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Jewelry Thief With 78 Previous Arraignments Predictably Gets Busted Again

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9 years ago

January 12, 2016

INSTORE Staff

It’s almost like he’s trying to get caught.

A man who managed to steal an entire display case of jewelry from a K-Mart store – and who has collected 78 previous arraignments on his criminal record – was caught again, the Palm Beach Post reports. As the Post explains, the arrest happened after a police officer saw a car that matched the description of the thief’s vehicle based on store surveillance video and pulled it over to conduct a traffic stop. Then the officer noticed the thief was wearing the same distinctive hat that was seen in the surveillance footage – a winter cap that reads “Selfie” in huge, all-caps lettering. No one can make this stuff up.

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