HankT
State Researcher
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NEVER bring a toy gun...to a cricket bat fight.
The video is pretty cool.
Actually, this case brings up an interesting question.Whatwould a clerk/store owner who is armedwith a gun do whenbeing "robbed"by some goofball with a fake gun? Hmmm.
Man tries to rob store with fake gun
Monday, 13 Jul 2009
BAY MINETTE, Ala. - Investigators say a suspected armed robber's motive was real, but his weapon was a fake.
Jay Patel says he was checking out customers when a would-be robber came inside his Bee Gee's convenience store. Since it was the weekend, traffic inside was pretty steady.
Security cameras caught the man coming inside the store. Patel says he appeared to be a normal customer. The man went to the back and got a soft drink from the cooler. When he made his way to the counter, he shoved a customer out the way, pulled out his gun and demanded money.
"At first I thought, 'What are you doing? You got to be kidding me. What are you trying to do. If you want the money take it,'" said Patel.
Then Patel realized something weird.
"I looked at the gun and it had an orange tip on it. So I knew it was a fake," says Patel.
The man moved the gun up and down. Patel thinks that was to make it less noticeable that his gun was a toy. That's when Patel flipped the script on him.
"I went up to grab my bat. He saw me get the bat and he ran out of here. I just wanted him to know that I didn't want him to come back."
Baldwin County Deputies say the man behind the mask and gun is 22-year-old Justin Sims.
Patel says quick-thinking and good surveillance video helped police put a robber and his toy gun under lock and key.
The video was so good, it led police right to the suspect.
By the way, that bat Patel used was a cricket bat he had just laying around the house.
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/crime/Man_Tries_To_Rob_Store_With_Fake_Gun
NEVER bring a toy gun...to a cricket bat fight.
The video is pretty cool.
Actually, this case brings up an interesting question.Whatwould a clerk/store owner who is armedwith a gun do whenbeing "robbed"by some goofball with a fake gun? Hmmm.
Man tries to rob store with fake gun
Monday, 13 Jul 2009
BAY MINETTE, Ala. - Investigators say a suspected armed robber's motive was real, but his weapon was a fake.
Jay Patel says he was checking out customers when a would-be robber came inside his Bee Gee's convenience store. Since it was the weekend, traffic inside was pretty steady.
Security cameras caught the man coming inside the store. Patel says he appeared to be a normal customer. The man went to the back and got a soft drink from the cooler. When he made his way to the counter, he shoved a customer out the way, pulled out his gun and demanded money.
"At first I thought, 'What are you doing? You got to be kidding me. What are you trying to do. If you want the money take it,'" said Patel.
Then Patel realized something weird.
"I looked at the gun and it had an orange tip on it. So I knew it was a fake," says Patel.
The man moved the gun up and down. Patel thinks that was to make it less noticeable that his gun was a toy. That's when Patel flipped the script on him.
"I went up to grab my bat. He saw me get the bat and he ran out of here. I just wanted him to know that I didn't want him to come back."
Baldwin County Deputies say the man behind the mask and gun is 22-year-old Justin Sims.
Patel says quick-thinking and good surveillance video helped police put a robber and his toy gun under lock and key.
The video was so good, it led police right to the suspect.
By the way, that bat Patel used was a cricket bat he had just laying around the house.
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/crime/Man_Tries_To_Rob_Store_With_Fake_Gun