Badges - Re: Cops: Homeless man robs Fla. bank, hops on city bus, gives money away

  • From: "CarlGlas" <CarlGlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 21:01:53 -0500

Before anyone ask, this is in FLORIDA.


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Subject: Badges - Cops: Homeless man robs Fla. bank, hops on city bus, gives 
money away


> TAMPA, Fla. - Police say a 27-year-old homeless man robbed a Tampa
> bank, fled on a city bus and then handed out said stolen cash to 
> passengers.
>
> Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies say Elmer McGuirt handed a
> note demanding money to a Wachovia Bank teller at about 4:30 p.m. 
> Thursday.
>
> McGuirt also implied he had a weapon, officials said.
>
> According to CBS affiliate WFOR, witnesses told deputies he then got
> on the bus and started handing out money, keeping some of the cash for 
> himself.
>
> The sheriff's office contacted the bus driver, who stopped the bus
> and pretended to have mechanical failure. Deputies arrested McGuirt
> and were also able to get some of the money back from passengers.
>
> McQuirt now faces robbery charges and is being held in the
> Hillsborough County Jail.
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20058633-504083.html?tag=latest
>
>
>
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