Published: December 04, 2006 03:18 pm            

Robbers' getaway ruined by winter weather

MILWAUKEE — Two armed robbers got a little lesson in cold justice.

The Milwaukee men, ages 27 and 22, were arrested after authorities said they robbed a man outside a check cashing store and held up a woman less than an hour later on Friday in a heavy snowstorm.

According to police, the suspects pushed the woman into their car, robbed her and threw her back out on the street.

Officers responded to the scene, where they found the men trying to dislodge their vehicle from the snow, which reached up to 12 inches in parts of the city.

The men fled on foot, but were arrested about six blocks later.

“There is a God,” Milwaukee Police Capt. Debra Davidoski said.

        

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