police knock escaped killer off his getaway bike

[Amby 490]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's most wanted fugitive was captured Tuesday after a five-day manhunt, when police knocked the escaped murderer off the woman's bicycle he was riding along a rural road near the Dutch border.

Peter Paul Michalski surrendered without a fight after an unmarked police car deliberately crashed into him, knocking him off the bicycle onto the grassy shoulder of the road.

The 46-year-old, who was serving a life sentence when he escaped from prison last week, was carrying a pistol.

Heavily armed police commandos had raided a number of buildings in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia searching for Michalski following his escape from a high-security prison in Aachen. An accomplice in the escape was captured Sunday.

They made a copy of a key inside the jail and simply unlocked several doors to escape, according to German media reports. They even stopped to wave good-bye to a security camera outside the front gate before getting into a taxi.

"Bad luck for you -- we just broke out of jail," the accomplice Michael Heckhoff was quoted telling the taxi driver in his testimony to police, according to a report in Bild newspaper Tuesday. "He said that was no problem for him."

Thousands of police were involved in the hunt and authorities in neighboring countries were also alerted.

Police warned the public the two were extremely dangerous. They stole a car and robbed several people along their escape route through several western German towns and cities.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnough...E5B03WT20091201

[Nagishkaw 510]

They made a copy of a key inside the jail and simply unlocked several doors to escape, according to German media reports. They even stopped to wave good-bye to a security camera outside the front gate before getting into a taxi.

Sounds like something out of the movies.

[Amby 490]

They made a copy of a key inside the jail and simply unlocked several doors to escape, according to German media reports. They even stopped to wave good-bye to a security camera outside the front gate before getting into a taxi.

Sounds like something out of the movies.

sure does

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

The 46-year-old, who was serving a life sentence when he escaped from prison last week, was carrying a pistol.

but but but germany has strict anti-gun laws!

[Peikko 1,575]

The 46-year-old, who was serving a life sentence when he escaped from prison last week, was carrying a pistol.

but but but germany has strict anti-gun laws!

They managed to actually arrest him without killing him too. Cute huh?

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

The 46-year-old, who was serving a life sentence when he escaped from prison last week, was carrying a pistol.

but but but germany has strict anti-gun laws!

They managed to actually arrest him without killing him too. Cute huh?

yeah, having a car run into you tends to disorient a person. i suggest the us police adopt that right away!

[natty bumppo 297]

The 46-year-old, who was serving a life sentence when he escaped from prison last week, was carrying a pistol.

but but but germany has strict anti-gun laws!

They managed to actually arrest him without killing him too. Cute huh?

yeah, having a car run into you tends to disorient a person. i suggest the us police adopt that right away!

this variation of the "PIT maneuver" would then be called ???

[Chica Yeyé 41]

The 46-year-old, who was serving a life sentence when he escaped from prison last week, was carrying a pistol.

but but but germany has strict anti-gun laws!

They managed to actually arrest him without killing him too. Cute huh?

OH SNAP!!!!