Posted on 03/10/2006 3:26:39 AM PST by beyond the sea
Great-grandmother Marilyn Devine had tears in her eyes when she walked out of the Allegheny County Jail and into the arms of her husband of 32 years.
Clinging to him Thursday evening, she apologized for robbing a West Mifflin bank. And although she spoke well of guards who watched over her in confinement, she said she thinks she has been punished enough.
"You don't know what stress it is to disgrace yourself and your family and spend four days in lockup, when you've been a good person your whole life," the 74-year-old Baldwin Borough woman said minutes after posting a $50,000 bond.
Earlier yesterday Devine waived her right to a preliminary hearing before West Mifflin District Judge Richard D. Olasz, who reduced her bond from $100,000 straight cash to $50,000 supported by real estate. Devine's family pledged the deed to their home.
"I just had a mental breakdown," she said of the incident that placed her in jail Monday. "I'm sorry that I did that and upset those young people. They were very professional about it. I wasn't out to intend to hurt anybody. I won't do anything like this again."
Police say Devine robbed the National City Bank in a supermarket off Lebanon Church Road with an unloaded 9 mm handgun and then led police on a 5.3-mile, 45-mph chase.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
..it's not "in the mind" what future bank robbers should be thinking about
Doogle
what?
........ a retired registered nurse, Devine worked in a surgical MASH unit during the Korean War.
Will Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan end up like this?
It was her Chrysler Reliant's top speed.
Probably the same thing that happened to them when Lawrence Taylor was allowed to continue being a role model for our children after multiple offences involving illegal drug use, or O.J. Simpson's getting a pass for the Nicole Brown Simpson, Ron Brown killings, or when Congress refused to convict BJ Clinton for lying.
It depends on what the meaning of "what" is. ;)
I saw how slow she walked. I have to wonder how she even got away.
LOL
On KDKA this morning they actually reported that she had, "lead police on a slow speed chase."
"I just had a mental breakdown," she said of the incident that placed her in jail Monday. "I'm sorry that I did that and upset those young people. They were very professional about it. I wasn't out to intend to hurt anybody. I won't do anything like this again."
Oh ........... ok.
I certainly know that this is a sympathetic story if there are any sympathetic stories for robbing a bank, but really, if they let this woman off, some surrounding areas of Pittsburgh are pretty depressed areas these days, and that certainly could give others who are down and out a thought of doing the same thing................ and just think if they actually get away with it.
;-)
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Butch Cassidy: What happened to the old bank? It was beautiful.
Guard: People kept robbing it.
Butch Cassidy: Small price to pay for beauty.
Hmmm, she had enough money to color her hair.
Followed by a 2 block, 2 mph walker chase....
Yeh, she wasn't moving too well.
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"She was under extreme duress when she committed this crime," Geary said. "It was a desperate act, perhaps a cry for help."
--- "a cry for help" -- hey sonny, help me stuff this money in my bag!"
You don't see too many 74 year old women with hair that long.
LOL ......... remember 'Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid'?
Butch Cassidy: [spanish] Manos a... Manos, um... [Butch pulls out a card that helps him remember his words]
Butch Cassidy: Manos arriba!
Sundance Kid: They got 'em up! Skip on down.
Butch Cassidy: Arriba!
Sundance Kid: Skip on down!
Butch Cassidy: Todos ustedes "arrismense" a la pared.
Sundance Kid: They're against the wall already!
Butch Cassidy: Donde... Ah, you're so damn smart, You read it!
That whole movie was so funny. Here is a great site with many of the memorable scenes:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/quotes
When the certainty of swift and certain punishment is no longer adhered to, chaos soon follows.
It's not my fault
Someone cheated me
I got laid off
A storm hit my house
My husband spent all the money
I have a disability
I didn't ask for this
I didn't do anything to deserve this
Life is so unfair
You're right .......... as always.
I know a few. But then, I'm a PA redneck.;^)
So this is how Boomers are going to pay for retirement?
Presuming Granny is not a career criminal, letting her off will have no- that is ZERO role model effects and will encourage ZERO others to rob banks and will have ZERO effects on peoples' estimation of the efficacy if the judicial system. Reations from nonbitter non jackbooted citizens will range from snickers to "oh the poor dear."
The fact is that the shores are eroded, for the most part, in undiscernable amounts, yet over time the evidence of that erosion is easily observed.
LOL!
post 19..................... boomer ping
:-)
I have serious doubts about what you say, especially if some old, down-on-their luck folks can read the paper and see this story (repeated every half hour on all the local news). If this woman gets off clean, there most likely will be copycat events (jmo).
There are a heck of a lot of people in the area who have equally sad stories (or much worse) who could easily be tempted to do the same stupid thing. As a matter of fact ...... hmmmmm........... no time in prison for bank robbery............ sounds good to me.
""I just had a mental breakdown," she said of the incident that placed her in jail Monday. "I'm sorry that I did that and upset those young people. They were very professional about it. I wasn't out to intend to hurt anybody. I won't do anything like this again."
Now that will work.
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Hey genius, she's 74. Do the math - her kids would be boomers. Don't you children learn anything these days?
It was a joke jackass
Oh, a joke. Now I get it. As funny as you are bright.
Hey hairball, sorry for my stupid oversight.I'm 59 (born in '47) and a boomer..... and I completely missed that little detail.
By the way, when does "boomerism" begin --- 1945, 1946?
P.S. A boomer could be as old as 61 .................. maybe, as you proclaim, her kids could be "boomers" in West Virginia, genius.
LOL
The 'offended one' must not have gotten the drift of your sly, sardonic wit. He/she was quite seriesly offeneded, and a mathematical wizard at the same time.
;-)
Most of the time the stats I've seen put boomers as being born between 1946 and 1964.
Yes, I think I've heard similarly. But personally, I believe that the "boomer" period should have only been confined to a period of about 10 years, because after all, it was supposed to be the exuberance of the coming home from war and a couple of other ingredients that caused the "boom" of births. I think that 18 years is way too long (jmo).
What do you think?
Woody Allen (a bank robber), walks up to the teller and hands her a note that reads. "I have a gun. Give me all your cash."
The teller, however, is puzzled, because he reads "I have a gub." "No, it's gun", Allen says.
"Looks like 'gub' to me," the teller says, then asks another teller to help him read the note, then another, and finally everyone is arguing over what the note means.
I agree. The people born in 1946 could easily be the parents of those born in 1964.
Most of the generational "feuds" that occur seem to me to be nothing more than a battle of the stereotypes each generation gets stuck with.
Prosecutors dropped four charges against Devine, and she will be arraigned May 23 on charges of robbery, fleeing and eluding police, possessing a firearm without a license, and possessing an instrument of a crime.
I saw the old lady on the news last night. I think her brain is not hitting on all cylinders.
Diminished mental capacity. That's the ticket!
You must be one of said boomers upset that I included a 74 year old woman in your age bracket. Calm down grandpa - go have a glass of metamucil and take a nap. I hear the Dick Van Dyke show is on TV land at 1:00.
I can't shake the feeling that this lady, though guilty of the crime, is more in tune to her inner sympathies for others than her rational safety measures that would ordinarily have prevented her from doing this.
All in all ... it's sad.
Personally, I'd like the media to just shut up about it and let some psych people help her and her husband to attempt to live out their last days .... they're not kids, y'know.
I suspect the LEO's would be kindly towards her, if they are allowed to.
Why am I not surprised that some kid who can't do basic arithmetic and thinks a 74 year old is a boomer would know what's on TV in the middle of the afternoon?
You're right, but given the age, there's another one. "I've got dementia". And I'm betting that will be the plea.
Whatever dude. I am 33 and at work (office job) right now.
..... sounds somewhat like some of those whining Seahawk fans.
;-)
Just asking.
ROFL!
Yeah ... I guess so ... LEO's are LEO's though ... I don't have an answer ... just ... it seems strange that this lady did what she did.
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