Miscellaneous: Today, I witnessed a robbery as a teenager ran out of a Walgreens...

By ausmill12 - 19/11/2012 06:18 - United States - Pensacola

Today, I witnessed a robbery as a teenager ran out of a Walgreens with stolen goods in his hands. The manager was running after him. Trying to be helpful, I pulled forward to block the thief from getting away. The cops showed up and arrested me for hitting a pedestrian. FML

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By BobbyHutchinson - 20/10/2009 15:57 - Australia

Today, someone tried to mug me. I panicked and ran. As they chased me with their knife out, I heard a slip and a shout behind me but kept running. Six blocks later I was spotted, arrested, and held for questioning by the police. The mugger fell, stabbed themselves, and told a cop that I did it. FML

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By clip_kate - 01/07/2016 02:36

Today, I went to the store, but after I'd selected my items, I saw that I'd forgotten my wallet. When I tried to explain to the cashier, he thought that I was trying to steal and called the cops. My roommate had to come to the store to save me. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/09/2010 00:40 - United States

Today, I got lost trying to find the hospital my sister was giving birth in. I stopped at a store to call my mom for directions. A cop pulled up beside me and knocked loudly on my window asking me to get out. The store had been robbed and I am now a suspect. FML

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By anonynomi - 19/11/2015 17:26 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I was accused of shoplifting, after the alarm started beeping as I walked into the store. FML

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Drunk with power

By Anonymous - 29/09/2023 22:00

Today, I was detained by a stubborn cop who swore he saw me sprinting away after shoplifting. I’m missing part of my right foot, and walk with a cane and a limp, I haven’t sprinted anyplace in 12 years. Not even showing him my foot convinced him. I was sat in his car over an hour. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/09/2014 14:34 - United States - Wallingford

Today, I was mugged. I saw a cop car in the aftermath and flagged it down. Unfortunately, when the cops stopped the mugger, he said he'd been running away because I tried to mug him. Apparently the fact that he was "well-dressed" and I wasn't means he was telling the truth. FML

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Don't bother

By NoticeTheLackOfNumbers - 12/08/2009 22:43 - United States

Today, I was at the store when I saw that a cart in the checkout line next to me was starting to roll away and the owner hadn't noticed. I tried to help by reaching out to stop the cart from moving, but when the owner saw me with the cart, she began to hit me for trying to steal her purse. FML

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By lamed - 04/12/2009 22:01 - United States

Today, I stopped by the gun store to pick up a new concealed weapon for protection. As I was leaving the store, a man came up behind me, hit me with a crowbar, and stole my gun. FML

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Smooth criminal

By Anonymous - 28/04/2012 01:55 - United States - Darien

Today, I was walking down the street, when a little old lady bumped into me and fell over. I helped her up and she thanked me for being "such a nice young man". It was only an hour later as I was in line at the store that I realized she'd pickpocketed my wallet. FML

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The Child Catcher

By Not a child hater - 30/10/2024 18:00 - United States

Today, I had to chase down and tackle a boy (around 11 or 12) at my workplace after I caught him snatching someone's wallet and trying to quickly sneak out with it. Now everyone thinks I have something against children, even after I returned the stranger's wallet and explained that the little brat is a thief. FML

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racerapj 10

Monday 19 November 2012 12:08

GTA Logic - Someone runs into your car, you get 1 wanted level

Ryan_Jaxson 8

Monday 19 November 2012 12:08

The world is ****** up.

Comments

Turnerik 2

Monday 19 November 2012 18:24

It's not a robbery. The manager wouldn't be running after someone if they robbed them. Retail theft yes!

jman2020 0

Monday 19 November 2012 18:35

Sounds fake.

RedPillSucks 31

Monday 19 November 2012 18:45

The cops were probably doing their "due diligence" in case the guy sued. Most likely they wont file any charges. Note that whenever a vehicle/pedestrian interaction occurs (with the pedestrian on the losing side), the vehicle driver is assumed to be responsible until an investigation rules otherwise. I'm not a lawyer, but I've slept with one at a Days Inn

LuckyLynx7732 5

Monday 19 November 2012 18:47

Interesting, I was under the impression that Walgreens employees were not allow to chase after shoplifters. But as much as I hate to say it, the cops have a point. If it had been an armed robbery then you might have been justified for using your car to stop them but not for shoplifting.

alycion 38

Monday 19 November 2012 18:49

What is it with Florida and Walgreens? The one by my house always has something weird going on. In the course of one visit of waiting for a script to get filled, there was a shoplifting event, a customer walking in on two guys hooking up in the bathroom and a guy running around snapping pictures up women's dresses with his phone when they bent over to get something. There was also a nut funny incident of a couple fighting in a car, pulling over to that parking lot and the man pulling a murder suicide. I think it's time to find a new pharmacy.

selahsmithereens 1

Monday 19 November 2012 19:31

Florida is a bucket of crazy.

alycion 38

Monday 19 November 2012 22:32

It really is. When I moved down here I started watching the news for a laugh.

nerdsgetmehot 22

Monday 19 November 2012 19:56

Never try to stop a robbery. It may seem cool to be heroic, but it's just a bad idea. You could have gotten hurt. In all of the retail places I've worked at, they tell you to just let it happen, but to try and memorize as many details as you can about the robber so that you can give an accurate description to the police.

alycion 38

Tuesday 20 November 2012 1:11

On my sister's first day at work, they had an armed robber come in to the donut shop she was working in. A coworker beat the guy senseless with a broom. She still laughs about it. Not many people can bring a broom to a gun fight and win. But that guy was lucky that he didn't get himself or any co workers killed. The robber was caught off guard by the guy fighting back and froze. It could have so easily went the other way.

clueless05 12

Monday 19 November 2012 19:58

Killing someone because they raped you? I'd be pretty darn tempted.

goose12321 11

Monday 19 November 2012 20:17

No good deed goes unpunished.

vbmg152 18

Monday 19 November 2012 20:19

Why did you get involved? Especially in your car? You deserved it! It's shoplifting not a robbery & they would've looked at the camera footage & arrested him later! A crook can break his leg breaking into your house, sue you & win! It's ridiculous but true!