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Gum thief sticks it to stores
Toronto Sun ^ | March 3, 2007 | Jonathan Jenkins

Posted on 03/03/2007 12:37:45 PM PST by Squawk 8888

It's a juicy case for Durham detectives who are chewing over how to burst the bubble of the woman who's been stealing thousands of dollars worth of gum.

"It's a sticky case but we've got a couple of gumshoes on it," Durham police Sgt. Paul McCurbin said.

The thief's technique is simple -- she goes to large grocery stores, piles up cases of chewing gum in a cart, covers them with flyers, and then leaves.

She's made off with about $5,000 worth of gum so far, police believe.

She's white, in her 40s, about 5-foot-4 and 130 to 150 pounds with shoulder-length brown hair.

She may be working with a white man, in his 30s, with a medium build and around 200 pounds.

The pair may be driving a newer red Chevy Cavalier.


TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
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1 posted on 03/03/2007 12:37:46 PM PST by Squawk 8888
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To: Slings and Arrows

Not a ping.


2 posted on 03/03/2007 12:38:14 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
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To: Squawk 8888

I'll solve this case, just let me chew on it for a while.


3 posted on 03/03/2007 12:44:02 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Squawk 8888
She's white, in her 40s, about 5-foot-4 and 130 to 150 pounds with shoulder-length brown hair

... and with no teeth.

Regards.

4 posted on 03/03/2007 12:45:13 PM PST by ARE SOLE (Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.)
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To: Squawk 8888

If only our elected leaders would pass more gum-control laws, we wouldn't have this happening!


5 posted on 03/03/2007 1:01:32 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Disambiguator
If only our elected leaders would pass more gum-control laws

They'll have to pry my gum from my cold dead teeth.

6 posted on 03/03/2007 1:06:19 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Horatio Gates

When gum is outlawed, only outlaws will chew gum.


7 posted on 03/03/2007 1:06:51 PM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Life is tough. It's even tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Graybeard58

"Throw down your juicy fruit." "Molon Chewae"


8 posted on 03/03/2007 1:07:41 PM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Life is tough. It's even tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
When gum is outlawed, only outlaws will chew gum.

Dad gummit, I was going to say that.

9 posted on 03/03/2007 1:08:48 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Squawk 8888

Can't someone post a midi of the Cowsills singing "I Saw Her Standing In The Rain"? I mean, doesn't this thread require bubblegum music?!


10 posted on 03/03/2007 1:09:42 PM PST by blu (All grammar and punctuation rules are *OFF* for the "24" thread.)
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To: Squawk 8888

Has she figured how to make meth from Juicy Fruit?


11 posted on 03/03/2007 1:10:50 PM PST by stm (Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
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To: Squawk 8888

Yabut .... does she swallow it ???


12 posted on 03/03/2007 1:18:55 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: blu

"Can't someone post a midi of the Cowsills singing..."

Nope. Not possible.


13 posted on 03/03/2007 1:58:03 PM PST by DJ Frisat (SPAM: best in the can and in sammiches -- not for use on computers.)
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To: Squawk 8888

Are these Durham detectives gumshoes? :-)


14 posted on 03/03/2007 2:17:51 PM PST by vietvet67
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To: DJ Frisat
Nope. Not possible.

Sorry, your answer is disqualified because it doesn't follow the whole "gummy" theme. A better answer would have been: "Sorry, midis don't "stick" here at FR" ! LOL! What Saturday fun!

15 posted on 03/03/2007 2:30:49 PM PST by blu (All grammar and punctuation rules are *OFF* for the "24" thread.)
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
The leader of the theft ring:


16 posted on 03/03/2007 2:32:44 PM PST by Horatio Gates
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To: Horatio Gates

Wow, I never knew I was involved :^)


17 posted on 03/03/2007 2:39:44 PM PST by RoadGumby
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To: knarf

That depends on what kind of gum is being stolen

18 posted on 03/03/2007 2:46:26 PM PST by uglybiker (AU-TO-MO-BEEEEEEEL?!!)
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To: uglybiker

Bust up gum?

Didn't seem to work for that model!

lol!


19 posted on 03/03/2007 2:52:44 PM PST by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: uglybiker

You spend wayyy too much time on eBay.


20 posted on 03/03/2007 2:54:37 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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