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Jul. 09, 2008
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Naked man hijacks bus

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A naked man was arrested Tuesday morning after hijacking a Citizens Area Transit bus.

Las Vegas police said the man, 35-year-old Charles P. Sell, was first seen stealing a beer at the 7-Eleven on the corner of Lamb Boulevard and Washington Avenue about 8 a.m.

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    • An officer arrived at the scene and the man fled, a police spokesman said.

    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.

    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.

    Sell was arrested and taken to a hospital for a mental evaluation before being booked at the Clark County Detention Center on felony charges of robbery, grand larceny and malicious destruction of private property, according to police.

    He was being held on $14,000 bail.

    Police said the man was possibly on drugs during the incident.

    Sell has a history of criminal charges, records show. He most recently pleaded guilty to burglary in 2002 and was given probation.

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    Douger wrote on September 01, 2009 03:27 PM: I'm looking for a reply but I cant come up with anything but.
    God Bless the Idiocracy.


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    bubba wrote on December 03, 2008 03:08 PM: hahahaha omg, my dad used to work with that guy.


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    THEGREAT wrote on July 16, 2008 09:49 AM: I'M REALLY GLAD I STUMBLED ON THIS ARTICLE.. NICE KICK TO A BORING OFFICE MORNING!... I WONDER HOW MANY "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID" JOKES WERE MADE??


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    niknak wrote on July 11, 2008 08:40 AM: absolutely funny as f**k. almost peed my knickers hehe


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    Matt wrote on July 11, 2008 07:52 AM: HAHAHAHA, sounds like everyone is taking this a little to seriously... :P:P

    can no one else see the funny side??


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    Kam wrote on July 10, 2008 06:13 PM: Yeah mark, a perfect example of an idiot like you taking a gun on public transport. you ever killed someone? didnt think so. its some hard ish to live with. and you ever thought if YOU are taking a gun on public transport (kids ride public transport) wut would happen if the person in question got the gun off YOU? you are making a situation worse. grow the hell up. you arent in a war. you dont need a freaking gun. stupid freaking media affected morons.


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    jmy9595 wrote on July 10, 2008 05:16 AM: Obviously he had nowhere to carry his vhange for bus fare.


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    ELLEN ANDERSON wrote on July 10, 2008 04:59 AM:

    AND I THOUGHT MY FAMILY WAS STRANGE. IT'S NICE NOT TO BE THE ONLY ONE WITH WACKO'S IN THE MIX.


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    Mark wrote on July 10, 2008 04:41 AM: This is a perfect example of why I carry a gun when I ride the bus.


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    tom richards wrote on July 10, 2008 03:28 AM: take these mental cases, including vagrants, off the streets and placed into state mental hospitals! oh, wait, i forgot the aclu will fight for their so-called `rights' to remain on the streets killing, robbing and harassing everyone.


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