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Thief makes a clean getaway
By adamg on Mon, 04/28/2014 - 3:42pm
Police hope to pick up the scent of a man who stole three bottles of Tide from the Brigham Circle Walgreens this afternoon.
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Did you read the article in
Did you read the article in NY Magazine last year about Tide theft?
http://nymag.com/news/features/tide-detergent-drugs-2013-1/index1.html
Apparently it's a big source of loss for major chains, and a big source of cash for the drug trade. If you get caught stealing Tide, the penalties are usually pretty small, so it's an easy target for people who don't really care about their arrest records.
This is Old News
Stealing Tide is pretty Old, (5 Years I think), and like many things, its connected to drugs.
Tide
was an underlying storyline in both Scarface and the Godfather.