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Pa. man, 71, friend in wheelchair nab suspect

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[June 03, 2008]  KINGSTON, Pa. (AP) -- A 21-year-old robbery suspect was jailed in Luzerne County thanks to the efforts of the 71-year-old victim and his friend in a wheelchair.

Harry Kopenis, said he went to an ATM at a bank near his Kingston home Monday morning and withdrew $100 when a woman came out of nowhere, knocked him down and stole the money. The woman fled.

His neighbor, Kevin Lamb, was nearby in his electric wheelchair and both men chased her. Lamb said Kopenis got the woman in a headlock and grabbed the squirming woman.

The men weren't seriously injured.

The young woman faces theft, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief charges. She is locked up on $10,000 bail.

[Associated Press]

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