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Florida man uses stapler in attempt to rob Publix
NBC 2 News ^
| January 16, 2023
| NBC 2 News
Posted on 01/16/2023 5:35:54 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
MIAMI, Fla. [WFLA] — A Florida man is behind bars after he tried to rob a Publix in Miami with a stapler.
Patrick Abbott, 31, entered the Publix on Biscayne Boulevard, gave an employee a note stating he had a gun, and told her to put money in a bag.
After the employee read the note, she pretended to help one of her co-workers and called for help, according to NBC affiliate WFLA.
Abbott left Publix empty-handed and was caught by Miami Police while throwing the note away.
The gun he claimed to have turned out to be a black stapler, according to police.
He’s facing charges of armed robbery.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Humor; Local News; Miscellaneous; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: arrest; florida; floridaman; miami; miamidade; police; publix; shwoog; stapler
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
01/16/2023 5:38:40 PM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: IYAS9YAS
He could have just threatened to burn the building down.
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posted on
01/16/2023 5:39:10 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
Beware Florida Man. He can MacGuyver a weapon out of anything. Last week he hijacked an international flight armed with only a paper clip, some string and a piece of silly puddy
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posted on
01/16/2023 5:40:43 PM PST
by
dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
To: IYAS9YAS
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posted on
01/16/2023 5:41:59 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Floridaman. They can’t stop him; they can only hope to contain him.
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posted on
01/16/2023 5:42:33 PM PST
by
cdcdawg
(Hoes mad! LOL! )
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Tell me it was at least a roofing gun with an extra capacity battery and 5/8” staples.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It didn’t bind like a Boston stapler does.
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posted on
01/16/2023 5:44:16 PM PST
by
Allegra
To: IYAS9YAS
Was he told he could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven?
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posted on
01/16/2023 5:44:39 PM PST
by
Kenny Bania
(Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I had hoped he at least had a staple GUN, so it would be technically correct.
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posted on
01/16/2023 5:46:36 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
01/16/2023 5:47:51 PM PST
by
csvset
(tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
To: Allegra
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posted on
01/16/2023 5:53:08 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Woody Allen didn’t do much better in Take the Money and Run when he carved a bar of soap into a gun shape and put black shoe polish on it to escape from prison. It started raining and he ended up with a bubbly foamy mess.
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posted on
01/16/2023 5:56:51 PM PST
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“They call me The Stapler!!”
To: csvset
Photo caption.....
Just one setback but I still be a total criminal mastermind.
Already planning my new jobs.
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posted on
01/16/2023 5:59:43 PM PST
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: EEGator
Probably a high capacity assault stapler.
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:05:56 PM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: gundog
At least he didn’t try to rob a taco joint int Houston!
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:14:02 PM PST
by
Fai Mao
(Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
To: gundog
There’s simply no good reason for a citizen to possess a high capacity assault stapler…
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:14:21 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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