Woman stops bank robber from getting away — by crashing into his vehicle

Don't try this at home.

Last Thursday morning, a PNC Bank in Warrington Township, Pennsylvania, was robbed.

When the suspect, 38-year-old Alexis Laskowski, fled with the cash, a woman who had witnessed the crime chased after him.

Tina Gleim, 51, ran out of the bank, hopped in her pickup truck, and intentionally rammed her Chevy S-10 against Laskowski's getaway vehicle.

"I thought, 'I can't stop him any other way, I might as well hit him,'" she told the York Dispatch. "I saw an opportunity that I could stop a criminal from getting away with it."

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"I guess I wanted to take some action if I could," she told ABC27 News on Friday. "It seemed right at the time. I hope a criminal thinks twice about robbing a business in the Wellsville area."

Laskowski kept driving, but his vehicle broke down soon after, disabled by Gleim's collision. He abandoned his vehicle and fled on foot.

"I thought it was interesting that when he ran away, he ran away from me," Gleim told the York Daily Record. "He was probably wondering what that crazy lady was going to do."

After a half-hour search by authorities, he was arrested.

Laskowski, who has also been accused of committing four other bank robberies, is being held in York County Prison on $500,000 bail.

Gleim will not be charged for ramming the accused's vehicle. She is, however, now in the market for a new truck. (Her 19-year-old vehicle isn't worth repairing, she said.)

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And while police officers praised Gleim's quick-thinking and courage, they are cautioning citizens to not get involved in dangerous law-enforcement situations and to call 911 instead.

"While she did something very courageous, we encourage people to be good witnesses, just make note of the actor, what he's wearing, maybe a description of the vehicle," Trooper Rob Hicks told Fox 43.

"This just seemed like the right thing to do," Gleim told the York Dispatch. "It worked out well in this case, but it might not have in another."