Homeless Teenager Arrested For Bank Robbery

Alabama Mobile Mobile police say 17 year old Joseph Murphy was armed with a gun when he demand money from the teller at the Compass Bank on DIP.
by Associated Press
Published: Fri, October 03, 2008 - 12:50 pm CST Last Updated: Fri, October 03, 2008 - 12:53 pm CST
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A homeless teen is behind bars charged in
Thursday's armed robbery of a Mobile bank.
Police arrested 17-year-old Joseph Murphy and charged him with
first-degree robbery for a hold up at Compass Bank on Dauphin
Island Parkway.
No one was hurt.
The robbery happened about 10:30 a.m. Murphy was taken into
custody about an hour later.
He was placed in Metro Jail without bond. Jail records listed
Murphy as homeless.


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engtchr Says:
Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 8:51 am

Where are his parents? How long has he been homeless?

cynala Says:
Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 1:04 pm

why is this child homeless, and where are the parents???

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