STRATEGIC PARTNERS
May 27, 2002
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A man who authorities believe to be a Canadian national damaged an ATM at a local convenience store with a large Samurai sword, according to a report in the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
Police said Richard Mark Plantagenet, 24, walked into the Shell convenience store at midnight on May 25 and started hacking the machine with a 4-foot-long Samurai sword, upsetting several customers who were inside the store at the time.
Police arrived at the scene and arrested Plantagenet, who originally gave police another name. Authorities confirmed his identity through fingerprints provided by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and the FBI.
Police believe Plantagenet was in the country illegally.
No motive was given for the attack.
