Justice is (half-)served: gunman in PS3 line arrested

Posted Nov 28, 2006 at 11:49AM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: Associated Press, Wal-Mart
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Arrested!Despite not wanting to relive the past, we still can't escape the memory of the PS3 launch. A lot of people had to live through hell, high water, and 1000-strong lines just to get a console at launch. Also, with these memories, we also can't forget about all the drive-by shootings and gunpoint robberies.

Now for a flash-back: Last November 19, Michael Penkala was waiting in line outside a Wal-Mart in Putnam, Massachusetts, when he was shot by two gunmen who tried to steal his cash.

Penkala said that when he'd already seen these two guys in bandannas walking towards the people in line, he'd already called 911. The robbers told everyone to throw their possessions and money on the the ground or into their two bags. When Penkala refused to throw in his wallet (containing more than US$ 2,500), he was shot.

While Penkala is still recovering from his injuries, Associated Press reports that local police have already arrested one of the robbers by last Tuesday. William J. Robertson was cuffed under several charges, including robbery and attempted murder, with a bond of US $ 1-million. The second suspect, Andrew Patnaude, is still at large, and searches around the Putnam area have turned out nothing.

That's one down, another to go!

 
 
 

Comments

by - 2006-11-28 12:31:37
IDIOTS

*****ers! Hope they rot
by senjutsu - 2006-11-28 12:41:17
another couple of gay robbers

hope they rot in prison for all their life! I simply hope they will never see the light of liberty again! and die in a prison, for some dollards, it's so stupid of them. I'm sure their IQ is below 70... anyway, the second will either flee all his life of get found and pass the rest of his life in prison too, with his gay friend, what fun they'll have in prison, lol.
by - 2006-11-28 15:56:49
Actually

That would be Putnam, Connecticut not Mass...
by Annony - 2006-11-28 17:56:48
Judge and Jury

That's my ideal job for this case. Someone else can carry out their butter-knife castration...
by - 2006-11-28 18:48:16
wow

still cant believe that they would shoot him, evan in a robbers point of view, its a bad idea. That man was brave, and i hope he gets his ps3, too bad he wont be able to make money off of it on ebay, like he planned to to help his grandmom
by - 2006-11-28 21:02:51
what

i hate that ebay guy. Fu k the guy who got shot. Fu k all ebayers! Fu k all ebayers! Fu k all ebayers! Fu k all ebayers! I hope they don't go too hard on the guys that shot him.
by johnandbuddy - 2006-11-29 00:18:00
lol

that was pretty funny you made me smile :) any ways those guys were doing what every body eles there was trying to do make a quick buck why are you so made at them let thier ethics be thier own now if they did that to someone i know yes id be mad it is only human nature to protec loved ones but you donjt even know that guy so stop trying to act like you feel for him and stfu really lol this will never effect you life one bit. if your saying your not made at them you made a crime then move to another *****ing country because crime and USA go hand in hand, its the fuc_king lawyers

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