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Crime Stinks

An unnamed 62-year-old woman was walking her dog in Santa Cruz, Calif., when a mugger suddenly confronted her: give him “everything she had,” he said, or he’d kick her dog. She handed over a bag and the robber fled. His total take: one pile of dog droppings, which she had picked up from behind her pooch. (RC/Santa Cruz Sentinel) ...Sometimes, you are what you steal.
Original Publication Date: 22 January 2012
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.

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