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Third Time, Not the Charm

Burglars broke into a Verizon Wireless store in Columbus, Ohio, by smashing through the back door, but didn’t get what they hoped off the display rack. They tore several phones away from security wires, but the phones were non-working dummies. Because of previous thefts, all the real phones were all locked up. (RC/WCMH Columbus) ...What a coincidence: the burglars were non-working dummies too, and will soon be all locked up.
Original Publication Date: 18 October 2015
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 22.

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