Posted on 08/05/2014 4:14:36 PM PDT by SMGFan
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A man accused of robbing a Smith’s cashier at gunpoint claims he never asked for the money but the clerk just gave it to him.
Albuquerque police say Sunday a cashier told them Patrick Silva said he had a gun and would shoot her if she didn’t turn over the money. He ran out of the Smith’s on Coors and Central with more than $1,600.
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I hate it when that happens. You’re standing there minding your own business when a clerk says, “Here! Take this or else!” and forces a bunch of money on you. I mean, what are you supposed to do, be discourteous and say no?
Mismanagement. A cashier should NEVER have $1,600 in a till—it’s supposed to be dropped into the safe. Which suggests that the cashier may have been in cahoots.
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