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Utica man who used toilet plunger during bank robbery arrested
http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=741514#.T4ieUNWjJCM ^
| April 12, 2012
| Chris Shephard
Posted on 04/13/2012 2:54:25 PM PDT by billorites
UTICA -- A Utica man is charged with attempted robbery after Utica Police say he threatened a bank teller with a toilet plunger.
It happened Thursday around 1:30 p.m. At the Key Bank on Genesee Street.
Lawrence Deptola, 49, apparently tried robbing two other banks earlier in the day, according to police.
When officers responded to the call at the Key Bank, they saw Deptola, who tried to take off.
Officers chased Deptola around the Bank of America ATM before making an arrest.
The plunger was found at the nearby Citizens Bank.
Deptola is charged with attempted third-degree robbery.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: sourcetitlenoturl
To: billorites
ah...Utica Club....have a cold one.
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posted on
04/13/2012 2:57:11 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: billorites
That’s using a deadly smelling instrument to commit a felony.
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posted on
04/13/2012 2:58:56 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: billorites
Flushed with success the Robber hoped to clean up....
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posted on
04/13/2012 3:02:58 PM PDT
by
Autonomous User
( As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.)
To: billorites
Gives a whole new meaning to “plunge protection team”...
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posted on
04/13/2012 3:09:10 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: billorites
His life is in the crapper now.
To: billorites
Aw, wait a minute, folks! If this poor innocent victim of society is sent to prison, how's he supposed to vote for President Recovery this November?
To: billorites
Everybody has a crappy day once in a while.
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posted on
04/13/2012 3:15:36 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: billorites
I’m surprised none of the tellers shot him for trying to impersonate a plumber’s helper!
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posted on
04/13/2012 3:15:44 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: billorites
Plunging to the depths of despair. It’s a 5h1ty job, but someone’s gotta plumb it.
To: billorites
A Trap Snake would have been much more threatening!
To: billorites
Next time, use a bed pan!
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posted on
04/13/2012 3:36:38 PM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
( WHO WE ELECT AS PRESIDENT IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS WHO THEY APPOINT.)
To: billorites
“They say that this country is going downhill, that the enterpreneurial spirit somehow went out of us. Well I say, tell that to the kid who sold me this plunger!”
http://vimeo.com/7603998
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posted on
04/13/2012 3:38:31 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: billorites
I went to Utica for the first time a few years ago and I swear it was like going back in time 100 years.
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posted on
04/13/2012 4:07:56 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: billorites
Glad to see the police finally flushed him out.....
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posted on
04/13/2012 4:18:03 PM PDT
by
Donkey Odious
(I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
To: billorites
EXPROPRIATE! ... EXPROPRIATE!
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posted on
04/13/2012 4:38:43 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Day late & a Dalek short...)
To: Vaquero
Schultz and Dooley
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posted on
04/13/2012 5:32:49 PM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: billorites
Hope none of the bank tellers were stuck on stupid.
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posted on
04/13/2012 5:37:56 PM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: billorites
Hey, it might be a lethal weapon to someone who is completely full of s**t. Probably banned in D.C. ...
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posted on
04/13/2012 6:35:28 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
To: billorites
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036953/
Abbott and Costello’s “In Society” — “The Plunger” was a valuable painting — but it was a picture of a high-stakes gambler, not a device to unclog a toilet.
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