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Recent News from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Sierra BTHP
29-10-2005, 21:32
Oct 23, 2005 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

There are robberies gone wrong and then there are those that go so horribly wrong you end up feeling sorry for the criminal.

After holding up a man in a parking lot on Sunday, a robber was hit five times by two vehicles, first by what cops think was the stickup man's own getaway driver and four more times by another car apparently driven by a woman who knew the 33-year-old victim, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Amidst the repeated car-rammings, the sorry stickup artist even managed to pull out his gun and shoot himself in the leg.

Here's the breakdown, according to what local police told the Journal Sentinel:

After the 29-year-old suspect robbed the man in the parking lot at 2:45 a.m. Sunday, a pickup truck cops think was the getaway ride came flying up in reverse and slammed into both the suspect and the victim — and then bolted.

As the befuddled bandit tried to slink away, a woman in a Lexus rammed him, and then backed up and hit him again and again.

The robber tried to pull his gun out of his pocket after the third hit, but instead shot himself in the leg, and was promptly walloped by the Lexus for a fourth time.

Police showed up and arrested the pitiful pilferer, who was listed in critical condition at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital on Monday, according to the Journal Sentinel.

The incident took place about 2:30 a.m. near the intersection of N. 14th and W. Center streets.

The robber, age 29, was too injured to run away. The robbery victim, age 32, suffered a broken leg. Both men were hospitalized.
Sabbatis
29-10-2005, 22:17
Karma?
Righteous Munchee-Love
29-10-2005, 23:34
Just curious: Could the robber sue the woman? She was no victim and one could argue there are other ways in stopping a robber than hitting him 4 times with a car? ´Cause I´m pretty sure she would get sued over here.
Anagonia
29-10-2005, 23:36
Thats just....whew....:eek:
Sierra BTHP
30-10-2005, 00:28
Just curious: Could the robber sue the woman? She was no victim and one could argue there are other ways in stopping a robber than hitting him 4 times with a car? ´Cause I´m pretty sure she would get sued over here.

He had a gun when she was running him over (although he only managed to shoot himself). In most states in the US, she would be OK.

The problem she had was driving off afterwards.

If it had been me with the car (and for some unknowable reason I didn't have my pistol with me), I would have backed up just enough to put a wheel on his chest. Set the parking brake, put the car in Park, and turned off the ignition.
Myrmidonisia
30-10-2005, 01:23
That reminds me of the woman in Texas a few years ago. She killed her husband by running him over with her Benz. Over and over and over ...
Ashmoria
30-10-2005, 01:53
That reminds me of the woman in Texas a few years ago. She killed her husband by running him over with her Benz. Over and over and over ...
im pretty sure she went to jail

even though ANYONE could make that mistake
Druidville
30-10-2005, 02:32
im pretty sure she went to jail

even though ANYONE could make that mistake

Yeah, she tried the "oops, Golly!" defense. No one bought it.
Carnivorous Lickers
30-10-2005, 02:44
Good.

He needed a more direct hit,though-not glancing blows. We dont need him to be a plaintiff.
Celtlund
30-10-2005, 02:50
Oct 23, 2005 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel...SNIP...

Some days it is just better to stay in bed. :D