Man arrested after attempt to steal a wheelchair on Phoenix train. WTF?

Riding a Phoenix, Arizona, light-rail train the day after Thanksgiving, a man abruptly leaped to his feet and wrestled a woman for her wheelchair. The man unlocked the brakes on the wheelchair, then wheeled the struggling woman toward the open train door as she grabbed onto nearby railings. He finally flips the wheelchair, dumping her to the floor, and bolts off the train with it. But video provided by Phoenix police shows other passengers crowd out after him into the station, where they shove him into a wall and retrieve the stolen wheelchair. The wheelchair thief then runs away from the other passengers. Police say the man was “wearing reindeer slippers at the time of the crime.” After release of the video the man was picked up this past Saturday.


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