Nude man hijacks Vegas bus
On Tuesday morning, Charles P. Sell, 35, stole a beer from a Las Vegas 7-Eleven and then hijacked a bus. He was buck naked at the time. He is charged with robbery, grand larceny, and malicious destruction of private property. From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
(After fleeing the 7-Eleven,) Sell then climbed onto the back of a moving CAT bus traveling east on Washington, broke one of the back windows with his fists, and climbed in.Naked man hijacks bus (Las Vegas Review-Journal, thanks Carlo Longino!)
He threw the driver off the bus and drove it about 200 yards before jumping off, according to police. An officer climbed aboard and stopped it.
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Maybe it's a way to get people to not remember your face.
Whenever I hear about naked people acting crazy in traffic I think Meth. They tweak too much, get "hot" or "itchy" and need to strip. Add the beer to the equation (the need to come down) and this story has too much Meth at it's heart.
He probably assumed that since he was able to hijack buses in the nude when playing Grand Theft Auto, that it might work in real life, too.
BoingBoing is there when you need it most ... I was a bit foggy on what exactly went on last night.
Gah!! If only DHS's anti-bus-terrorism-plan had been implemented in Vegas!!!
Wake up, people! Bus terrorism is only going to get worse in this country unless patriotic citizens like ourselves stand up and DEMAND GPS-kill switches and trapdoors be installed in every bus everywhere!!
#5- even if this were mere "hoax" bus terrorism, we must still treat it as it were the real thing.
Some suspect he is from the future. Such a silly terminator.
I remember when Al Jolson ran amok at the Winter Garden and climbed the Chrysler Building. After that he couldn't get arrested in this town.
boingboing, shame on you for posting this. I thought what happens in Las Vegas, stays in Las Vegas!
You know, it IS "nude recreation week"...just something to think about!
RE: #2
If this is to be believed, we have more treated meth users than alcoholics here in Nevada - and we give the booze away for free! As a reluctant resident of Las Vegas, I can tell you that I see this kind of stuff more often than I care to contemplate. I think your appraisal of this man's condition is exactly right.
Methamphetamine is a hell of a drug.
".. an advocacy group released a study that concluded meth use is rare in most of the United States, not the raging epidemic described by politicians and the news media."
Since when is there a pro-meth lobby?
i told u i was hardcore
Right, meth not a big deal. What the f..? Maybe we should focus on crack and glue-sniffing, I mean in the sense of advocacy.
Alex,
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I guess they let the public indeceny charge slide?
Was there a camera crew from "Reno 911" there at the time?
It sounds wacky, and thus it's posted in here, but this is pretty normal behavior for someone hopped up on PCP. Such people lose the power to regulate their body temperature, and they start feeling hot so they rip off all their clothes. They can't feel pain and they also feel omnipotent, thus the smashed-out window. The beer theft sounds like the sort of thing someone would do to lower their metabolism (using a depressant) in the absence of a wallet.
If you are going to do something crazy you may as well do it naked...
It's just like that movie "Speed", but without the bomb and the girl, and with more speed.
@19: reno is NOT las vegas, and we are thankful for that here in reno. our two cities aren't even close physically.
Incidentally, the "what happen in Vegas stays in Vegas" defence doesn't hold up in court.
Those CAT buses needs thicker rear windows.
Folks-- PCP and Meth are very different drugs; PCP mimics schizophrenia to a certain extent, but also can cause stupor and effects similar to drunkeness, so my bet is on meth, which does indeed cause excessive sweating and agitation.
I have been an amphetamine user for the past 20 years, but I see more and more young people abusing it. Taken in moderation, good quality meth is very pleasant and almost devoid of side-effects. Most consumers of meth are quiet, normal people who enjoy responsible tweaking out of working hours. It is only in recent years that either the media has blown irresponsible use out of all proportion, or the youth of today are losing their ability to use fresh materials, a nice hot stack for the toke, and plenty of access to fresh air. With these, I would compare meth to a good bottle of wine any day.
27: Got any teeth left?
I thought air force pilots lived on this stuff