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Friday, November 1, 2013

Florida Man’s Cunning Plan Comes Apart, Falls Out of CVS Roof into Police Custody



A Melbourne, Florida (of course) man’s cunning plan to rob a CVS was thwarted by an alarm and decent response timing by an observant police officer.  Florida Today reports that Officer Matthew Werner was on patrol at 1:30 a.m. when he noticed an alarm sounding from a CVS.  He called for backup and approached.  As he got to the CVS drive-through, he noticed that a maintenance hatch was open and an orange ramp was placed against the pharmacy window. 


Note the lack of camouflage for the ramp and consider that drugs may have been involved.

As the officer got closer, he heard noises from inside the hatch, and a few moments later, a man appeared in the doorway and began climbing out of the hatch.  The man fell from the hatch onto the ramp and collapsed to his knees. The officers detained the man, who was wearing a black ski mask, had two screwdrivers in his pocket and a tire iron in his hand.

Police searched the man who literally fell out of the CVS at their knees and found two prescription bottles of medicine (for which he didn’t have a prescription) a bag with more medicine, a rope, gloves and a flashlight. 

At least the burglar just up and confessed when read his rights. At that point it was pretty much over.  Hopefully he asked for rehab, too.  Court records show he has previously been found guilty of several crimes, including possession of oxycodone and petit theft.  The officer probably gets the award for the easiest arrest in history.  It’s about as easy as the time the police showed up to the Dunkin Donuts I was sitting outside of at 2 a.m. with five other people while a dude smoked a joint inside.   Who smokes a joint in a Dunkin Donuts? Who puts an orange ramp up to the maintenance vent at a CVS by the pharmacy drive through, then trips the alarm, and stays inside to get the drugs.  An addict.  It’s more sad than funny.  Kid needs rehab.

Full story and photo credit: www.floridatoday.com/article/20131021/NEWS01/131021002/Melbourne-police-nab-alleged-burglar-pharmacy?nclick_check=1

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