OfficialDumbass.com
Friday, April 15, 2005
Robber says he was just kidding
CHALMETTE, La. - A man wearing a hooded sweat shirt and a handkerchief over his face entered an all-night diner through a rear door carrying what appeared to be a gun, announced a robbery, then said he was only joking when an employee quickly recognized him. The female employee called Chad Caron, 22, by his first name, authorities said.
Caron told her to relax, then removed his handkerchief and hood and said he was only kidding. He said the gun was a toy, then sat down and stayed for a while and talked to the employee, a St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's report said.
None of the employees called the Sheriff's Office, even though they later learned the phone line to the business had been cut.
But when the restaurant's operators learned what happened, they alerted authorities, who were suspicious of Caron's explanation and booked him with attempted robbery.
Caron, being held in the parish jail Thursday in lieu of $50,000 bond, gave a statement to sheriff's detectives in which he said he "only did this as a joke and didn't mean to scare anyone," the sheriff's report said.
However, authorities said Caron couldn't produce the gun he had said was a toy.
The sheriff's report said a customer, who was outside and saw the early Tuesday morning incident through a window, told the restaurant operators about what he saw.
Source: AP
Smile - You're an Official Dumbass!
