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Initech

(99,909 posts)
Fri Jun 21, 2013, 02:14 PM Jun 2013

Dumb Criminals: Florida Car Jacker Can't Drive Stick Shift

A man was arrested in Florida last week after his plot to steal a car was foiled by his inability to operate a manual transmission.

In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said that 19-year-old Antoren “Chief Keef” Bell had been charged with theft, robbery and criminal mischief for an attempted May 18 carjacking.

According to WEAR-TV, the victim was driving down 50th Avenue in Escambia County when she was flagged down by three teens who said they needed a ride. The woman said that she stopped to help, but Bell pulled a gun and ordered her out of the car.

When Bell discovered that the car had a stick shift, he reportedly fled on foot.

Bell was arrested on Friday after being identified in a photo lineup. He was being held on $400,000 bond.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/20/florida-carjacking-at-gunpoint-fails-after-man-cant-drive-stick-shift/


Didn't this exact thing happen in LA a couple months ago?
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Dumb Criminals: Florida Car Jacker Can't Drive Stick Shift (Original Post) Initech Jun 2013 OP
I always drive a stick shift. I don't like automatics...! MADem Jun 2013 #1

MADem

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1. I always drive a stick shift. I don't like automatics...!
Fri Jun 21, 2013, 02:18 PM
Jun 2013

My car has never been stolen, either....

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