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Lottery ticket thief tries to claim prize at same store
Florida Lottery: Lottery ticket thief tries to claim prize at same store
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Police say a 22-year-old Winter Haven man walked into a Circle K last week and stole $70 worth of Florida Scratch-Off tickets then returned to the same store to cash a winning $50 ticket.
Now, Alen Nguyen is charged with one count of retail theft.
According to the Sheriff's Office, while the clerk was away from the counter, Nguyen stole about $70 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets from the store at 5600 Cypress Gardens Blvd. The clerk called authorities when she noticed a discrepancy between the cash in the drawer and the scratch-off tickets. The surveillance video showed the suspect leaning over the counter and taking the tickets.
Authorities say Nguyen returned to the store March 1 with one of the winning tickets, hoping to claim the $50. The clerk recognized him as the suspect in the surveillance video and asked for his driver license. She wrote down his name and information and called detectives, leading to Nguyen's arrest.
He was released from Polk County Jail on Friday on $250 bail.
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Pennsylvania United States Member #74607 May 2, 2009 4458 Posts Online |
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LOL! Took $70, won $50....that's about right. I guess he was hoping for a million. Bozo.... His mug shot gives me the feeling someone won't be
seeing the last of him. Punk.
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United States Member #47874 November 4, 2006 2472 Posts Offline |
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LOL! Took $70, won $50....that's about right. I guess he was hoping for a million. Bozo.... His mug shot gives me the feeling someone won't be
seeing the last of him. Punk. dr you need to go to marcies church babe..When tiggs buys $70 dollars worth or steals $70 worth of tickets and get's back $50 he feels like a winner..Praise the Lord!!
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Idaho United States Member #56982 November 21, 2007 3758 Posts Offline |
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I can't believe he returned to the same store to cash in the tickets that he stole earlier...maybe I can believe it. What an idiot.  "No one remembers the person who almost climbed the mountain, only the person who eventually gets to the top."
ThatScaryChick
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United States Member #32929 February 12, 2006 245 Posts Offline |
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if you stealed a car, would you try to use its warranty?
tell me if you stealed a person cell phone
would you call their tech support line for help on it
if you stealed someone say alienware labtop,
would you try and have it repaired by the company how made it Just for them?
tell me, if you robbed a persons checkbook
would you try to cash the checks you stolen off of them when the bank knows about it
then again this does not beat the story of a guy who stolen a Living lubster out of the super markets fish tank,
only to hide it in hes pants and it clap down on hes you known what softpart
best ending of a crime Ever, justice was served that day,
if only this theft had the same ending,
this guy deserves to be on the worlds dumbest criminals they put on tv mocking the stupid criminals
, fun to watch, unreal to our brains logic
god i hope they got this on the stores video cams, with voices, this will be perfect to watch on tv
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Ridge Runner Tennessee United States Member #74415 April 28, 2009 2625 Posts Offline |
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I got a lug wrench out in the truck that's way smarter than that guy. "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
~Thomas Jefferson~
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Ridge Runner Tennessee United States Member #74415 April 28, 2009 2625 Posts Offline |
| Posted: March 9, 2010, 5:44 am - IP Logged |
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if you stealed a car, would you try to use its warranty?
tell me if you stealed a person cell phone
would you call their tech support line for help on it
if you stealed someone say alienware labtop,
would you try and have it repaired by the company how made it Just for them?
tell me, if you robbed a persons checkbook
would you try to cash the checks you stolen off of them when the bank knows about it
then again this does not beat the story of a guy who stolen a Living lubster out of the super markets fish tank,
only to hide it in hes pants and it clap down on hes you known what softpart
best ending of a crime Ever, justice was served that day,
if only this theft had the same ending,
this guy deserves to be on the worlds dumbest criminals they put on tv mocking the stupid criminals
, fun to watch, unreal to our brains logic
god i hope they got this on the stores video cams, with voices, this will be perfect to watch on tv Hey Joshua,
Could you give advance warning on those lobster stories?
I think I'm going to have nightmares. I'm still squirming around in my chair here with the heebie jeebies. "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
~Thomas Jefferson~
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Massachusetts United States Member #37842 April 14, 2006 202 Posts Offline |
| Posted: March 9, 2010, 3:23 pm - IP Logged |
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shortcuts will get you nowhere
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United States Member #13375 March 30, 2005 1508 Posts Offline |
| Posted: March 13, 2010, 3:21 am - IP Logged |
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if you stealed a car, would you try to use its warranty?
tell me if you stealed a person cell phone
would you call their tech support line for help on it
if you stealed someone say alienware labtop,
would you try and have it repaired by the company how made it Just for them?
tell me, if you robbed a persons checkbook
would you try to cash the checks you stolen off of them when the bank knows about it
then again this does not beat the story of a guy who stolen a Living lubster out of the super markets fish tank,
only to hide it in hes pants and it clap down on hes you known what softpart
best ending of a crime Ever, justice was served that day,
if only this theft had the same ending,
this guy deserves to be on the worlds dumbest criminals they put on tv mocking the stupid criminals
, fun to watch, unreal to our brains logic
god i hope they got this on the stores video cams, with voices, this will be perfect to watch on tv Lobster don't get no 'fresher' than that. You should have stopped them at the dinner roll. End the Fed.
No Taxation Without Representin' 
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Chicago United States Member #71182 February 8, 2009 741 Posts Offline |
| Posted: March 13, 2010, 11:06 pm - IP Logged |
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There's stupid and then there's REALLY STUPID!
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