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Police Arrest Illinois Man for Stealing Van Filled With Doughnuts
Fox News ^
| March 21, 2008
Posted on 03/21/2008 1:32:58 PM PDT by kingattax
TOLEDO, Iowa — An Illinois man was arrested after police chased a stolen delivery van loaded with doughnuts across two Iowa counties at speeds of up to 100 mph.
The van, owned by Donut Delite, of Moline, Ill., was stolen early Thursday while the driver was making deliveries at a hospital in nearby Rock Island.
More than 100 miles later in Iowa, a Benton County sheriff's deputy spotted the van about 9:30 a.m. — and the chase began.
Other officers joined in, and the chase stretched into Tama County. Authorities finally cornered the van in Toledo and arrested the driver, Frank Alvarado, 46, of Moline, Ill. He is charged with theft, eluding and numerous traffic violations.
He had been a patient at Trinity Medical Hospital-West in Rock Island, authorities said.
The bakery donated the doughnuts to the officers involved in the chase.
"They probably deserved it," said Sharon Wainwright, manager of Delite Donuts.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chase; cops; donuts; donutwatch; police
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:32:59 PM PDT
by
kingattax
To: kingattax
Mmmm, donuts...
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:34:03 PM PDT
by
JasonC
To: kingattax
I BET THERE WAS A HIGH SPEED CHASE!...............
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:34:30 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: kingattax
Descriptions of the man included “overweight”, “yellow skin”, “bald”, and he yelled “D’oh!” when he hit a curb making his getaway.
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:34:40 PM PDT
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
To: kingattax
There are two crimes: One is the guy stealing them. The other is the guy for not protecting them. We are going to eat doughnuts in Heaven, you know.
To: JasonC
To: kingattax
PERP
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:35:09 PM PDT
by
Justice
To: kingattax
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:35:23 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: JasonC
There's a good joke in here somewhere.......
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:35:27 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
("There is no civility, only politics.")
To: kingattax; Ezekiel
Other officers joined in, and the chase stretched into Tama County"Stop in the name of jelly fillings!"
To: kingattax
Just wait for someone to order 227 large coffees from Starbucks and you’ve got your guy.
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:37:07 PM PDT
by
joebuck
(Finitum non capax infinitum!)
To: All
Make sure someone dusts the powdered sugar ones for prints.
To: kingattax
Among the major don’t in life, one of the biggest is not to steal a loaded donut truck. You’ll get every cop and state trooper available after you. And you deserve it, because you’re stealing their major food supply.
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:39:29 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: kingattax
That’s a serious crime there. I bet they’ll throw the book at him.
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:41:33 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: kingattax
The bakery donated the doughnuts to the officers involved in the chase. Let's milk that stereotype a bit longer...
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:41:57 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: kingattax
This is a chase where all available officers joined in.
To: kingattax
LOL! :D ....the Jokes/Headlines, Just write themselves. :)
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:42:31 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(just b/c your paranoid, doesn't mean "they" aren't out to get you...our hopes were dashed by CINOs :)
To: kingattax
"Good work boys..that was a close one"
To: kingattax
That happens every now and then in illinois
Favorite targets are outfits that do doughnuts for convienence stores throughout the state.
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:45:53 PM PDT
by
Cheapskate
(Still backing Hunter"I refuse to be fitted with collar and chain, and given a pat on the back")
To: kingattax
The statute requires a 13 year sentence. (bakers dozen?)
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posted on
03/21/2008 1:48:09 PM PDT
by
gorush
(Exterminate the Moops!)
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