08-12-2005, 03:22 AM
From the Orem PD daily crime report, this happened yesterday (8/10) and very similar to item #6 in PrinceFisher's post.
33247 - ROOKIE SHOPLIFTER - A male, surfer wannabe driving a 2002 black Saab, went into a gas station/convenience store at 1300 W. University Parkway on Tuesday afternoon dress in a Hawaiian shirt and a sarong. He walked back to the cooler and slipped a bottle of chocolate milk into his shoulder bag. He then selected a package of donuts, which he paid for, along with $9 in gas that he was going to put in his car. As he left the store, the clerk followed him and asked if he was going to pay for the chocolate milk she'd seen him put in his shoulder bag. He adamantly denied taking anything. The clerk started to dial the police and told the man she was calling us. He must have been his intent to steal the chocolate milk, because he jumped in his car and hurriedly left the area.......forgetting to pump the $9 worth of gas he'd paid for. I don't know that a theft charge would hold up, since the store was ahead by $7.50, but this guy certainly deserves a dumb thief award.
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33247 - ROOKIE SHOPLIFTER - A male, surfer wannabe driving a 2002 black Saab, went into a gas station/convenience store at 1300 W. University Parkway on Tuesday afternoon dress in a Hawaiian shirt and a sarong. He walked back to the cooler and slipped a bottle of chocolate milk into his shoulder bag. He then selected a package of donuts, which he paid for, along with $9 in gas that he was going to put in his car. As he left the store, the clerk followed him and asked if he was going to pay for the chocolate milk she'd seen him put in his shoulder bag. He adamantly denied taking anything. The clerk started to dial the police and told the man she was calling us. He must have been his intent to steal the chocolate milk, because he jumped in his car and hurriedly left the area.......forgetting to pump the $9 worth of gas he'd paid for. I don't know that a theft charge would hold up, since the store was ahead by $7.50, but this guy certainly deserves a dumb thief award.
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