Log In · Register

 
15-year-old on horseback robs man
De112
post Jan 15 2006, 03:59 PM
Post #1


music messiah mastered money makin' mathematically
*****

Group: Member
Posts: 602
Joined: Mar 2005
Member No: 112,886



QUOTE
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian police have arrested a teenager who rode a horse into a busy district of Rio de Janeiro and, brandishing a toy gun, forced a man to hand over his cell phone.

Police told Reuters on Thursday the 15-year-old had confessed he borrowed the horse from a neighbor in the Rio slum where he lives and committed the crime after being promised $20 for a phone with a camera by members of a local criminal gang.

He rode into the courtyard of a hospital in Rio's Meier neighborhood and snatched the phone from a man waiting in line there. When police caught up with him a few blocks away, he was on foot and the horse was nowhere to be seen.

"I've been robbed four times in this area, but this time I was totally flabbergasted seeing a boy on horseback ordering me to give up my phone. I've seen robbers on bikes or on foot, but this is crazy," Extra newspaper quoted the victim as saying.

Horses are not a common sight on Rio streets but they can sometimes be seen in the slums on the outskirts.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060113/od_nm/...DRpBHNlYwM3NTc-


wow. I think we've seen it all, now.
 

Posts in this topic
De112   15-year-old on horseback robs man   Jan 15 2006, 03:59 PM
Hiphop d[-_-]b   ^ Thats just ridiculous. Lol. Wonder what happen...   Jan 15 2006, 04:14 PM
De112   I would be laughing if I got robbed by a 15-year-o...   Jan 15 2006, 04:15 PM
nightmare4taki   QUOTE(De112 @ Jan 15 2006, 3:15 PM)I would be...   Jan 16 2006, 08:48 PM
De112   QUOTE(nightmare4taki @ Jan 16 2006, 7:48 PM) ...   Jan 17 2006, 04:23 PM
mzbbc   QUOTE(De112 @ Jan 17 2006, 5:23 PM)man i...   Jan 17 2006, 06:32 PM
cLinT_wEStw0oD   QUOTE(De112 @ Jan 15 2006, 4:59 PM)wow. I thi...   Jan 15 2006, 05:18 PM
m.ar.i.a   hahaha. wow. camera phones costs more than ...   Jan 15 2006, 09:34 PM
krnxswat   QUOTE(m.ar.i.a @ Jan 15 2006, 9:34 PM)hahaha....   Jan 15 2006, 09:37 PM
m.ar.i.a   QUOTE(krnxswat @ Jan 15 2006, 5:37 PM)yes, in...   Jan 15 2006, 10:31 PM
jooleeah   20 bucks? That must be embarassing to the boy.   Jan 15 2006, 09:36 PM
Smoogrish   Very interesting. A toy gun. Wonder if it was plas...   Jan 15 2006, 09:41 PM
annabel_x   tsk tsk -.-   Jan 16 2006, 03:57 PM
Sakuya   i might just try that one day. actually, no. the...   Jan 16 2006, 06:48 PM
iNyCxShoRT   What has our society come to.   Jan 16 2006, 06:50 PM
Smoogrish   Next it'll be a 4-year old on a scooter waving...   Jan 16 2006, 08:39 PM
xnofearx   A gun? Man, people should start using swords. It...   Jan 17 2006, 05:24 PM
angel-roh   Maybe he was trying be "shining armor with a ...   Jan 18 2006, 06:29 PM
Dragonfly_babe   If that ever happened to me I'd just be like.....   Jan 18 2006, 06:36 PM


Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members: