Judge: Robber must post bond to sue store

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A Michigan robber who claims he was shot and beaten by employees of a party store must post a $10,000 bond before he can sue them, a judge has ruled.

Macomb County Circuit Judge David Viviano ruled Tuesday that Scott Zielinski, convicted of robbing Nick's Party Stop in November 2007, must come up with the cash within two weeks or he can't go ahead with his $125,000 lawsuit against the store's proprietors, the Macomb Daily News in Mount Clemens reported.

"For him to be excused from posting the bond and further receiving a benefit, I just can't go that far," Viviano was quoted as saying.

The newspaper said Zielinski, 23, is serving an eight-year prison term at Saginaw Correctional Facility in Freeland. He has sued the store, owner John Acho and three employees for allegedly shooting him twice as he fled after holding up the store at knife point and making off with cigarettes, liquor and $873 in cash.