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  • Bandit sues Rochester, N.Y.,auto shop he tried to rob for beating him up

    06/11/2006 8:54:50 AM PDT · by george76 · 25 replies · 1,015+ views
    Associated Press ^ | Jun 09, 2006 | AP
    A man is suing an auto-parts store for assault and battery after he attempted to hold up the business and employees responded by beating him with a metal pipe. Dana Buckman, 46, walked into an auto shop brandishing a semiautomatic pistol July 5, 2005, only to have it turned on him by employees Eli Crespo and Jerry Vega, police said. The men beat Buckman with a metal pipe and held him with his own gun. Buckman escaped, only to be arrested a week later. He pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and was sentenced to 18 years in prison as a...