I’m not sure what to blame for this one. The recession? The fact that nobody uses cash anymore? The fact that she robbed what sounds to me like a little bodega? Take your pick. Either way, a woman in Thermal, California went to a lot of effort for very little reward. She used a semiautomatic pistol to hold up 11 customers at La Chicanita Market, but escaped with only $6 in cash. When they said, “Crime doesn’t pay,” I don’t think they meant it literally, but it turns out to be true!
Police say the woman robbed 10 people in the store, then held up a guy on his way into the store before running out in the parking lot and fleeing in an old car. Depending on the age of the car, she might have spent more money on gas to get to the store than she made from robbing the store. Surely when you factor in the cost of bullets, the gun itself, gas, and a disguise, she’s running pretty far into the red. I’d call this crime spree a failure, wouldn’t you?
Tags: dumb criminals, Thermal, California, woman holds up 11 people and gets only , robbery, law and order, crime and punishment, La Chicanita Market
