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Realitycheck
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Registered: 08-2004
Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 10:47 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Though it's only Monday morning, my vote goes to this unnamed, unbreathing schlemiel:
An Auburn Hills police officer fatally shot a 30-year-old Pontiac man in an armed robbery of a Salvation Army thrift store Saturday evening.
-- The Detroit News
Dude forgot a classic line attributed to Willie Sutton (1901-80):
quote:

I rob banks because that's where the money is.

The Salvation Army? . . . A thrift shop? . . . In PONTIAC?
Honestly, now . . .
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Spitty
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Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 11:30 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What's even more strange is why an Auburn Hills police officer would be guarding a Pontiac thrift store. But yeah, Auburn Hills, or Pontiac, it's still a thrift shop, and run by a charity nonetheless. That's not a heist that I would risk my life over.
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Mortgageking
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Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 11:33 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Opdyke Rd. is the border between Pontiac and Auburn Hills / Bloomfield Township.
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Clark1mt
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Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 2:29 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The Salvation Army store is, in fact, in Auburn Hills. Just 1/2 mile up the road from me, as a matter of fact.
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Yaktown
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Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 10:15 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

WTF? I was just there on Saturday afternoon. Glad I was in the right place at the right time, i.e: not there at 9 PM! Ironically, I was watching "America's Most Wanted" at that time.

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