A Bank Robbery, With a Baby on Board, Lands Getaway Driver a 22-Year Prison Sentence

By Robert Wilonsky Thu., Oct. 14 2010 at 11:57 AM

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Surely you recall the tale of Inequa Rushing and Waylon McDonald? No? Then a refresher: In late January, the twosome robbed a bank at East R.L. Thornton Freeway and Grand Avenue. Rushing went in dressed in a wig and sunglasses -- some disguise. She put her purse and a note on the counter. The slip of paper read, "I HAVE A GUN GIVE ME THE MONEY - NO ONE WILL GET HURT.. 'HURRY' Bitch!!" A bank teller, no dummy, duly handed over a bag of money, fully loaded with a dye pack. Rushing rushed out to the car, where McDonald was waiting -- with her 4-month-old baby in the backseat. The child, born prematurely, was on oxygen at the time. Which wasn't good when the dye pack went boom.

From the U.S. Attorney's Office, the rest of the story:

As McDonald attempted to drive away from the bank, the dye pack exploded inside Rushing's purse, spewing red dye and smoke. McDonald grabbed the purse and threw it out of the car window. Police responding to the robbery quickly discovered Rushing's brown purse and could see the red dye-stained money and assorted identification and personal papers for Inequa Rushing. The police then went to Rushing's home in Dallas, where they found her and McDonald. Rushing told officers that she had robbed the bank and that McDonald had driven her to and from the bank. A search of the residence revealed the wig, clothing and red dye-stained shoes that Rushing had worn during the robbery. According to the evidence presented in court, the red dye-pack exploded in the getaway car, spraying noxious fumes and dye.

Anyway. The 24-year-old Rushing pleaded guilty in April to a bank robbery charge. She got 46 months in federal prison. A month later, the 32-year-old McDonald pleaded guilty. He was sentenced yesterday -- to a 262-month sentence, which he must serve without parole, per U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle. Why so long a sentence? "Extensive criminal record," says the U.S. Attorney's Office. Also: bad parenting.

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OK this makes a lot of sene dude. www.total-privacy.au.tc
Teaching English to foreigners and all the sudden you are an expert? Stick with that because your singing sucks.
Gretta, excuse my french but what a bitch. Who do you think you are? Let's put aside your ridiculous use of the English language, which is hard to do. Who are you to decide who should be allowed to teach? Isn't that the job of the school where the teachers get certified? I should come to you at your work and give you an attitude and try to get you fired. You would probably think I'm a horrible person. Yes. I am saying you are a horrible person, and dealing with assholes like you is a fucking thorn in my side. Teachers are good for society, and the fact that you are proud of trying to get them fired is honestly disgusting.
Child abuse, pit bull fighting and murder is "disturbing". The word "horny" is not. Over emote a bit? My attitude with most teachers is a good. Its the lazy and ignorant teachers that get an attitude and they should not be leading classes. THAT'S also where the children suffer. And equating getting a worthless teacher fired to child abuse? I sure hope you are lying when you call yourself a teacher.
I have to jump in and say that I teach a mix of kids (rare in DISD)--middle class all the way to very, very low income. Lots of immigrants and lifelong Americans and pretty much every race you can think of. I'm sorry to see the exchange between Gretta, with her rather disturbing "name", and Anonymous, with his/her disturbing bashing of parents. I can verify that most DISD teachers like our jobs and our students--just not the trustees or our superintendent. I go to school to serve, and that includes parents, but some parents, like Gretta, are more attitude than anything. Their children ultimately suffer for it. Inequa didn't choose her name, but she owns her behavior. Her child will most likely end up in a system like DISD. Please remember this the next time you want to bash DISD teachers. We take whomever walks through the door, regardless of the people they live with. It's a really hard gig when children come from situations like this. I try, but when you have to call CPS bc a student has obviously been beaten, it sticks in your craw to hear people brag about how they like get teachers fired.
"Inequa? *snort* What were HER parents thinking?" Maybe her mammy meant to name her "Inequal", which would be accurate.
My child is doing great in the DISD. I don't care if YOU are an insider because its OBVIOUS you don't have a child in the system. I am a member of the PTA and my employer LOVES the fact that I can put a "know it all" bitch like you in their place. Teachers like YOU are the reason some parents need to spend extra money on tutors. Me, I just get them fired. Three paragraphs, there strikes, you are OUT! Substitut-ville for you honey.
I think all teachers should have as much contempt for parents they've never met as Anonymous does. And also, they should all make cute little usage errors, like putting the comma outside the quotation marks. We can't pay people like Anonymous enough to "teach" our children, I tell ya! Thank God we haven't lost them to the lucrative private sphere, where they'd no doubt set the world on fire!
Inequa? *snort* What were HER parents thinking? And why didn't they teach her that stealing is wrong?
@Greta: Funny thing is, I know more about DISD than you ever will, as an insider. Most likely, you are one of those "concerned parents", which means you are "just another uninformed pain in the ass who I'm not getting extra pay to deal with". So, instead of attacking me on a blog, which, I'm sure your employer would be happy to know he/she is paying for, why don't you start listening to, and parenting your child, instead of harassing the teacher. Or the blog commentor. If being brutally honest makes me a bitch, then, fine. I'll take that ride. But I do know what I'm talking about, in this case.
I find that most people who bitch about the DISD don't have a child in it. Just a good thing to bitch about, while being a bitch.
Think they learned their parenting from the preparation classes offered by DISD? Before people get all over my case, they always let one good parent slip out of the system. And that's you. So there. And, you know that "brown purse" was a Louis V. There people go, sullying the brand again.