STUPID CRIMES

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Robbed of dignity A convenience store robbery failed in North Carolina after the gunman placed his gun on the store counter and let the clerk grab it. The heist started comically when the man walked in with a lopsided ski mask over his half his face, then dropped a plastic bag and stumbled as he picked it up.

The clerk, Guillermo Troncoso, thought it was a joke.

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