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A woman stepped up to the counter at Family Video in Akron, Ohio, and gave the clerk her phone number so he could bring up her account and rent her a DVD. But before he could check her out, she handed him a robbery note. He forked over $276.26 from the register, and she fled. Police simply asked for the phone number the woman gave, and then showed the clerk a number of photos. He picked out the owner of the phone number: Denise Myles, 41, who lives just blocks from the store. A warrant has been issued for her arrest. (RC/Akron Beacon Journal) ...Wait: there are still video stores?
Original Publication Date: 11 June 2017
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.

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