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Theft - Economic Woes Lure Unlikely Crooks

By Steven Rodriguez

A respectable family man, father of four, church deacon, soccer coach and community volunteer put on a wig and mask, took his gun out of the nightstand and tried to rob a bank before surrendering to police. A music minister used a handgun to force tellers to clean out their cash drawers then led police on a high-speed chase before surrendering. A policeman, pillar of his community and former high school valedictorian was arrested for robbing his hometown bank. Armed robbery is the most dramatic, but burglary, theft and shoplifting are also on the rise. What’s unusual is that the crime wave is being committed by the most unlikely crooks, upstanding citizens who have fallen on such hard financial times that theft seems to be the only way out...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on June 05, 2009 (boomark / email).