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Scooter used for getaway — police
Associated Press

UNIONTOWN, Pa. — Police say a Pennsylvania man in a hospital gown stole $50 from his ex-girlfriend at Wal-Mart, then tried to flee on a store-owned motorized shopping scooter.

Thirty-two-year-old Craig David Jr., of Smithfield, was charged Wednesday with robbery and disorderly conduct.

State police Cpl. Chuck Frey says David had just been released from a hospital for injuries in a domestic dispute Jan. 1. Frey says David had been hit with a frying pan and table leg.

David was still in a hospital gown Tuesday night when he met an ex-girlfriend who agreed to pay for his prescription medication. Instead, police say he grabbed $50 from her and scooted away.

David remained jailed Thursday. He does not have an attorney.

Maybe I'm confused here but didn't the police corporal say that the guy's ex girlfriend had just beaten him with a frying pan and a table leg? So why is he in jail for stealing $50 from her? I would think $50 is a pretty good settlement in this case. If he sued her he probably wouldn't get much (because she probably doesn't have anything) so I think swiping 50 bones at Wal Mart is a fair result.

By the way, when I first read this story I thought it was stupid to try and get away on a scooter but then I saw some old man shooting out of Albertson's on a rascal last nite and that thing had to be doing 25 miles and hour. I thought he was going to run me over.