Posted on 05/29/2015 1:44:05 AM PDT by Redcitizen
A store owner in Davie took matters into his own hands, tackling a would-be thief outside of his store, and this wasn't your everyday shoplifter.
The thief was trying to walk out of the Public Pawn and Gun at 6798 Stirling Road with an assault rifle stuffed down his pants.
"By the time he left I noticed a bulge in his pants, so I followed him out," said owner, Kevin Hughes. "I didn't want to have an altercation in the store... too many customers and employees here."
Surveillance video shows the 19-year-old suspect, Marlon Alvarez, inspecting the three-foot long firearm inside the store for quite some time, then stuffed it down his pants and under his sweatshirt.
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Source: 1933 movie She Done Him Wrong. Cary Grant and Mae West.
I read that in a book somewhere. Yeah, that's the ticket.
If he manages that with a smile on his face, he’s got some problems.
You got to be smart and work hard to be a successful criminal. People think it’s easier to be a criminal than work at a career. Going to jail for petty crimes isn’t smart.
It doesn’t take a high IQ to go into the profession but it takes some smarts, either intelligence or guile which is not the same thing though it does require a minimum of intelligence, to be successful and stay out of prison.
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