Dad stole TVs to pay for girl's prom

UPI ^ | Jan. 4, 2008 | UPI Staff

[forkinsocket]

PONTIAC, Ill., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- A man caught breaking into a Rent-A-Center store in Pontiac, Ill., to steal big screen TVs said he turned to crime to pay for his daughter's prom.

Manual Gaines was spotted after police officers on patrol heard breaking glass outside the business, The Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph reported Friday. Officers chased a stolen van onto Interstate 55 and found more than $10,000 worth of plasma screen televisions inside the abandoned vehicle.

Gaines, 36, was arrested in a field nearby where he was trying to hide.

[forkinsocket]

He also pled to drug possession. I suppose the drugs were for the prom, too?

[the lone wolf]

You know that I would do anything for my little girl....

[Westlander]

‘Manual Gaines’ Gotta be a joke somewhere here.

[Choose Ye This Day]

Because everybody in Illinois is thinking about the prom in early January.

[Colofornian]

Shall we call him “Robber (in) the Hood?”

[Waco]

Put UN HQ in Haitai.

[John123]

I nominate this man to “Father of the Year!”

[ninonitti]

Because everybody in Illinois is thinking about the prom in early January.

Bet he's got his retirement plan figured out already too...........

[Chickensoup]

The old Get a second job ploy must not have worked.

[A. Morgan]

It was later discovered Manual Gaines works for both the Obama and Clinton campaigns. /sarc

[Cheburashka]

He also pled to drug possession. I suppose the drugs were for the prom, too?

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No, those were for Valentine’s Day.

Some fathers really dote on their daughters.