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Cross-eyed bandits rob Colorado Springs restaurant

By Andrea Brown, The Gazette

Published January 4, 2009 at 10:09 a.m.

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COLORADO SPRINGS — Be on the lookout for a man with white shoes and black shoelaces: He is a suspect in an armed robbery at Popeye's Fried Chicken, 3815 E. Pikes Peak Ave.

Colorado Springs Police said three suspects entered the business about 9:30 p.m. Friday and demanded money.

One had a revolver and another had a large knife, police said. After receiving an undisclosed amount of money the suspects fled on foot.

While other parts of the description were hazy, police said two of the suspects appeared to be cross-eyed.

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  • January 4, 2009

    10:31 a.m.

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    Rutt writes:

    White shoes, black shoelaces and cross-eyed .......... I bet they're CU football players.

  • January 4, 2009

    11:52 a.m.

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    leavemealone writes:

    Wow...great descriptions!

    The police must have had a shift change around 10pm & thus the lack of anything helpful.

    Sounds a little fishy.

  • January 4, 2009

    12:36 p.m.

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    happymike44 writes:

    Sometime you get the muchies and thn you know you have to go out and get some no matter what.
    Wow and the poor guys are fashion victims about to soon be victims of the criminal justice system.
    Well at least they will remember that fried chicken from Popeye's.

  • January 4, 2009

    12:58 p.m.

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    eagleeye writes:

    Damn i gotta fix all my kid's shoelace's and mine too they are black and white. So are all the teenager's in town wow alot of culprit's and we dont even live in Colo.Spring's narrow's it down to a thousand?

  • January 4, 2009

    1:33 p.m.

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    DragonInTheSky writes:

    Did they talk about the shoes/shoelaces first so they wouldn't offend other cross eyed people?
    Is this the Rocky Mountain News or The Onion? I just can't tell the difference anymore.
    Sigh...

  • January 4, 2009

    3:17 p.m.

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    marine76 writes:

    If Popeye's sold doughnuts this could have been avoided.

  • January 4, 2009

    4:19 p.m.

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    squeakywheel writes:

    While other parts of the description were hazy, police said two of the suspects appeared to be cross-eyed, then added "Which way did they go? Which way did they go?"

  • January 4, 2009

    6:19 p.m.

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    BenchBoss writes:

    'Give me all the money'......

    'Are you talking to me? Or... him?'

    'You!'

    'Wait.... who!??!?!?!'

  • January 4, 2009

    6:30 p.m.

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    squeakywheel writes:

    Now if rather than cross-eyed they appeared to be pop-eyed, then you'd have a story.

    I'm thinking you have 3 guys are 2 of them are cross-eyed, what's wrong with the other guy?

    They meant to rob a bank but one of the cross-eyed guys was driving and pulled in across the street.

    During the getaway one guy says "whatchoo mean wiff dirty potatas, I want sum cash fool!"

  • January 4, 2009

    8:09 p.m.

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    eagleeye writes:

    Well if you can see shoelace's and crosseyed what colored were the eyelids did they have masks on were they men or woman. Did they reasemble men WOW!!! could have been chick's wearing men clothing, Have soft voice's or butch voice's????

  • January 5, 2009

    12:57 a.m.

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    squeakywheel writes:

    So what are the chances when you get any group of people together that 2/3 of them are cross-eyed?

    I think the clerk was cross-eyed too. That's why "other parts of the description were hazy". They robbed him because he was the only one who could look them in the eyes.

  • January 5, 2009

    5:22 a.m.

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    you_ppl_r_dum writes:

    they were light skinned black guys. they prolly werent mor then 18 year old. xtra unorganized. one had some scarface shoes on had some black and blue ones you guys r so funny. not.