priceless! wheelchair bound woman gets up and runs from cops

[Hmph]

this one was a toss up between the good crack forum or this one. but figured she was going to jail anyway. but I'm laughing my ass off picturing the cops faces as she gets up and runs. probably too shocked to chase after her immediately. man I needed this laugh today.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/11/wheelc ... index.html

Woman ditches wheelchair, flees police

Thursday, May 11, 2006; Posted: 8:19 p.m. EDT (00:19 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A wheelchair-bound Los Angeles woman, who has repeatedly filed lawsuits over access for the disabled, got up and ran after police arrested her for fraud, authorities said Thursday.

Laura Lee Medley, 35, had sued in at least four California cities over injuries she claimed she sustained while trying to navigate her wheelchair before she was suspected of fraud.

Medley, who claimed to be paralyzed from a drunk driving accident, was tracked to Las Vegas where police there took her into custody and then, when she complained of medical issues, to a local hospital, Long Beach prosecutor Belinda Mayes said.

"She gets to the hospital and while she's waiting for an examination, she gets up from the chair and runs," Mayes said. "Somebody remarked, 'That's where the great miracle occurred.' "

Medley sprinted through the hospital corridors but was quickly apprehended by police and booked pending extradition to San Bernardino, California, where she is facing charges of filing false documents, attempted grand theft and insurance fraud.

Medley has sued the cities of Long Beach and South Pasadena and counties of San Bernardino and Riverside over various injuries she claimed she sustained in her wheelchair. She was also being sought on arrest warrants by the states of Oregon and Washington, Mayes said.

[MsNikaPooh]

I guess she played it for as long as she could. Thanks for the laugh.

[Silly Wabbit]

@ sprinted through hospital. The crazy part is someone else may be doing same thing. Who can ask some iffy disabled people to prove it?

[MsNikaPooh]

I would. That could be my job. I could go from state to state on certain days and ask the iffy disabled to prove it. I would be nice about it and bring Teddy and Bear with me if they decide to run. Who wants a rottie chasing them down?

[Hmph]

I know tough decision for a con artist. do I sit here and keep pretending and let the dog eat me alive and try to sue for that? or run my ass off and say "it was a miracle"?

[MsNikaPooh]

I know right. But then I would have to hide from all the fake cripple people coming to get me Nah I still would do it.

[Dean]

It reminds me of a story I heard on the radio. Three people attended a World Cup soccer match in the wheel chair section. They were busted when one of them jumped out his chair while cheering a goal that his team had made. Someone nearby sarcastically commented that it was a miracle.

[Hmph]

well those world cup fans are wild anyway