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[Lemurnator]

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/121104_local_videogame.html

Robbers scared off by Playstation game get jail time

ABC13 Eyewitness News
(12/11/04 – SANTA FE, TX) — A video game notorious for violence and mature content may have actually saved a Santa Fe family.

Back in March, Sandy Wilson was taking care of her three grandsons when a group of men attempted to burglarize her home, pointing a gun at the kids.

The children happened to be playing a video game called Grand Theft Auto at the time. The game has dozens of random police scanner messages, which blare out calls such as "This is the police! You’re surrounded!" Believe it or not, Wilson says the burglars heard that message and thought police were outside the door waiting for them.

Galveston County Asst DA Michael Elliott explained, "The police in the game were staying, 'Stop, we have you surrounded. This is the police.’ The burglar, unknowingly, thought this was the actual police and panicked ... being apprehended by Playstation."

"Thinking that it was pretty funny," recalled young victim Chaze Fisher. "How they were, like, ran off, and they got all scared over a game."

Police arrested the four men. Samuel Woodrow received a five-year prison sentence this week. Ronnie Farris is serving four years. Lucas Griffin got probation. And Zachary Brandenburg’s trial is in January.
(Copyright © 2004, KTRK-TV)

 

[acklame]

:lol :lol

 

[B'z-chan]

Your late by FIVE YEARS

 

[Lemurnator]

?

 

[Lemurnator]

Sorry if this is old, if I knew what to search for I would have.

 

[NLB2]

Well you know what Lemurs? That's no excuse. This has been posted TWICE already. But thank you for making a post that wasn't attention whoring .

 

[tbag]

Well you know what Lemurs? That's no excuse. This has been posted TWICE already. But thank you for making a post that wasn't attention whoring .

your an idiot

 

[JackFrost2012]

your an idiot

Who said irony was dead?

 

[FitzOfRage]

Well not counting the first time this story made the rounds, I think this is the 4th thread on this in the past couple of days.

As far as what to search for, if you spelled burglars right, you probably would find at least one of them (try Grand Theft Auto stops burglars)

 

[Matlock]

 

[NLB2]

your an idiot

Oh yeah? Then your mom got fucked up the ass by an idiot last night. :lol

 

[belgurdo]

your an idiot

tbag is badass junior member

 

[guess]

NLB2, you might want to edit your post.

 

[NLB2]

nah, i didn't say it.

 

[belgurdo]

NLB2, you might want to edit your post.

Your planet must have some long-ass acronyms

 

[fbcamp]

I don't want to say too much, but all the people who are ridiculing the new guy for posting this news late make me sick. I hope you know that in my eyes you people are among the most disgusting human beings on this planet.

 

[bishoptl]

I LUV TEH GAF