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May 20, 2009
True Crime: The Robbery Channel
Long story short: Frustrated by yet another swarm theft — this one last week (Wednesday, May 13) — at Universal Gear, his Washington, D.C. clothing store, owner David Franco decided to strike back: he posted the actual surveillance video of the crime the next day on YouTube, where in six days it's received thousands of views and today, pride of place in Petula Dvorak's Washington Post front page story.
Note to Franco and other business owners with similar problems: don't wait to get the video up but, rather, insist that the surveillance company stream its videos in real time for anyone and everyone in the world to watch.
Talk about a bookofjoe MoneyMaker®™©....
May 20, 2009 at 12:01 PM | Permalink
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They had no intention of paying for the clothing. I wonder how many of them were armed as well...
Posted by: Jesse | May 21, 2009 11:46:46 AM
"Swarm theft."
I wonder if there's some tie in with the solution to the fire ants story here....
Posted by: Randee | May 21, 2009 10:46:46 AM
The fines should be double or more for "group" crimes!
Posted by: Joe Peach | May 20, 2009 6:03:40 PM
"Note to Franco and other business owners with similar problems: don't wait five days to get the video up"
Actually Joe the Washington Post was a bit late on this story. 6 days in fact. The popular local blog DCist.com posted the video the day after it happened and YouTube upload date is May 14th.
~~My comment preview is not showing HTML, so here is the link to DCist's story:
http://dcist.com/2009/05/logan_circle_clothing_store_posts_v.php
Posted by: Nikolas | May 20, 2009 5:47:47 PM
How brazen. It was awful to look at knowing the outcome in advance. I hope they catch them all. Such a thing can't be tolerated.
Posted by: Milena | May 20, 2009 3:14:39 PM
Wow.. this behavior is why, sometimes, I just hate people.
Posted by: Rocketboy | May 20, 2009 12:10:00 PM
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