Grand Theft Taco?
This is a first, I think. A man was robbed of his bag of tacos - at gunpoint.
FONTANA, Calif. - A hunger for carnitas nearly led to some carnage after a Fontana man was robbed of a bag of tacos at gunpoint. Police Sergeant Jeff Decker said the 35-year-old victim had just bought about $20 in tacos from a street-corner stand Sunday night and was bicycling home when the suspect confronted him and said "Give me your tacos."
The robber then took the bag, punched the man in the face and pointed a handgun at the man threatening to kill him. One shudders to think what he would have done for burritos. The criminal mastermind managed to turn a relatively low-level crime into a felony in one step. What a genius.
Criminal Masterminds | Gaius Monday, 18 February , 2008
By Maggie, Monday, 18 February , 2008 @ 8:39 pm
Them must be some damn goooood tacos!
By NortonPete, Tuesday, 19 February , 2008 @ 5:00 am
I used to work in Fontana at Kaiser building offshore oil platforms in 1975. Those street-corner Tex Mex stands make some of the best food anywhere.
By Mockinbird, Tuesday, 19 February , 2008 @ 10:18 am
The same thing happens here in the deep south-over …fried chicken.
By ted goldman, Tuesday, 19 February , 2008 @ 10:23 am
Unlike Israel, where every citizen must have a gun, the taco thief was assured that he could take what he wanted, without fear of reprisal.
Guns protect people.
All citizens, including college students, should be required to own a weapon.
By NortonPete, Tuesday, 19 February , 2008 @ 11:30 am
Actually there is a good chance the bandito got a taco made with that recalled beef.
If anyone sees a guy who keeps falling down in Fontana, alert the authorities.
By crosspatch, Tuesday, 19 February , 2008 @ 8:46 pm
Are you kidding? Do a web search for fajitagate:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajitagate
By Gaius, Tuesday, 19 February , 2008 @ 9:14 pm
Good lord, Crosspatch. I never heard of any of that.