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2011-12-30 -Short Attention Span Theater-

FL Marine Veteran Survives Multiple Gunshots in Craigslist Robbery

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Posted by gorb 2011-12-30 04:56|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 A better picture of this LTC, and he is very buff. Wall o' muscle.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-12-30 09:57|| 2011-12-30 09:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Trenker thought he was meeting the man in a well-populated plaza, but it turned out to be an apartment complex.
Problem right there.
Google "Craiglist robbery":
28 Dec: Clayton County police have arrested two Decatur-area men who allegedly robbed a couple that had responded to an advertisement for a car for sale on Craigslist, Channel 2 Action News reports.
About a week before Christmas: a St. Louis area family was lured to a location by an interested Craigslist buyer. The suspects pulled a gun on their 12-year-old child, threatening to kill him during the robbery.
29 Dec: A 22-year-old Akron man was robbed at gunpoint after advertising an Xbox on Craigslist.

Akron Police say it happened around 6 p.m when a suspect came inside the victim's home on Triplett Boulevard to see if the game system worked.

Police say the suspect called a friend to bring him money and within minutes, two other males came inside the house, armed with handguns, and robbed the victim of $85.00.

According to authorities, the victim turned the tables on the robbers and pulled his own handgun, firing several shots at the suspects.

22 Dec: Akron police report two men robbed a victim who planned on exchanging money for an iPad, that was posted for sale on Craigslist .

When the victim arrived to an East Exchange Street business Wednesday night to pick up the device, he described one of the suspects threatened to shoot him and had one hand in his pocket acting as if he had a gun.

The suspects ran to a black Chevy Bonneville and drove away.
23 Dec: Paige and McDowell were arrested in connection with the robbery of three men who arrived at a restaurant parking lot Nov. 30 in Fort Worth expecting to buy an iPad, a police report said.

When the three men met the sellers, the suspects refused to meet inside, the report said.

The men told police that the suspects pulled a gun on them and took cash and personal items and then drove away, the report said.
24 Dec: Trotwood police are looking for two men who shot a man in the face during a Craigslist purchase.The shooting happened near the intersection of Gardendale Avenue and Watkins Place around 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
A man and his girlfriend drove to Gardendale Ave. in Trotwood with plans to see a dirt bike to a Craigslist shopper.
But those shoppers, turned out to be shooters.
The woman called 911 and said, "He's shot in the face."
There are so many others. Do a Google search.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-12-30 10:46|| 2011-12-30 10:46|| Front Page Top

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