Posted on 10/14/2009 6:53:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax.
Angry customers threw merchandise around and looted, leaving the store looking as though a hurricane had passed through it, police said.
Linda Brown was arrested Tuesday after an hours-long shopping spree that began when she hired a stretch Hummer limousine to drop her off at a Burlington Coat Factory store, police Sgt. Lt. Michael Deakins said. Brown walked to a cash register and loudly announced she had won the lottery and would pay for each person's merchandise up to $500, he said.
"Well, of course, people like to hear that," Deakins said. "Apparently they were in line calling relatives who were not at the store and told them to come."
People flooded the registers as cashiers began ringing up purchase after purchase, but Brown had not yet paid the bill, Deakins said. At least 500 people filled the aisles and another 1,000 were outside trying to get in, he said.
"She was telling people she won $1.5 million," Deakins said. "But it ends up she didn't win anything. She had no money to pay for anything."
About an hour later, Brown had the limousine driver take her to a bank to withdraw money, but she returned empty-handed, police Detective Steven Nace said. By then, store employees had called in two dozen police officers to handle the crowds.
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What is wrong with people?
Interesting analogy for voting for Obama.. he promises the world and delivers nothing.
Why did that idiot come back to the store?
Thats my first question.
If I win the lottery, I am NOT going to Burlington Coat Factory. For a while anyways.
Obama Voters.
Pay attention to the aftermath. It will be very similar.
That's when angry customers, realizing they weren't getting free coats, began throwing merchandise on the floor and grabbing clothes without paying for them, Nace said.
"Everybody was like, 'I still want my free stuff,' and that started the riot," he said. "It looks like (Hurricane) Katrina went through the store."
Most lottery winners ended up back at Burlington (or equivalent) within a year. En route it was all Nordy’s, baby!
MegaMillion Jackpot is $200 million on Friday.
The lump sum is around $129 million.
After taxes thats about $400
Free bail-outs, free stimulus money, free gasoline, free cash from Obama’s stash...so why not free clothes?
Well, for some, there actually were free clothes. Just like that dude with the free Michelob during Katrine. It’s called theft. Except when the gummint does it, then it’s called taxes!
“It looks like (Hurricane) Katrina went through the store.”
It did... In a sense.
Probably the same “demographics” that we saw in Katrina. Obama’s people.
‘bout right !
WHAT?
KA-CHING$$$$$$KA-CHING$$$$$$KA-CHING$$$$$$KA-CHING$$$$$$
SAY WHAT?
OH MAN, :(
LET’S BURN THIS ****** DOWN
Some of the same types of folks that lined up in Detroit last week for their “free $3000”.
www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/homeless_assistance_10609
“Well, of course, people like to hear that,” Deakins said. “Apparently they were in line calling relatives who were not at the store and told them to come.”
So, basically, it wasn’t enough that someone was seemingly going to do them a good turn. They had to make sure everyone they knew could get some gravy.
Swell.*
*Said in very best Clint Eastwood voice.
I don’t understand why the hoaxer would come back.
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