Cardboard figure keeps police at bay

[SunnyD]

Apologies if it's a repost, I did search first.

Cardboard figure keeps police at bay
by The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk
Thursday November 27, 2008, 11:00 PM

A cardboard figure of a person inside a Somerset County bank kept police at bay for 90 minutes tonight, authorities said.

The standoff at the PNC Bank on routes 518 and 601 in the Skillman section of Montgomery Township ended at about 10:20 p.m., Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest said.

Police responded to the bank when an alarm went off about 8:40 p.m.

When officers arrived, they saw what they thought was at least one person through the windows of the bank, which had its blinds drawn, according to authorities.

Police then sealed off the area to traffic and evacuated residents in three nearby apartment buildings .

"I drove in the parking lot (of my apartment building) and see all these guys with guns," said Ross Stout

Authorities tried to make contact with whoever might be in the building. Officers used bullhorns, and then tried to call inside the building, Forrest said.

After failing to get any response from the figure inside, the SWAT team entered.

To their chagrin, they discovered the "person" seen inside the building was a full-size cardboard figure, Forrest said.

With that said... :laugh:

 

[Tiamat]

:laugh: That's gotta make them feel pretty shitty. Your tax dollars at work!

 

[imported_Salvatore]

I'm pretty sure I remember reading that it was a cutout of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

 

[akshatp]

LOL @ NJ cops

 

[nonameo]

gee guys, they were probably just following protocol. How are they supposed to know it's a cardboard cutout? their view was obscured.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: nonameo
gee guys, they were probably just following protocol. How are they supposed to know it's a cardboard cutout? their view was obscured.

After 90 minutes and it not having have moved an inch?

 

[2Xtreme21]

LMAO! 😀

 

[nakedfrog]

Home Alone?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: nonameo
gee guys, they were probably just following protocol. How are they supposed to know it's a cardboard cutout? their view was obscured.

After 90 minutes and it not having have moved an inch?

Exactly! :beer:

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: nonameo
gee guys, they were probably just following protocol. How are they supposed to know it's a cardboard cutout? their view was obscured.

After 90 minutes and it not having have moved an inch?

It could have been a patient bank robber.

 

[darkxshade]

They should've had a sniper take it out... it's the only way to be sure. 😛