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EULESS - A robbery suspect was caught after leaving his wallet on the store counter -- and then going to the police station to pick it up. ADVERTISEMENT Joseph Fahnbulleh, 22, of Arlington, remained in the Euless City Jail with bail set at $30,000. He faces a robbery charge. A few days after the robbery, he walked into the Euless police station to pick up his wallet after a detective called to tell him someone had found it. "Once we had the wallet, we called him to say it had been turned in to our lost and found," Euless police...

MILWAUKEE - A man trying to rob a pet store became the star of a security video after two clerks triggered an alarm that notified police and also locked the front door of the establishment so he couldn't get out. Police said the man, described as in his 20s and wearing a hooded black parka, walked into Marine Land Pets this week and demanded money. He showed one of the two clerks a gun, but she thought it was a toy, police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz said Thursday. The clerks triggered a silent alarm and an electric alarm that locks...