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Robbery suspect flees on riding mower
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November 19, 2010
Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Robbery_suspect_flees_on_riding_mower



After allegedly robbing a convenience store yesterday morning in Aiken
County, South Carolina, United States, a man fled the scene on a riding
lawnmower.  Police apprehended the suspect near the scene.

According to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, Ricky New entered the
store carrying a large stick, demanded money, assaulted the clerk with
the stick, and left with an undisclosed amount of money.  He then tried
to make his getaway on a Craftsman mower.  His face was concealed by a
towel, but Ricky New lives nearby and the clerk identified him promptly
after the incident.

New has been charged with armed robbery, and first degree assault and
battery.

Captain Troy Elwell, as spokesman for the Sheriff's Office, said "Never
seen anything quite like this one.  I’ve seen some strange cases, but a
getaway vehicle as a lawnmower.  That doesn’t take a whole lot of
thought to figure out that you’re not going to get too far on it."

"I’m getting a good amount of calls on this", he also said.

== Sources == 

* http://www.southcarolinaradionetwork.com/2010/11/18/please-tell-me-mower/

* http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/stickup-for-web



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