Thief Impersonates Armed Truck Guard, Walks Away With Cash

Surveillance shot of the thief, via NYPD

Yesterday, John Boehner revealed that the fate of the global economy now rests on the broad-but-somewhat-bland shoulders of the Ben Affleck-helmed movie The Town. And today, police are searching for a thief who stole nearly $15K with a ploy straight out of that movie. Why does the universe want Ben Affleck, and Ben Affleck aficionados, to succeed so badly?

The thief, in his early 30s, dressed up as an armored truck guard and went to Lorenzo's Enterprises on 31st Street in Astoria about 10:15 a.m. Friday. He told them he was there for a pickup and was handed $14,800 in cash, no questions. Employees said they never suspected the man, because he was clad in an official GARDA Armored Courier uniform—they only realized their error when the real courier arrived a few hours later. Police are now trying to determine whether the suspect was a former employee of the company, or perhaps some sort of master of disguise.

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By Ben Yakas in News on July 28, 2011 1:36 PM

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JackBrat

The Negro subculture never cease to amaze me with the different scams they constantly come up with so that they can 'get over' on our American Society. It's sort of like having a nice clean-made bed. . . with a small infestation of bed-bugs constantly biting at you!

Jason White

Sucks that it was only just shy of 15k. Not exactly get away and live a life of leisure money.

gogogadgetarm

The guy didnt have to sign something, no exchange of documents necessary? Seriously, you can just say "here for a pick up" and money is handed over? Thats pretty damn near the businesses fault.

soothsayer

in the surveillance video he was there a few min signing a form.

Peanut_Butter

More power to him. I mean, that's an obvious ploy. Poor training on the part of the business.

Daylighting

Imagine his adrenaline upon receiving that envelope... after simply reciting that he was "here for a pickup."

Roncore

"I'm here for a pickup"

the simplistic genius of this is baffling.

armchair_warrior

I say incompetent employee. come on!!!

Peanut_Butter

Employees don't give a shit. It's up to the business owner to pay enough for them to care or to train them properly.

Steven L.A. Mura

I agree. This story kind of rocks. Though stealing is bad.

Rocknrope

Stealing is not cool, but I have to say this is some slick grift action. Can you imagine the faces of the employees when the real courier showed up?