EdwardKnoxII 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/01/23...reut/index.html Oldest U.S. bank robber gets 12 years LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) -- The oldest bank robber in the United States, 92-year-old J.L. Hunter Rountree, was sentenced to over 12 years in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to robbing $1,999 from a Texas bank last August. Rountree, who goes by the nickname "Red", said he robbed his first bank when he was about 80 because he wanted revenge against banks for sending him into a financial crisis. Rountree was sentenced to 151 months in a federal prison, which he will serve at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. He appeared in court in a loose-fitting prison outfit and shackles on his ankles. He had a cane to help him walk. Rountree listened to the proceedings through headphones because he is hard of hearing. Police said Rountree, who was not armed, handed two envelopes to a teller at a bank in Abilene, Texas. One envelope had the word "robbery" written in red ink. Rountree told the teller to stuff money into the other envelope, or else she would get hurt. After asking Rountree twice if he was kidding, she put the money into the envelope and Rountree then made off in a 1996 Buick sedan, police said. A bank employee noted the license plate of the vehicle and Rountree was pulled over by police on a highway about 20 miles (32 km) from the crime scene, 30 minutes after the robbery. Rountree left a prison in Florida, where he was the oldest prisoner in the state, about a year and a half ago after serving a three-year sentence imposed on him for a 1999 bank robbery in Pensacola. He was caught holding up a bank in Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1998 when he was 87, and given three years' probation. Federal officials said they had no records to prove it, but they are fairly certain Rountree was the oldest person ever to rob a bank in the United States. In a prison interview with the Orlando Sentinel in 2001, Rountree said he had been a businessman in Texas but had fallen on hard times. He also told the paper that prison food was better than what was served at some nursing homes. "A Corpus Christi (Texas) bank that I'd done business with had forced me into bankruptcy. I have never liked banks since," he told the paper. "I decided I would get even. And I have." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2004 Damnit, I was going to make a joke regarding this, but the story beat me to it! A bank employee noted the license plate of the vehicle and Rountree was pulled over by police on a highway about 20 miles (32 km) from the crime scene, 30 minutes after the robbery. At least he'll get free health care for the rest of his life. And WTF is up with this? PROBATION?!... He was caught holding up a bank in Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1998 when he was 87, and given three years' probation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lomasmoney 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2004 he's fucking old thats why he got probation, lord knows we need Gramps in general population with Bubba and T-Bone. Maybe they like their anal rape victims old and mature Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2004 he's fucking old thats why he got probation, lord knows we need Gramps in general population with Bubba and T-Bone. Maybe they like their anal rape victims old and mature Looks like this gramps needed some cell time with T-Bone. And what is up with being so afraid of putting the young (Lionel Tate from another thread) and old behind bars? Sounds like age discrimination to me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anakin Flair 0 Report post Posted January 28, 2004 In a prison interview with the Orlando Sentinel in 2001, Rountree said he had been a businessman in Texas but had fallen on hard times. He also told the paper that prison food was better than what was served at some nursing homes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
