Courant - A man with 45 previous arrests for robbery was arrested again Friday after allegedly bicycling up to a Dunkin' Donuts drive-through window, threatening the clerk and pedaling away with a register drawer full of cash, police said. Vernon Lewis, 42, of 6 Lincoln Terrace, then nearly collided with a police officer near City Hall who was responding to another call, police said. After learning that the Dunkin' Donuts at 255 East Main St. had been robbed, the officer found Lewis near the public library, police said. He was carrying $321 cash, police said...He faces charges of first-degree robbery, second-degree larceny, second-degree threatening, interfering with police and brandishing a facsimile firearm.
I'd like to say tough luck, seems like the perfect crime, but can you really call it luck when you've been busted 45 times before? I mean sooner or later you've got to perfect your craft, right? Guy has all the dedication in the world, but sadly, no talent it seems.
You're on a bike, you've accomplished the hardest part, getting the guy in the window to take your demands seriously while seated on a 10 speed huffy. Now comes the getaway. Again, you're on a bike. Take that thing off road, through the woods, through yards, down trails.
Whatever you do, do not pedal into oncoming traffic, especially if that traffic includes a cop car speeding to an unrelated call. Like how quickly do you think this officer went from shitting his pants because he hit a pedestrian to recognizing this guy from his 1,000 previous arrests and just throwing him in the back seat. Probably didn't even wait to check him for cash, just tossed him in cuffs and decided he'd figure out what kind of mischief he was up to later.
