Senior Citizen Suspect in Spruceland Scotiabank Hold Up

Friday, August 13, 2010 01:07 PM

Prince George B.C.0- A 75 year old man is in custody after the Scotiabank in Spruceland was held up just before noon today.

RCMP say an elderly Caucasian male, entered the bank around 11:44 this morning and demanded cash. He got away with an undisclosed amount of money. The description of the robber was that he was wearing a white t-shirt, straw hat, had no teeth and had a black walker. There was no weapon seen.

Police made an arrest a short time later near the Save-On Foods store in Spruceland mall.

A 75 year old man is in custody. Police are still talking with their suspect. Acting RCMP spokesperson Gary Godwin says this is a new one for him "In my previous 35 years of policing , I have never head of anything like this, this is a new one for me."

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Posted on Friday, August 13, 2010 01:07 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: happyman22 on August 13 2010 2:16 PM

After a 20 min search they found the man still in the Scotia Bank trying to get out of the bank. He was pulling on the door but the door said "push"

Posted by: muckermike on August 13 2010 2:40 PM

They had a good ID on the walker. He didn't have a chance.

Posted by: DPJ on August 13 2010 2:45 PM

Must have been bored today so decided to have fun at the bank playing cops and robbers.

Posted by: bowzone_mikey on August 13 2010 3:29 PM

the hard hit effects of the HST ... now seniors have to resort to crime to get by .... pretty soon we are gonna have Geriactric Blow rings controlled by the scooter gangs and old Aunt Mabels grow op busted .....

Posted by: Oldun on August 13 2010 3:37 PM

Gotta pay the carbon tax, HST and all the other hidden taxes somehow. He apparently couldn't even afford teeth. Oh well, just cut the bingo grants for he services that he requires. This government is all abut screwing the less fortunate and rewarding big business.

Posted by: highlanderpg on August 13 2010 3:57 PM

you can rob a bank with a walker?? and all this time i thought you needed a gun, no wonder i'd make such a poor criminal..haha

Posted by: Junco on August 13 2010 3:59 PM

Apparently, he had just taken a Viagra and the teller thought he said "this is a stick up"...but what he really said was "it is sticking up".

Sorry I couldn't resist. Forgive me.

Posted by: Harbinger on August 13 2010 4:23 PM

A bank got robbed? That's a switch. I thought the cops were cracking down on crime gangs? I ain't gonna dis an elder after reading this.

Posted by: whitewater on August 13 2010 10:15 PM

Junco
Funniest thing I heard all day! I wish more people had your humour.

The old guy probably got asked to do internet banking one to many times, forgot the paasword and snaped.

Posted by: gus on August 13 2010 10:26 PM

He was probably figuring it would be better living in a jail than the seniors home he lived in. At least he would be with a younger crowd and would not have to play Canasta every night.

Posted by: Junco on August 14 2010 12:37 AM

Thanks whitewater. I had second thoughts after posting it, but by then what can you do? Glad you appreciated the spirit in which it was intended.

Posted by: acrider54 on August 14 2010 5:47 AM

He's being robbed by our governments, it's his turn to rob someone I guess.

Posted by: SummerSoul on August 14 2010 7:04 AM

Gray power! Yes, he will probably do better in gaol than on the streets with three squares a day and a roof over his head.
Will our gaols become the new alternative for impecunious seniors?