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Is That Free Coffee Or Are You Just Trying To Steal My Purse?
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Garth Johnston
Published Apr 26, 2011
Modified Apr 26, 2011
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Garth Johnston
Published Apr 26, 2011
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Be wary of free coffee! Especially free coffee that has been spilled all over your table. Why do we bring this up? Because gratis java was the first step in an "elaborate ruse" allegedly used by a Brooklyn woman, Darlise Buggs, who was recently caught stealing from McDonald's customers in Brooklyn.
We do have to admit that the 42-year-old Buggs, whose criminal record includes 17 arrests, used a pretty slick scheme last Saturday morning. She went around a Bushwick McD's with a tray of coffee cups that she said were free. Then she "accidentally" spilled a cup all over one occupied table while profusely apologizing. As she cleaned up, she put her jacket over a customer's Gucci bag and when she left, she just walked out casually with her jacket still wrapped around the purse. It apparently took the owner of the bag half-an-hour to realize that it (and the passport, green card, debit cards, cellphone and $400 inside it) was gone.
Luckily, Buggs got busted later that day when a cop spotted her across the street from the McDonald's. She's been charged with grand larceny with a bail set at $7,500. The moral of the story? Don't stick around the scene of the crime.
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