

This is a robbery. Hand over the money.

This is a robbery. Hand over the money.

This is a robbery. Hand over the money.

This is a robbery. Hand over the money.

This is a robbery. Hand over the money.

4 posted on 01/07/2014 5:56:54 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (Cursive! Foiled again!)
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To: nickcarraway

“Take the Money and Run”, an old Woody Allen movie.
Same schtick. The bank robbery scene was pretty funny.


5 posted on 01/07/2014 5:57:19 PM PST by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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To: nickcarraway
He was arrested for attempted bank robbery and outstanding parole violations.

He has some OUTSTANDING parole violations!

6 posted on 01/07/2014 5:58:08 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (Cursive! Foiled again!)
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To: Charles Henrickson
He has some OUTSTANDING parole violations!

Are outstanding higher than fabulous parole violations on the scale of violations?

7 posted on 01/07/2014 6:00:57 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: nickcarraway
the teller was unable to read the note. . . .

The teller:


8 posted on 01/07/2014 6:01:43 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (Cursive! Foiled again!)
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To: nickcarraway; All

You wonder if this guy was just trying to get back into prison.


9 posted on 01/07/2014 6:14:03 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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To: nickcarraway

apt natural I have a gub

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/224555/Take-the-Money-and-Run-Movie-Clip-Gub.html


10 posted on 01/07/2014 6:32:22 PM PST by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: nickcarraway
Jamal Garrett

No Child Left Behind?

11 posted on 01/07/2014 6:35:39 PM PST by Brandonmark (OWCM is The new American Minority! 11.06.12 - Day of Infamy!)
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To: nickcarraway

“Air in the hands, motherstickers! This is a f**k up”!

At one time, that was my bank. Not WF, but *that particular* WF.


12 posted on 01/07/2014 6:51:20 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: nickcarraway
He was arrested for attempted bank robbery

What if the note really said, "I'd like to open a checking account"?

13 posted on 01/07/2014 6:58:26 PM PST by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Bank Teller #1: Does this look like “gub” or “gun”?

Bank Teller #2: Gun. See? But what does “abt” mean?

Virgil: It’s “act”. A-C-T. Act natural. Please put fifty thousand dollars into this bag and act natural.

Bank Teller #1: Oh, I see. This is a holdup?


14 posted on 01/07/2014 7:01:42 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Charles Henrickson

all my parole violations have been mediocre at best.


15 posted on 01/07/2014 7:22:20 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Poor handwriting on stickup note non-ping?


16 posted on 01/07/2014 7:52:18 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: TChad

That’s funny!


17 posted on 01/07/2014 9:05:37 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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