Posted on 12/31/2022 12:45:27 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A man accused of shoplifting clothes from a South Florida store in early December became angry when he realized the store’s front door had been locked, authorities said.
According to a news release from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, the man entered a Rainbow clothing store in Lauderdale Lakes at about 8:15 p.m. EST on Dec. 7.
Surveillance camera footage showed the man browsing through the store for about 30 minutes before he attempted to leave the store with an armful of clothing.
The man, wearing a black-and-white jacket, black pants and black hat, is shown kicking the door and slamming against it, the Miami Herald reported.
Unknown to the alleged shoplifter, the store was about to close and employees had locked the door, the sheriff’s office said.
Deputies said the man could have simply unlocked the door and left with the clothes, the Herald reported. The surveillance video showed a worker trying to open the door so the man could leave, according to the newspaper.
The man, still agitated, dropped the clothes and allegedly shoved an employee to the ground before running outside and fleeing in a red truck, the Herald reported. Police believe approximately $200 in merchandise was taken.
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Don’t bother looking people......he is who you think he is
“I’m entitled to take this stuff. I mean, I can just come in and help myself. If you make any effort to stop me ... well, that would make me mad, and there will be trouble. Obviously.”
Donte is on the loose again?
Hey bein’ a professional shoplifter ain’t no walk in the park, ok? No bed of roses, ya feel me?
We already see it with all the dead shopping malls out there.
The final challenge is same day delivery for those who need the product now. That is being rapidly resolved as fulfillment centers continue to be massively built out. Once we have the infrastructure in place, no more need for retail stores.
One of the unleashed one, right?
Shoplifting deserts arriving soon.
These shoplifters need to stop stealing oxygen.
I must have superpowers - I didn’t even need to see a picture to know.
Wow.
He does this bare faced.
Menaces the employees.
Takes the clothes back and leaves the premises with them without paying.
He needs to have the book thrown at him.
Broward got another perp...
My sister used to own a pair of Jewelry stores in good neighborhoods. Typically they’d get attempted robberies 3-4 times a year despite their location.
Every few months Obama’s son would come in, look at the cases and if asked would answer something about buying something for his girl. The pattern was 3-5 days later, a robbery attempt would occur.
After wandering around for a few minutes, he’d head for the door and try to leave. It won’t open. He’d rattle it a bit, still won’t open.
After a few moments one of the staff would say ‘Hold on a second’, they’d purposefully fiddle around with this little case that was nothing at all but a dial and a few buttons, making him wait. Some acting was fun too “Oh, shoot, I’ve forgotten the code again” or somesuch.
After they felt like he got the point, they’d hit the button that released the magnetic lock and the door would open. What most people didn’t realize is that employees paid attention and let people in when they were walking up.
One there was no way out of the store unless you were let out, they didn’t get any attempted robberies at all. Eventually They closed the business and retired but had had a roughly 8 year stretch of no robberies.
Bad decision to lock the door.
The thief has three solutions...
Quietly surrender to the Police (who will take 20 minutes to get there).
Smash open the door (creating a couple thousand dollars of damage).
Attack store employees (possibly creating multiple injury lawsuits).
Anyway, the thief instantly turned a shoplifting charge into a felony robbery charge, so he might do some time for this.
One final observation...
The half dozen stores I shop in (grocery and discount warehouse stores) all give the impression they would like to shut down and go 100% online!
Me either!
I've been right pretty much every time. I'm going to start playing the Mega Millions, I don't think I can lose!
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