Florida: Bank Robber Holds Gun Backward During Crime (includes video)

Local 6 (Florida) ^ | June 2, 2008

[Stoat]

Bank Robber Holds Gun Backward During Crime

 

POSTED: 5:58 pm EDT June 2, 2008

UPDATED: 6:35 pm EDT June 2, 2008

 

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Surveillance video of a bank robbery surprised detectives when it showed the bandit holding a gun in a strange manner, even backward during the holdup.

"(The robber) is holding it in a manner that he's probably not familiar with handguns and was afraid it was going to go off," Orange County sheriff's Detective Jason Sams said. "If that was a fake gun, he would be holding it normally because he wouldn't care." Investigators said the bandit was wearing a new Cleveland Indians baseball cap when he walked into the Fifth-Third bank on the corner of University Boulevard and Goldenrod Road.

The man then handed a bank teller a piece of paper before showing a weapon.

During the robbery, surveillance video showed the bandit holding the weapon in an unusual manner and then apparently pointing it at himself before walking out of the bank. Detectives said the man appears to be familiar with the area and may be from the University of Central Florida area.

Police also said the man had a T-shirt wrapped around his neck, possibly to cover up a tattoo. Anyone with information about the crime is urged to call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS.

[Stoat]

A video of this story, including bank camera footage, is available at the Local 6 site

[Stoat]

[Brilliant]

Probably trying to position himself to argue at trial that he wasn’t doing it at gun point.

Also, possibly aiming for an insanity defense.

[reagan_fanatic]

The teller should have made a grab for the gun - he probably would have shot himself.

[Dixie Yooper]

The video makes it look like he was showing the gun in a way so no one would notice. He also never pointed it at the teller. This could count in his favor in court, if he’s ever caught.

[Hegemony Cricket]

dylsexia is a tchib...

[stainlessbanner]

cross link: Bank Robber Holds Gun Backward [FR]

[Stoat]

The previous posting didn't come up during my pre-post search  :-(

 

 

[G.Mason]

Can I say the "N" word now?

Like that negro has a "new hat", "knows what he's doing", and holds the gun like that because any white guy can hold it by the grips.

Good grief ... I'm more offended by the "news" peoples than that black guy.

At least the black dude may get on comedy central.

[stainlessbanner]

Hey Stoat - two links are fine by me. Search works intermitten for me, too - no biggie.

[AmericaUnited]

Probably trying to position himself to argue at trial that he wasn’t doing it at gun point.

Probably trying to position himself to argue at trial that a gun WAS pointed at him and he had no choice...

[montag813]

"Put your hands up. I have a gub"

[Brilliant]

That’s a good argument... The gun did it.

[Atlas Sneezed]

"Nobody move, or the n***** gets it!"

[Stoat]

Hey Stoat - two links are fine by me. Search works intermitten for me, too - no biggie.

Thank you  :-)

Your always-gracious and congenial nature is sincerely appreciated.

It seems to me that I had far better luck in finding articles during a search in times past.

"sigh"

If this is more than just another stoat-interfacing issue, I hope that a 'tweaking' of the search function might be considered by the Overseers sometime soon.

 

[SueRae]

that was the first thing that came to mind :-) I wonder what this guy’s note said.