Chump Don’t Pump
Thursday, August 10th, 2006 • Filed under Cars, Robberies
Remember that dolt criminal from “Robocop” who robs a gas station and gets killed trying to flee the scene just before he blows the gas station up? He might have been dumb enough to fight with the wired one, but at least he had the scene to fill up his chopper first.
ROYAL OAK, Mich. Aug 9, 2006 (AP)— A man charged with robbing a 7-Eleven might have avoided capture if he’d spent some of the loot at a nearby gas station.
David K. Booth, 44, of Royal Oak, was arrested early Tuesday while sitting in the getaway truck, its gas tank empty, police said. He pleaded not guilty Wednesday in 44th District Court to one count of unarmed robbery.
Booth entered the 7-Eleven, implied he had a weapon and demanded the money in the cash register, police said. The clerk complied, then called 911 after the robber drove away, police said.
An officer responding to the call noticed a pickup parked on the side of a road about a mile away. The suspicious officer checked inside, saw a man matching the robber’s description, arrested him and, for good measure, found the allegedly stolen cash.
Hey who can blame him? I mean, with gas prices as high as they are…oh I’m not going to go there. I need a shower…must…remove…stench…of…Jay…Leno’s…monologue…