Robber ID'd
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:30 am
Tossed jail identification card gives away alleged 7-11 robber
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Kern County sheriff's deputies said they've never seen a less cagey suspect.
James Paul Egan allegedly robbed a 7-Eleven at gunpoint, taking care to conceal his identity by covering his face with a blue bandanna and wearing a knit hat and gloves.
Then he ran into the backyard of a nearby house, and threw away all the allegedly incriminating articles: the bandanna, the gloves, the hat, a .357-caliber handgun, and the jacket he'd been wearing — with his county jail property identification card in the pocket.
The card had his photograph, date of birth and jail booking number.
Deputies recognized him as the 21-year-old Egan, looked up his address and found him hiding in the attic of his home. He'd tried to disguise himself by shaving his head, deputies said.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Kern County sheriff's deputies said they've never seen a less cagey suspect.
James Paul Egan allegedly robbed a 7-Eleven at gunpoint, taking care to conceal his identity by covering his face with a blue bandanna and wearing a knit hat and gloves.
Then he ran into the backyard of a nearby house, and threw away all the allegedly incriminating articles: the bandanna, the gloves, the hat, a .357-caliber handgun, and the jacket he'd been wearing — with his county jail property identification card in the pocket.
The card had his photograph, date of birth and jail booking number.
Deputies recognized him as the 21-year-old Egan, looked up his address and found him hiding in the attic of his home. He'd tried to disguise himself by shaving his head, deputies said.