Back story - Rio De Janeiro
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"This is the moment a would-be robber clung to the side of a speeding vehicle after he tried to steal the driver's cellphone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Wednesday night.
The dramatic video showed the male suspect hanging from the side of the car moments after he tried to mug the motorist at an intersection in the western Rio neighborhood of Recreio dos Bandeirantes, witnesses told authorities.
The perp managed to keep his feet from making contact with the ground as the driver accelerated down Salvador Allende Avenue.
At one point, the man placed his left foot between the side-view mirror and the edge of the door's window while the right foot slightly made contact with the road pavement.
It then appeared that the suspect is about to fall to the ground as the video comes to an end.
The Rio de Janeiro Military Police received a call and dispatched a unit to the neighborhood, but the driver and suspect were not located.
'It is important to note that the driver of the vehicle did not contact the battalion, although he appeared to have slowed down at the entrance to the unit,' the Military Police said in a statement. 'There was no record of any call being made.'
The robbery attempt comes after a teenager struck by a bus and died after he stole a 71-year-old man’s cell phone in São Paulo last Friday."
