Who Are These Clowns?
When armed robbers burst into the Sonny’s Rocks jewelry store in Denver, Colo., store owner Mark Allen urged them to take whatever they wanted, just don’t hurt anyone. That’s because he knew something that the robbers apparently didn’t: “It’s not real,” Allen says. “It’s totally worthless.” He says most jewelry stores no longer have real diamonds in the display cases, just good-looking fakes: cubic zirconia mounted in fake gold and fake platinum settings. The two robbers — dressed as clowns, including white-face clown makeup — scooped all the display pieces into garbage bags, and fled. (RC/KWGN Denver) ...Garbage bags? Then maybe they did know.Original Publication Date: 25 September 2011
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
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