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01-16-2003, 02:43 PM
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Oops! Bank Robber Locks Keys in Car
Updated: Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003 - 8:00 AM EST.
PORT ROYAL, Va. (AP) - He left $100 bills in his wake and, when this bank robber reached his getaway car, he found the keys had been locked inside.
It didn't get any better Wednesday for the masked man who entered the Union Bank & Trust in Caroline County. After he fled his locked car on foot, the frustrated suspect was run down by two civilians and inadvertently shot himself in the leg.
When he continued to struggle, one of the citizens shot him in the leg, too.
Caroline County Sheriff Homer Johnson said Edward Butler Blaine, 61, of Spotsylvania County, was eventually charged with eight felonies, including robbery and two counts of attempted murder. He was hospitalized in Richmond for his injuries.
Blaine fled the bank with several thousand dollars, but dropped several $100 bills along the way as he tried stuffing the money in his pockets, Johnson said.
When beating on the car window with a large piece of wood only drew him the attention of civilians, Blaine abandoned the car and fled with them in pursuit.
When the civilians caught him, Blaine tried to shoot them, but instead shot his own leg, Johnson said. One of the men also shot the suspect when he kept fighting.
Blaine had little reason to think this robbery would go well. Police said he served nearly 20 years in prison after being convicted of a bank robbery in Maryland in 1963.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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He was also charged with two counts of attempted murder. Good job on shooting him in the leg. I wonder if it was one bullet in each leg.
Oops! Bank Robber Locks Keys in Car
Updated: Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003 - 8:00 AM EST.
PORT ROYAL, Va. (AP) - He left $100 bills in his wake and, when this bank robber reached his getaway car, he found the keys had been locked inside.
It didn't get any better Wednesday for the masked man who entered the Union Bank & Trust in Caroline County. After he fled his locked car on foot, the frustrated suspect was run down by two civilians and inadvertently shot himself in the leg.
When he continued to struggle, one of the citizens shot him in the leg, too.
Caroline County Sheriff Homer Johnson said Edward Butler Blaine, 61, of Spotsylvania County, was eventually charged with eight felonies, including robbery and two counts of attempted murder. He was hospitalized in Richmond for his injuries.
Blaine fled the bank with several thousand dollars, but dropped several $100 bills along the way as he tried stuffing the money in his pockets, Johnson said.
When beating on the car window with a large piece of wood only drew him the attention of civilians, Blaine abandoned the car and fled with them in pursuit.
When the civilians caught him, Blaine tried to shoot them, but instead shot his own leg, Johnson said. One of the men also shot the suspect when he kept fighting.
Blaine had little reason to think this robbery would go well. Police said he served nearly 20 years in prison after being convicted of a bank robbery in Maryland in 1963.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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He was also charged with two counts of attempted murder. Good job on shooting him in the leg. I wonder if it was one bullet in each leg.