Palm trees contribute to crime wave

[Tejas]

http://www.wftv.com/news/16656569/detail.html

DELAND, Fla. -- It's an attempted robbery you might not believe. Channel 9 obtained surveillance video that shows a man using part of a palm tree to hold up a store in DeLand.


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Brady: "We must not only ban palm trees but also extension ladders, easy access to palm fronds must be stopped!"




:rofl:

[Dr.Phool]

1. I saw that on the news last night.

When p[alm fronds are outlawed, only outlaws will have palm fronds. Them and horticulturalists.

[Tejas]

2. horticulturalists should

welcome sensible regulation such as licensing!



this just in........

Feinstein: "Mr & Mrs America, cut them all down!"

[SteveM]

6. "Need 50$ to make you holler; I get paid doin' the Wild Thing" (nt)

[east texas lib]

3. They can have my fronds when they cut them from my cold dead branches...

;-)

[TomInTib]

4. "yeah, that's George"

Damn, that is funny...

[iverglas]

5. and they laughed at the Welsh

wanting to get rid of that pointy-needle tree ...


Oh, btw -- how many people were killed in the frond assault? How much did the would-be robber make off with? Guess I'll have to read that article ...

Oh, dang, eh?

Even though he didn't use a traditional weapon, he'll still face the same charges. How a customer responded to the threat was also unusual. He chased him out of the store with a bar stool.

Police said it ranks near the top as one of the oddest things they've ever seen. But the palm frond wasn't the robber's only weapon. He was also brandishing a pair of flip-flops. Gelando Olivieri burst through the door of V and F Discount Beverage threatening the clerk with the sharp end of a palm frond. He waved it like a spear, tapped on the counter and demanded money from Guruda Sarkar who admitted the surprise factor worked.

... "He ran him out of the store with a bar stool. He was asked if he could identify the guy and he said 'yeah, that's George.' He knew him right away," said Sgt. John Anderson of the DeLand Police Department.

Sounds like George might not qualify for legal firearm possession, and might not have the personal resources to get himself one any other way.