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EscortBiz · 01-23-2004, 03:44 PM

what do you think

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest...eut/index.html

LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) -- The oldest bank robber in the United States, 92-year-old J.L. Hunter Rountree, was sentenced to over 12 years in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to robbing $1,999 from a Texas bank last August.

Rountree, who goes by the nickname "Red", said he robbed his first bank when he was about 80 because he wanted revenge against banks for sending him into a financial crisis.

Rountree was sentenced to 151 months in a federal prison, which he will serve at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

He appeared in court in a loose-fitting prison outfit and shackles on his ankles. He had a cane to help him walk. Rountree listened to the proceedings through headphones because he is hard of hearing.

Police said Rountree, who was not armed, handed two envelopes to a teller at a bank in Abilene, Texas. One envelope had the word "robbery" written in red ink. Rountree told the teller to stuff money into the other envelope, or else she would get hurt.

After asking Rountree twice if he was kidding, she put the money into the envelope and Rountree then made off in a 1996 Buick sedan, police said.

A bank employee noted the license plate of the vehicle and Rountree was pulled over by police on a highway about 20 miles (32 km) from the crime scene, 30 minutes after the robbery.

Rountree left a prison in Florida, where he was the oldest prisoner in the state, about a year and a half ago after serving a three-year sentence imposed on him for a 1999 bank robbery in Pensacola.

He was caught holding up a bank in Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1998 when he was 87, and given three years' probation.

Federal officials said they had no records to prove it, but they are fairly certain Rountree was the oldest person ever to rob a bank in the United States.

In a prison interview with the Orlando Sentinel in 2001, Rountree said he had been a businessman in Texas but had fallen on hard times. He also told the paper that prison food was better than what was served at some nursing homes.

"A Corpus Christi (Texas) bank that I'd done business with had forced me into bankruptcy. I have never liked banks since," he told the paper. "I decided I would get even. And I have."

NBDesign · 01-23-2004, 03:45 PM

The oldest bank robber in the United States, 92-year-old J.L. Hunter Rountree, was sentenced to over 12 years in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to robbing $1,999 from a Texas bank last August.

12 years... that is a life sentence for him.

EscortBiz · 01-23-2004, 03:47 PM

"He appeared in court in a loose-fitting prison outfit and shackles on his ankles. He had a cane to help him walk."

Shackles??? where will he run with the cane?

Doctor Dre · 01-23-2004, 03:58 PM

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Originally posted by NBDesign
The oldest bank robber in the United States, 92-year-old J.L. Hunter Rountree, was sentenced to over 12 years in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to robbing $1,999 from a Texas bank last August.

12 years... that is a life sentence for him.

Yea unless hes the luckiest guy in the world.

JDog · 01-23-2004, 04:01 PM

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Originally posted by EscortBiz
"He appeared in court in a loose-fitting prison outfit and shackles on his ankles. He had a cane to help him walk."

Shackles??? where will he run with the cane?

They have to be fair, they can't just let him show up with no cuffs & shackles

jDOG

Pornwolf · 01-23-2004, 04:14 PM

It will probably be a lot more fun in the pen than in an old folks home. At least no one will try to take his cookies.

nap · 01-23-2004, 04:15 PM

sounds like he just wants to die in prison

<IMX> · 01-23-2004, 04:16 PM

They are going to take more than his cookies!

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Originally posted by Pornwolf
It will probably be a lot more fun in the pen than in an old folks home. At least no one will try to take his cookies.

Rorschach · 01-23-2004, 04:19 PM

Fuck I hate pigs.

I doubt that he'll get a hard time in jail, given his age and the fact that it was a robbery... it would have been better for him in the joint if he'd been armed during the robbery though.

Babaganoosh · 01-23-2004, 04:22 PM

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Originally posted by Rorschach
Fuck I hate pigs.

Yeah, those fucking cops. How dare they arrest someone for breaking the law. There is nothing wrong with pulling a bank robbery or two, especially at that age.

tbabe · 01-23-2004, 04:34 PM

Wow, with the number of times he's been arrested, sounds like he's not a very good bank robber. ALthough his speed (or lack thereof) is probably a factor

Rorschach · 01-23-2004, 04:37 PM

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Originally posted by Armed & Hammered

Yeah, those fucking cops. How dare they arrest someone for breaking the law. There is nothing wrong with pulling a bank robbery or two, especially at that age.

IMHO sending a man off to die in prison for a $2000 unarmed robbery is a bit much.

jas1552 · 01-23-2004, 05:39 PM

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Originally posted by Rorschach

IMHO sending a man off to die in prison for a $2000 unarmed robbery is a bit much.

Apparently they tried to go light on him (because of his age i'm sure) for 2 other bank robberies. He just wouldn't quit. What else can they do?

EscortBiz · 01-23-2004, 11:36 PM

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Originally posted by jas1552

Apparently they tried to go light on him (because of his age i'm sure) for 2 other bank robberies. He just wouldn't quit. What else can they do?

give him a bank

LiveDose · 01-23-2004, 11:57 PM

That's not a story. I'll be impressed if he robs another bank after getting out of jail...

EscortBiz · 01-24-2004, 12:08 AM

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Originally posted by LiveDose
That's not a story. I'll be impressed if he robs another bank after getting out of jail...

check back vegas2003 might find ya a link for a story like that

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