Tuesday, July 20, 2004

 

Not-so-sweet robbery


ACKSON, Michigan (AP) — A robbery attempt at an ice cream store resulted in a not-so-sweet ending for a would-be thief who authorities say knocked over a large container of strawberry syrup and dropped his wallet.

According to police, the 24-year-old man apparently slipped in the goo during the break-in early Monday.

‘‘It was kind of a giveaway,’’ Jackson County sheriff’s Capt. David Luce said.

A deputy responding to an alarm after midnight at TJ’s Dairy Freeze in Jackson, about 90 miles west of Detroit, located the wallet and found a container of syrup spilled on the floor. It was unclear if anything was taken.

The deputy used the identification card in the wallet to track down and arrest the suspect on a charge of breaking and entering.

‘‘He still had strawberry syrup all over him,’’ Luce said.

swiped from The AP wire at work.

posted by Anne 7/20/2004 08:43:00 PM