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Bumbling Aussie bandits jailed for Colorado bank robbery

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Reyn
 
Reply Sat 24 Sep, 2005 06:48 pm
Bumbling Aussie bandits jailed for Colorado bank robbery
at 18:13 on September 23, 2005, EST.

DENVER (AP) - Two Australian men whose bumbling robbery of a bank earned them the nicknames Dumb and Dumber were sentenced to prison Friday by a U.S. federal judge who said even an inept bank robbery is a serious crime.

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Anthony Prince, 20, was sentenced to 4 1/2 years and Luke Carroll, 19, was sentenced to five years and they were ordered to pay combined restitution of $21,657 US.

They pleaded guilty in June to the March robbery of a bank in Vail, Colo.

Both men, who went to the United States from Australia last fall to work in the resort town, expressed regret and remorse for their actions and apologized to the two bank tellers who were on duty when they used unloaded BB guns to make away with $129,500......

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msolga
 
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Reply Sun 25 Sep, 2005 06:08 am
That is a very strange photograph, Reyn. What on earth are they doing to that chubby fellow?
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Reyn
 
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Reply Sun 25 Sep, 2005 08:50 am
msolga wrote:
That is a very strange photograph, Reyn. What on earth are they doing to that chubby fellow?

Just an attempt to inject a little bit of humour into the story on my part. Laughing
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msolga
 
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Reply Sun 25 Sep, 2005 09:04 am
Goodness, I thought it was a genuine, chunky expat! Laughing
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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Sun 25 Sep, 2005 09:56 am
New South Wales, eh? Did these boys go to school there? Or anywhere?
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sun 25 Sep, 2005 03:08 pm
Name tags...they wore NAME TAGS!
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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Sun 25 Sep, 2005 03:53 pm
Yeah, Deb, they probably showed their IDs to the tellers to prove that they were old enough to be carrying unloaded BB guns.
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Reyn
 
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Reply Sun 25 Sep, 2005 04:14 pm
It seems so innocent, doesn't it?

http://www.daisymuseum.com/images/theboys%5B2%5D.gifhttp://www.famousfoto.com/tin-signs/953.jpg
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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Sun 25 Sep, 2005 04:23 pm
Yeah. Remember "Gee, dad, it's a Daisy!"?
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 26 Sep, 2005 12:15 am
Well, maybe they weren't our best & brightest, but hey, the did their best! Razz
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dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 26 Sep, 2005 07:40 am
msolga wrote:
Well, maybe they weren't our best & brightest, but hey, the did their best! Razz



Yeah! And, perhaps getting caught is in the genes......?














Heehee...I kill myself..........snorkle....
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