Two men were arrested in Dearborn, Mich., in July and charged with robbing a
Bank One branch, done in by a glitch in their getaway plan. They had hopped on
mountain bikes to make their exit (which bank robbers have used with success
from time to time), but they were apparently unfamiliar with the concept of a
gearshift, and both men rode away in first gear (or perhaps second), so slowly
that one witness followed them easily on foot, and a bank guard got close
enough to shoot one of them in the arm. They were quickly arrested.
[MSNBC.com, 7-15-04]