Possession Is Nine-Tenths of the Law
In Edina, Minnesota, two would-be robbers hit on a foolproof getaway plan—or so they thought. Rather than using one of their own vehicles, which would be traced directly back to their home, they decided to steal a pickup truck right before they robbed the bank.
Two blocks from the bank, they found a really nice pickup easy to hot wire. They then parked their stolen pickup outside the Norton Bank while they went inside to rob it.
So far, so good. But those bandits hadn’t figured on the determination of the pickup’s owner, who had spotted them driving away and sprinted after them.
The two clever thieves got a substantial haul of money from the bank and then ran outside to find their stolen truck had been, well . . . stolen. The original owner had reclaimed it while they were busy at the bank. Panicked, the robbers attempted their getaway on foot, but they failed. The next pickup in this story was by the police.
The hapless robber finally made it to his truck with a fistful of greenbacks, only to have his car key break off in the door. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he shot himself in the foot with his revolver while struggling to open the locked door.