Police say man in wheelchair robbed bank

[geronimotwo]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080404/ap_on_fe_st/wheelchair_bank_robbery

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Palo Alto police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle  an electric wheelchair. Police said a man in his 60s with gray hair and a beard held up the Wachovia Bank branch at the Stanford Shopping Center late this afternoon with a black handgun.

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After the stickup, he left in his wheelchair and was last seen motoring down a nearby street toward El Camino Real, a major thoroughfare.

Witnesses say the man's legs were wrapped in bandages and his right leg was sticking straight out while he zoomed away.

Police are looking for a white Ford van that the suspect may have been hoisted into after the robbery.

Investigators don't know whether the wheelchair was just a prop or whether the suspect was truly disabled.

that will always look good on a resume "yea, i was the security guard on duty when the rolling bandit struck".

[gunsmith]

 When they catch the guy it will be hid friends in the retirement home turning him after they got suspicious of his new 4 wheel drive with GPS scooter