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Man arrested for stealing Lego sets from Walmart
CBS 4 News ^ | October 17, 2022 | Kassidy Ebrahimi

Posted on 10/19/2022 12:02:48 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Branford resident Richard Fredrick Torrey, III, 35, was arrested Sunday after allegedly stealing Lego sets from Walmart.

At 3:59 p.m. Torrey entered Walmart with re-usable shopping bags going to the Lego section of Walmart in Butler Plaza, Gainesville, Florida.

Torrey filled the shopping bags with 26 Lego sets with a value of $1,001 and walked past cash registers.

A Walmart loss prevention employee called Gainesville Police to report Torrey exiting the store.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Local News; Miscellaneous; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: arrest; branford; florida; floridaman; gainesville; grandtheft; legos; liketheydoinny; walmart; wannabeincatodothis
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To: servo1969

So buy a 3d printer and just print your own.


21 posted on 10/19/2022 12:28:36 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A Walmart loss prevention employee called Gainesville Police to report Torrey exiting the store.

What an idiot!   Remember the times when the employee counts items, looks you in the eyes, and then makes a mark on your cash register tape?   That means they care about whether you paid for merchandise or not.   But the real dead giveaway is the cameras recording every foolish thing you might do.

And over a thousand dollars of theft puts you in the big leagues, Charley.

22 posted on 10/19/2022 12:28:37 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: blackdog

Ah, but I put it in the keywords.


23 posted on 10/19/2022 12:29:16 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

24 posted on 10/19/2022 12:30:24 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Yo-Yo

THAT is totally awesome....OMG


25 posted on 10/19/2022 12:32:31 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: Theo

He must’ve been under the influence and thought he was in California


26 posted on 10/19/2022 12:35:50 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

He says he didn’t plan to steal them.

Say what?


27 posted on 10/19/2022 12:37:25 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: Huskrrrr

I’ve got a couple of kits around, never got much into them.

One is large millennium falcon.


28 posted on 10/19/2022 12:37:40 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: Boogieman
So buy a 3d printer and just print your own.

Legos have a "clickiness" that cannot be replicated by off-brands or 3d printers.
29 posted on 10/19/2022 12:38:59 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: Theo
"Since when did it become against the law to steal stuff from stores?"

Since we are currently having a pandemic of shoplifting, it's not clear to me why this particular incident is newsworthy.
30 posted on 10/19/2022 12:42:11 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Dr. Sivana

You’re right...the tolerances are difficult to hold with conventional 3D printers.

https://blog.prusa3d.com/how-to-make-3d-printed-lego-and-lego-duplo-parts_31741/


31 posted on 10/19/2022 12:44:10 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Over a grand is felony territory.

CC


32 posted on 10/19/2022 12:44:11 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

They should be able to build a case in a snap...


33 posted on 10/19/2022 12:45:49 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Celtic Conservative

One less set and he simply could have waltzed out in California . . .


34 posted on 10/19/2022 1:02:52 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Guy probably a donk trying to build ballot drop box. With a Label, “Republicans vote Here” sign


35 posted on 10/19/2022 1:08:23 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon!)
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To: servo1969

I’m kinda shocked that the total value was given at $1001. He clearly didn’t steal the ‘good stuff’.


36 posted on 10/19/2022 1:09:49 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Yo-Yo

Where are Pelosi and Pence hiding under desks?


37 posted on 10/19/2022 1:09:53 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon!)
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To: Jonty30

We have a used media (books music, toys, collectables) place here (2nd and Charles) that buys legos and if the set isnt complete puts them out on a table that was a buck a pound at one point. What you are talking about I have seen people doing, including a local gunsmith who gave me his card.


38 posted on 10/19/2022 1:10:15 PM PDT by BudgieRamone (Everybody loves a bonk on the head)
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To: Boogieman
So buy a 3d printer and just print your own.

I'm sure there are some files out there that you can print, but there i no way that they would be worth a crap to build with. Lego are some really amazingly high precision products made of some of the best quality ABS you can buy. Pick up some 'mega blox' or any other generic lego-type bricks, and try to build just about any kind of structure with them. They won't support their own weight, because they are crap. Lego are not cheap, but they freaking work, and last.

39 posted on 10/19/2022 1:13:35 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Here's the weirdo. Has anyone seen a clean shaven perp in recent times?


40 posted on 10/19/2022 1:17:15 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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