On December 5, 1998, Clyde Barrow entered the Lone Star Bank in Hillsboro, Texas, pointed a gun at the first teller in line, and told her that he would "clean her clock" if she didn't hand over all the cash in her drawer. The teller, Sherry Ann, complied, and at the same time pressed the emergency silent alarm alerting the police of the robbery. 

Clyde then pointed his gun full circle through the lobby of the bank and told the other banking customers to "get down and stay down" while he pulled Sherry at gunpoint to the vault to gather the remaining cash. Once Clyde had emptied the vault, he shoved Sherry onto the floor of the bank, breaking her arm, and exited the building. He then drove off but was apprehended a short time later in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

 

Please discuss any intentional torts or crimes that Clyde Barrow could be charged with in this case, and please limit your response only to torts that were covered in this class. Do you believe the charges would be successful. Please elaborate!

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