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Title: Crook’s arm ripped off after failed robbery attempt
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NY Daily News
URL Source: http://nypost.com/2016/02/12/crooks ... -after-failed-robbery-attempt/
Published: Feb 12, 2016
Author: Tina Moore, Larry Celona, Shawn Cohen an
Post Date: 2016-02-13 08:44:51 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 5140
Comments: 36
A 17-year-old robber’s arm was severed in Brooklyn after he held up a 39-year-old man at gunpoint for a pair of pricey sneakers, police sources said. Through the app Wallapop, the pair had arranged to meet up at 1 p.m. on Friday in Canarsie. But when the seller showed up, asking $490 for a pair of Air Jordan 8 Retro sneakers, the teen crook pulled out a gun and demanded the kicks for free inside the older man’s car, police sources said. The 39-year-old stepped on the gas pedal, but the gunman jumped out of his car at the intersection of East 86th Street and Avenue M, sources said. Instead of speeding off, the seller turned his car around and drove after the teenager, crashing into him in front of a fence. The robber’s arm was ripped off when he was pinned against the fence. “I saw a kid under a car,” said Alex Saint Fleur, a bus driver who lives across the street. “The guy ran him over. He got out, the driver said, ‘He’s trying to rob me. He’s trying to rob me.’” “I saw the gun on the floor,” Fleur added. “The arm was on the floor near the gun.” The teen got out from under the car, he said, and ran inside a city bus. “Everyone is screaming, ‘Come back, come back, your arm. You’re bleeding too much,’” Fleur said. The crook got out of the bus and started running down Avenue M, he said, before finally collapsing in the street. The teen was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he remains in serious but stable condition, law enforcement sources said. The 39-year-old driver will likely be arrested, according to police sources. On Friday afternoon, the bus was pulled over on 80th Street, blood spattered on its front entrance. “I was walking up the sidewalk and I heard a boom behind me,” said a postal worker who declined to give her name. “I just kept it moving. I saw somebody run on the bus with a missing arm.” 
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
The driver will be convicted.
The driver will be convicted. Yes,and he should have never been charged.
We don't agree. The kid tried an armed robbery but backed down and tried to flee when his victim resisted. The intent of this driver was clearly to maim or kill. The kid didn't have the guts to kill over the sneakers but the driver did act with malice and intent. The driver demonstrated intent from the moment he turned the vehicle around to pursue this kid. Courts and prosecutors can't just ignore it even if we have no real sympathy for the wannabe robber.
The intent of the driver was to flee an armed felon. "The pair met through Craigslist, where they had arranged to exchange a pair of Air Jordan sneakers near East 86th Street and Avenue M in Canarsie. But instead, the 17-year-old would-be robber pulled a gun on the 39-year-old man, who was sitting in his car, sources said. The victim then stomped on the gas to get away, dragging the crook, whose arm was ripped off, law enforcement sources said." This quote was also from the New York Post.
Then we have a conflict in the accounts and will have to await the police report. If the driver only fled while Bandito was being dragged, I'm not so sure how his arm got ripped off so easily. Or how the vehicle crashed as a result.
All bets are off. Found a video. The driver is screwed.
He'll likely take the first plea deal the prosecutor offers to avoid any trial. The video will devastate any legal defense. It is good to wait until these conflicting reports sort themselves out, as this video you found did.
Not to mention face bankruptcy and loss of job from days missed while going to court. All because he performed a public service.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who somewhat enjoyed the driver cutting that punk criminal down to size. GoFundMe will help him with his legal battles. Heck, I'd be willing to chip in.
#32. To: Fred Mertz (#28)
I loved it,and frankly would love to see more of it. These boogers need to learn that actions have consequences,some painful and some fatal. I mean no harm to any living soul,but if you stick a gun in my face and then make the mistake of taking your eye off of me,you are in serious doo-doo because I will do my level best to kill you. If you don't want me killing you,you shouldn't be sticking a gun in my face.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestInstead of speeding off, the seller turned his car around and drove after the teenager, crashing into him in front of a fence.
#6. To: TooConservative (#1)
Instead of speeding off, the seller turned his car around and drove after the teenager, crashing into him in front of a fence.
#7. To: sneakypete (#6)
#11. To: TooConservative (#7)
"The intent of this driver was clearly to maim or kill."
#16. To: misterwhite (#11)
The victim then stomped on the gas to get away, dragging the crook, whose arm was ripped off, law enforcement sources said."
#17. To: TooConservative (#16)
#20. To: misterwhite, Vicomte13 (#17)
#25. To: TooConservative (#20)
(Edited)
He'll likely take the first plea deal the prosecutor offers to avoid any trial.
#28. To: sneakypete (#25)
All because he [the driver] performed a public service.
Replies to Comment # 28. I'm sure I'm not the only one who somewhat enjoyed the driver cutting that punk criminal down to size.
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