13yo Boy Points Fake Weapon At Bus Driver & Demands Money, Arrested For Armed Robbery

[cubby]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4999476/Teen-charged-pointed-fake-gun-bus-driver.html

Young boy, 13, charged after he 'pointed a fake gun at a bus driver and demanded money' at train station

• A teenage boy has threatened a bus driver with a toy gun and demanded money
• He also pointed the fake firearm at transit authority officers before running away
• Police caught the 13-year-old and charged him with attempted armed robbery

 

[Sue sue]

Good

 

[myra manes]

They probably won't charge him as an adult, unfortunately ..
Give him a few years, we'll hear about him again ..

 

[Satanica]

Too bad they didn't shoot him when he pointed the gun at them. Would've saved everyone years and years of crimes, arrests, courtrooms, jails, and the costs that goes with those.

 

[Sejanus]

Little peckerhead.

 

[Craygor]

Just like most armed robbery laws in the US, in Australia using a toy/fake firearm is no different than using a real one.

AUSTRALIA
Crimes Act 1958 – SECT 75A
Armed robbery

75A. Armed robbery

(1) A person is guilty of armed robbery if he commits any robbery and at the
time has with him a firearm, imitation firearm, offensive weapon, explosive or
imitation explosive within the meaning assigned to those terms for the
purposes of section 77(1).

(2) A person guilty of armed robbery is guilty of an indictable offence and
liable to level 2 imprisonment (25 years maximum).

http://melbourne.australiancriminallawyers.com.au/offences/armed-robbery

 

[EchaSez]

Lucky lil fucker. He could've been killed.