Restaurant held up with iPhone, not gun New London, Connecticut ne'er-do-well Jerome Taylor thought his iPhone to be a suitable facsimile for a handgun in his failed attempt to hold up a local restaurant. Not that the restaurant staff weren't fooled, but they make cooks tough in Connecticut, and rather than meekly handing over the cash, they grabbed knives and stood …
> But it turns out that trying to rob someone at gunpoint is still a crime, even if you don't have a gun and are in America.
It is irrelevant whether the thief has a gun, an iphone, a banana or simply just his finger. It is the victims viewpoint that matters. If the thief convinces the victim that they have a gun then it is a gun crime.
>> It is irrelevant whether the thief has a gun.
You beat me to it. While I'm here, I should point out that many of the toy guns that reg. readers would have owned when they were a child, would now probably be considered a realistic imitation firearm and possession in a public place would probably land you in a great deal of trouble (for possession of a firearm). Infact even the ones which weren't realistic would probably still be considered imitation firearms.
Had he been watching Pulp Fiction and got the wrong idea about holding somewhere up with a mobile phone?
Guess he didn't pay attention and thought it was a restaurant they were on about and not a bank...
NSFW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMhI78yt0tw&feature=related
(Skip to 1 min 28 seconds in).
Rob
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