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Initech

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Sat Mar 23, 2013, 02:14 AM Mar 2013

Dumb criminals: Man tries (and fails) to rob CVS pharmacy with ball point pen

Mesa PD: Daimarkus Maxwell tried to rob CVS store with ballpoint pen

MESA, AZ - A man was booked for armed robbery Thursday after he tried to rob a CVS store in Mesa with a ballpoint pen, according to police.

The incident happened around 8:15 p.m. at Power and McDowell roads.

Daimarkus Maxwell, 23, walked into the store wearing a mask and brandishing a ballpoint pen held like a knife, police said.

Maxwell demanded money from the cash register, but the employee reportedly refused.

Police said Maxwell then ran out of the store.

Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/mesa/mesa-pd-daimarkus-maxwell-tried-to-rob-cvs-store-with-ballpoint-pen#ixzz2OLC88Kvh


If only there were a good guy with a ball point pen...
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Dumb criminals: Man tries (and fails) to rob CVS pharmacy with ball point pen (Original Post) Initech Mar 2013 OP
About 1:20... rrneck Mar 2013 #1
Or maybe he thought it was an exploding pen: Initech Mar 2013 #2
Three clicks arms it. rrneck Mar 2013 #3
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