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VIDEO: Man breaks into animal shelter to steal gumballs
WABC-TV NYC ^ | 03-12-2018 | Staff

Posted on 03/12/2018 10:12:32 AM PDT by Red Badger

SACRAMENTO, California (WABC) -- A man broke into an animal shelter in California, but he didn't try to steal cash - he tried to steal gumballs.

The man dubbed the 'Gumball Bandit' struggled to drag the machine through a broken window at the shelter in Sacramento.

At one point, the gumballs spilled out and left the man with only the machine.

Eventually the bandit brought the machine out through another exit and tossed it over a barbed wire fence.

His wild journey has gone viral.


TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: gumball
Hilarious!....................
1 posted on 03/12/2018 10:12:32 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

What’s the problem? Most animals don’t even chew gum...


2 posted on 03/12/2018 10:14:57 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: WayneS

Some people are too stupid to even be criminals....................


3 posted on 03/12/2018 10:16:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Red Badger

"Penny for a gumball, Mickey!"

4 posted on 03/12/2018 10:27:07 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The government cannot protect you and isn't even trying. Self-defense is a right.)
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To: Red Badger

Perhaps an adult male—by virtue of age—did that, but I question the term ‘man’.


5 posted on 03/12/2018 10:34:31 AM PDT by rx (Truth Will Out!)
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To: Red Badger

Sacramento is full of dumb crooks. What’s one more?


6 posted on 03/12/2018 10:41:58 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: Red Badger

Drugs, just say no.


7 posted on 03/12/2018 11:16:29 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Red Badger

Mr. Monk Meets The Godfather.


8 posted on 03/12/2018 11:59:44 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: P-Marlowe

Leave the gumballs.

Take the machine..............


9 posted on 03/12/2018 12:25:05 PM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: bgill

I guess he thought there would be a lot of money in the machine........................


10 posted on 03/12/2018 12:27:37 PM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Red Badger

LOL. Why not buy some for less than $1?


11 posted on 03/12/2018 2:23:15 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

He must have thought the machine had a lot of money...............


12 posted on 03/12/2018 2:25:19 PM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Red Badger

Back when Woody Allen was still funny there was a scene in one of his movies (Take The Money and Run, IIRC) where he robs gumball machines and parking meters. He takes his love interest (Louise Lasser?) to a high end restaurant for dinner, and after getting the check, pays in quarters.


13 posted on 03/12/2018 2:31:57 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Red Badger; Gamecock; SaveFerris
Lloyd Braun could have gotten him a while case of gum in Chinatown.


14 posted on 03/12/2018 2:41:45 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Red Badger

Yeah that’s the only thing that makes sense.


15 posted on 03/12/2018 3:08:46 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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