My daughter told me that she and a bunch of friends were hanging out

[Horse with no Name]

watching TV and the news came on.
Apparently, there was a bank robbery in a different city.
So, they are sitting around, hanging out and the mug shot comes on TV.
They all lean forward when the tape is played--apparently it resembled someone they were hanging out with. They start laughing and joking about the resemblance.
Then all the sudden they realized it was a little more than a resemblance and the guy wasn't laughing.
Don't know what happened next, but she said it turned out to be pretty awkward.
He turned himself in the next day...I mean seriously? What choice did he have?

[Skink]

1. I personally hate it when the local news covers things from out of state.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Wow, what a story!

Maybe she needs to hang out with a different crowd or something.

[Horse with no Name]

7. Well then there is that too

But, you'd have to understand the demographics of where we live and the fact that these kids have known each other their whole life and still all hang out together.
I've been known to be embarrassed when I look at their facebooks and see some of the pictures they have posted from their gatherings.
I don't "know" the kid, but I know that he grew up in some less than desirable circumstances--not excusing what he did but again, you'd have to understand where he came from.

[Jackpine Radical]

14. I could probly come close to writing his bio without meeting him.

I have done something over 2,000 psych evals of criminals . They tend to fall into patterns.

[Stuckinthebush]

3. Awkward

Glad he turned himself in.

[elleng]

4. Lucky all.

[Rick Myers]

5. Damn! n/t

[Poll_Blind]

6. Wow, gives a new heigtened meaning to the word "awkward".

I would be freaking out a bit if I was in the company of an armed robber because I imagine they can get unpredictable when they know the jig is up. Glad he turned himself in, I hope he puts his life right and becomes a productive member of society.

PB

[rocktivity]

16. DING DING DING! Poll_Blind, you're our grand prize winner!

...I would be freaking out a bit...I imagine they can get unpredictable when they know the jig is up. Glad he turned himself in...

I agree. Suppose HE'D freaked out -- and suppose he'd still been armed? Your daughter's lucky he didn't decide to eliminate his witnesses!

:scared:
rocktivity

[Horse with no Name]

18. Well I don't think she would hang out with folks that would harm her

Like I said...these kids have known each other their entire life.
I would also bet that when he gets out of prison--they will hang out again.
Not everyone that commits a crime is evil--I don't know his motivations, but I know his life circumstances were not the best and I also know that desperate people do desperate things.

[mediator]

20. Yes, robbing banks is a perfectly acceptable avocation if one has the proper

"unfortunate background."

[Tsiyu]

21. like an MBA?

Lots of trickle-down morals happening these days. The kids have to be thinking: "Wall Street does it and they get bonuses. Why not me?"

Doesn't make it right, but more of the affluent are getting away with robbery than are the poor or the working class or even the small-town criminal element...

[Heidi]

24. Tsiyu for the win!

:snap:

:thumbsup:

[Tsiyu]

25. ..

Heidi made me grin this morning. :blush:

[Heidi]

29. :curtsy:

In that case, my work here is complete. :)

[immoderate]

26. A real friend is someone who comes to visit you in prison.

--imm

[uppityperson]

8. Oh too funny, thank you for making me laugh. Awkward indeed.

[gateley]

9. Whoa. I wonder what DID happen next? That's quite a story! nt

[rooboy]

10. Reminds me of a similar story told by a friend of mine...

he and his buddies were sitting watching tv one Saturday night when a guy they used to go to school with (who lived up the road) dropped by. When he sat down he calmly announced that he\'d just killed his mother and father. Sure enough, the police had the street cordoned off shortly thereafter.

[Tikki]

11. I recognized a person I had known on a 'tip'...

website. I knew he had already passed away and the robbery photo
was just the lead in to the "Caught on Tape" section.
It is a strange feeling when you recognize someone not famous, but someone you know.


Tikki

[nebenaube]

17. I'd be careful with that assumption.

The world is getting smaller these days. You see more people. I've moved around quite a bit as army brat. There are 'look-a-likes' all over the planet.

[Tikki]

28. It was him...later ID'd on another site that...

stated his name and crimes...sad though he had already passed away
and his children will have to live with his image on the internets, but hopefully
not forever.


Tikki

[HEyHEY]

12. Choice? He coulda paid me off to stay quiet if no one was hurt in the robbery

[Odin2005]

13. REALLY? Wow!

:wow:

[sufrommich]

15. That's a pretty weird reaction to realizing you're hanging

out with an armed criminal.You didn't ask her what happened after that?

[postulater]

19. A babysitter for my brother's friend was Ed Gein.

During the lampshade days.

[LooseWilly]

23. Ok, that's just freaky...

[LooseWilly]

22. I've been doing some crime reporting for the last several months, and I've heard weirder...

I mean... that's a great/weird story... and if it happened recently in the SF Bay Area, send me a tell with a name to watch out for it... but I recently posted a story of a guy who (allegedly) celebrated his 19th birthday by getting hold of a siren and lights and was pulling people over and trying to get them to pay him in cash to let them go.

Having your daughter involved has to be pretty strange though... damn.

[JVS]

27. He shouldn't have turned himself in.

It was time to flee!