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Extreme convenience-store holdup attempt in West Newton
By adamg on Mon, 06/25/2012 - 10:39am
Police in Newton and surrounding communities are looking for somebody who tried to hold up a West Newton convenience store around 9:30 a.m. He had a "device" strapped to his chest and was holding a remote-control device. He had on a backpack, a Halloween mask and a hoodie.
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Comments
Dr. Theopolis or Ziggy?
Was the device Dr. Theopolis from Buck Rogers in the 21st Century?
or more like Ziggy used by Dean Stockwell in Quantum Leap?
How dumb did this guy think the clerk was?
You built or otherwise acquired a bomb...and your first hit is a convenience store in West Newton? Not a bank, not an armored car...a (expletive) store with $20 in the register?
People
have been shot for iPhones and playstations.
You really going to pause and question the rationality of someone so stupid that they're stealing in a way that leads to hard time? Especially when you could be like Mitt Romney and just legally steal from banks and investors?
Yeah, Take the $20.
Newton Patch says the store
Newton Patch says the store didn't report the incident to the police for an hour.
Another oddity: The market in question is within shouting distance of the Newton Police Department, across a parking lot.