Memo to self -- when I rob a convenience store of some lottery tickets...
...do not go back to same store to claim a winning.
From
Houston's ABC 13:
Suspects arrested in lottery ticket robbery
Houston police are questioning four people who police say may have stolen several lottery scratch-off tickets from a convenience store. One of those being questioned apparently tried to cash in one of those tickets at the same store.
Tai Nguyen was so worried about the safety of his clerk that he came immediately to the store when she called following the robbery Tuesday morning. It was about 4am when three armed men got away with about $500 worth of lottery tickets, cigarettes and cash from the store on Ella near Airtex in northwest Harris County. So Nguyen was a little startled when a few hours later, a man walked into the store wanting to cash in a Texas Hold 'Em lottery ticket.
"That Hold 'Em ticket was one that we lost," said Nguyen. "I know that's the ticket that belonged to me. I know it because I know the number, I know that ticket."
Nguyen went to the back and called police. The man was still standing at the counter when authorities arrived.
DOH!!!
Posted by DaveH at January 9, 2007 9:24 PM
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