Wheelchair user arrested for bank robbery in Florida after hiding money in prosthetic leg

From the Orlando Sentinel in Florida:

Brevard County deputies Nov. 14 arrested a wheelchair-bound man they say robbed a credit union on Merritt Island and hid the money in his prosthetic leg.

Christopher Warren Reed, 45, was caught about 4:15 -- 10 minutes after investigators say he robbed Space Coast Credit Union on Fortenberry Road.

Reed, a paraplegic who uses a motorized wheelchair, came into the credit union about 4 p.m., told a teller that he was armed with an explosive device and demanded money, the Sheriff's Office said. He left with an undisclosed amount of cash that was recovered in the prosthetic leg when he was caught about a block away, they said.

Reed told investigators that two people had threatened him with a gun, told him to commit the robbery and were going to take the money for themselves. He was arrested on charges of robbery, grand theft, threatening to use a hoax explosive device and aggravated assault.