This case is very unusual for a number of reasons. Two young men were arrested about 30 minutes after they allegedly robbed a Payless Shoe Source in the South Side neighborhood of Chatham (Sun-Times).
According to the article, police say the two men entered the store at 8:47 p.m. with a makeshift handgun that was really "a staple gun or wrench" wrapped in duct tape. Then they announced that they were robbing the store.
Police say the surveillance video footage shows how one of the accused robbers had forgotten to pull down his ski mask before entering the store, "so he pulled it down real quick -- so the eye holes were off, causing him to begin stumbling around."
Just imagine that for a moment.
He eventually readjusted his disguise before he and the other man allegedly took money from the register. The pair sped away in a Honda but not before an alert citizen called police with the license plate number.
Police found the two men at the address associated with the car's registration, along with the cash, masks and fake weapon. The incident is still being investigated.
But police noticed another peculiar thing in the surveillance video. One customer was chatting on her cell phone during the entire robbery as if nothing was wrong, then calmly walked out of the store with her purchase (phone still firmly pressed to her ear, according to police).
Distracted shopping, or was she just not impressed with the alleged rookie robbery?
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