Bank Robbery Suspect Sought, no joke

[Elliot]

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This is a "very Open Discussion" topic, yes, but important. Since many of us live in the San Francisco Bay and surrounding Areas, perhaps someone among us can help. Please look at these two photos:






This man robbed two banks near me in Lake County in the last week, and is believed to have robbed a number of North Bay banks previously.

If you recognize this man, please telephone the Lake County Sheriff’s Office at
707-263- 2690, or contact the police department of your choice.

Thank you.

Now back to our regularly scheduled Happy Stuff, in progress.

[BBadger]

Kind of looks like a combination between Bobby Flay and Emeril Lagasse.

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[junglesmacks]

I'd throw in some Hoff for good measure..

[TomServo]

and a little Jose Canseco.

[junglesmacks]

That needs to be his Hall of Fame Shame portrait.

[C187]

I take it banks don't get robbed often in San Fransisco.

[theCryptofishist]

I take it banks don't get robbed often in San Fransisco.

Or maybe we've just gotten rather blase about the whole thing...

[media]

[Elliot]

Don't know about San Francisco. But it sure does not happen often up here in rural Lake County. Up here, crime is mostly two drunken bums fighting over an ugly woman.
This suspect matches the description of a man who has robbed several banks in the North Bay, which means a large area north of the Golden Gate Bridge.

And nothing about him in today's news.

Judging by his hooded appearance in the second picture, he might even be the one who murdered a convenience store clerk up here seven weeks ago. But, I suppose a dark hood is pretty much a dark hood. They would have to compare his gait and such.

[Elliot]

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The bank robber has been identified as 23 year old Joshua James Metoxen of Napa, CA. He is still on the loose and must be considered armed and extremely dangerous. Call 911 if sighted.
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[knowmad]

Catch him Elliot You'll be a hero!

[Elliot]

Catch him Elliot You'll be a hero!

I already is one. If you go back to 2006, you will find that I appeared on this forum under the name Our Hero. Not a sock, but a stage name -- a character on the Silent Radio series of posts.

What's the old wisecrack.... "I am a lethal weapon."

[CitizenRandom]

AhahhahahahahahHAHAHAHAHAHhAHAHAHAHHAaaaaaaa haaaaa.....um....do we have banks at Burningman?
Is this a bounty hunter thing? like are you gonna try and get that juicy 5000 reward banks offer to persons responsible for the apprehension of the suspects...pretty sure we burned wall street last year right? this is a silly post.

[Dr. Pyro]

two drunken bums fighting over an ugly woman.

To a truly drunken bum there is no such thing as an ugly woman.

[Elliot]

AhahhahahahahahHAHAHAHAHAHhAHAHAHAHHAaaaaaaa haaaaa.....um....do we have banks at Burningman?
Is this a bounty hunter thing? like are you gonna try and get that juicy 5000 reward banks offer to persons responsible for the apprehension of the suspects...pretty sure we burned wall street last year right? this is a silly post.

No. This is actually one of the few truly sincere threads on ePlaya. If you desire an apologize for this aberration, I happily offer it. I simply loathe the very concept of armed robbery. For more lighthearted news, see the Bar thread.

(And Joshua James Metoxen is currently "worth" a great deal more than $5,000.)

[forty_eight]

Never associated Lake County with the Bay Area - or really even being Bay Area adjacent. This is the second reference to said Geography.

Does it really go down like that?

I used to cross through Lake County to avoid the Bay Area ... for traffic reasons, love the Bay.

[Elliot]

It's like dropping a pebble in a lake. How far do you care to watch the rings spread?

As an example, Craigslist has a list for "S.F. Bay Area", and then you can narrow your search to a handful of sub-areas, such as North Bay. Within those sub-areas, posters can show an even more exact location, and "Lake County" is one of those.

[forty_eight]

See, I'd figure a Bay Aryan would defend the definition more closely. I recall some folks from the far east Bay - think Contra Costa - receiving eye rolls at their claim of Bay Area residency.

Rural bank robberies may be more common than urban ones. That was the impression I got living in No Cal, at least.

[theCryptofishist]

See, I'd figure a Bay Aryan would defend the definition more closely. I recall some folks from the far east Bay - think Contra Costa - receiving eye rolls at their claim of Bay Area residency.

wtf? I'd say San Francisco, Alameda, CoCo, Marin, San Mateo and Santa Clara as the inner bay area, with Solano, Sonora, Santa Cruz and maybe more as the outer bay area. Lake is a stretch, but I think it makes a lot of sense in a Craigslist grouping, which tend to be centered on places with more population and then working out. There isn't really another metropolitan area that lays a stronger claim to Lake, except maybe Sacramento. The Bay Area's gravitation pull may simply be stronger.

[ygmir]

See, I'd figure a Bay Aryan would defend the definition more closely. I recall some folks from the far east Bay - think Contra Costa - receiving eye rolls at their claim of Bay Area residency.

Rural bank robberies may be more common than urban ones. That was the impression I got living in No Cal, at least.

and why would heritage matter, in defending the definition?

[forty_eight]

The Bay Area's gravitation pull may simply be stronger.

That's likely the case.

I had a friend from Danville that would get push back for Bay Area residency claims.

and why would heritage matter, in defending the definition?

well, the 'racial purity' joke was obviously a miss. day job maintained

[Elliot]

The bank robber was arrested yesterday in Novato. Three cheers and a tiger for the Novato PD!

[Thecatman]

Good job of the Novato PD !

[The Rod]

So when a guy robs a bank he's classified armed and dangerous, a manhunt is mobilized, heroic burners notify their burner friends and the suspect is subsequently caught and arrested, but when a bank robs a.... Seriously, FUCK banks.


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/ne ... t-20130425

Also, the four American banks that own and run the Federal Reserve- Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPmorgan and Citibank own the four largest oil companies- Exxon, Chevron, Shell and BP Amaco, respectively.

I say we burn that shit this year as well.

[ygmir]

So when a guy robs a bank he's classified armed and dangerous, a manhunt is mobilized, heroic burners notify their burner friends and the suspect is subsequently caught and arrested, but when a bank robs a.... Seriously, FUCK banks.


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/ne ... t-20130425

Also, the four American banks that own and run the Federal Reserve- Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPmorgan and Citibank own the four largest oil companies- Exxon, Chevron, Shell and BP Amaco, respectively.

I say we burn that shit this year as well.

malcontent hippie.

[EspressoDude]

So when a guy robs a bank he's classified armed and dangerous, a manhunt is mobilized, heroic burners notify their burner friends and the suspect is subsequently caught and arrested, but when a bank robs a.... Seriously, FUCK banks.


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/ne ... t-20130425

Also, the four American banks that own and run the Federal Reserve- Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPmorgan and Citibank own the four largest oil companies- Exxon, Chevron, Shell and BP Amaco, respectively.

I say we burn that shit this year as well.

so, who's going to cash the unemployment check from the government?, or make gasoline to get to the burn, or propane to fuel all the poofers?

[The Rod]

Malcontent. Hippie or not I'd definitely admit to being malcontent.

Really, How can one really be content living in a world where we must justify our existence by laboring for someone else's profit? One week out of the year in imaginary land where everything is freely given for the sake of giving help keeps me sane and provides hope that the world doesn't actually have to be the way it is. I am an idealist, my beliefs don't mesh we'll with those of the realist, but I know it can be different. I have seen it.

A world based on giving is entirely possible, unfortunately there are some amazingly 'powerful' influences keeping it the way it is. I might be malcontent but its because I dream that we were all meant for bigger and better things. And the hippie part, well I bathe way more often than any Varangian would have ever...

Pointing out the catch 22 in hippies like me buying a shit ton of gas to get to the burn doesn't justify the crimes committed by the asshats who run the oil companies. That necessary evil crap is a crutch for the a-pathetic.

Are you content? Or is it apathy?

[Savannah]

I have never once felt that my job justifies my existence.

But it does pay for the champagne while I stay up late trying to get first crack at some playa shifts.

[ygmir]

Malcontent. Hippie or not I'd definitely admit to being malcontent.

Really, How can one really be content living in a world where we must justify our existence by laboring for someone else's profit? One week out of the year in imaginary land where everything is freely given for the sake of giving help keeps me sane and provides hope that the world doesn't actually have to be the way it is. I am an idealist, my beliefs don't mesh we'll with those of the realist, but I know it can be different. I have seen it.

A world based on giving is entirely possible, unfortunately there are some amazingly 'powerful' influences keeping it the way it is. I might be malcontent but its because I dream that we were all meant for bigger and better things. And the hippie part, well I bathe way more often than any Varangian would have ever...

Pointing out the catch 22 in hippies like me buying a shit ton of gas to get to the burn doesn't justify the crimes committed by the asshats who run the oil companies. That necessary evil crap is a crutch for the a-pathetic.

Are you content? Or is it apathy?

and as such, yay for being malcontent, and a hippie, or not.

I see nothing wrong with being unhappy with how things are.
I do, though, disagree that it justifies taking something that does not belong to you. endangering others in so doing, and this sense of "entitlement" so many take, when seeing someone or some company that is "successful"........."oh, they can afford it" and thereby justify theft.

no one forces you to work for someone elses profit: don't like it? go find a spot in outback "somewhere" and carry your water from a stream and plant your garden.
or, weave rasta hats and sell them on the corner.

you choose to work for others, because it's easy, and, more profitable than selling widgets from a cart or washing cars.

The world needs idealists. They drive the things thought "impossible". I get that.
But, if you think human nature, would ever allow a society where everything is a "gift", I believe you are delusional. Humans don't work that way. Yeah, for a week, even two, sure.

Can it be better? depending on POV, yeah.
But, P.T. had it right.

all that said, "two wrongs don't make a right" seems to apply.
you don't know, that bank robbed (reference for your original post) was not a small town bank, treating the customers well, and genuinely hurt by said theft.

I wish you a good burn, dreamer, for you're not the only one.

[Dr. Pyro]

...don't say it Doc don't say it Doc don't say it Doc...

[tamarakay]

...don't say it Doc don't say it Doc don't say it Doc...

I swear I heard doc screaming.