The best thing to do is turn yourself in. I'm sure the Judge will be lenient if you come clean and admit your mistake.
One more thing... If the guy spent an hour picking through coins, he must of knew his stuff. An average robber would just grab whatever he could take.
"Brian Hoogeveen, the son of the owner of J & J Coins, said the suspect arrived at the store about 8:10 a.m. and stayed in the store for an hour before pulling the gun." Delivery man hangs around for an hour, THEN pulls a gun to rob the joint?
That's right out of Twilight Zone strange. And since when does UPS deliver at 8am? They knock on my door some days at 9... pm.
Rick, Journalism is dead. What passes for news these days is often not vetted (as we witnessed after the Boston Marathon bombing) and is usually written by people with very little command of the English language. They very often get facts mixed up, which may be the case in the above statement. Newspapers used to have an editor that 'edited' articles before they were published. The editor checked to make sure the article made sense (e.g., did not contradict itself) and that spelling and grammar were reasonably correct. From my perspective it appears that newspapers no longer have editors or, if they do, they are incompetent.
Not saying its the owner's fault. But don't they have a regular delivery person? I know that most carriers have the same route everyday. When they saw someone they didn't recognize they shouldn't even have let him in the store. and besides when they're in business for all those years, they should know what precautions to take.
The robber may be a professional. I know where I live (in CA) there have been warnings not to let any UPS-dressed people into houses; since many have been robbed by people who have donned the UPS outfit (and sometimes even drive up in an actual UPS truck).
I know my UPS - Fedex - USPS / guys,been the same 1-2 for the past year since I have been open. Not a one would stay an extra second than they had to after getting my signature on a package. Seems odd that they wouldn't have asked anything or felt something if a new guy was hanging out for an hour. Sorry but I don't have an hour of my time for most let alone a guy who should be doing their own job. Just sounds so weird to me. I carry inside my shop all day long , & have multiple weapons in different locations. Sure insurance would cover me if I just said take anything you want but I don't play like that . You come into my place you're not leaving unless I let you . My holster is the 1st thing I put on when I come into work & the last thing I take off before I leave. Glad to hear no one is hurt but sorry that they did not take action against the scumbag.
I find it odd that the first article mentioned that a gun was taken during the robbery, but you either didn't read the article, or you chose to ignore the mention of a gun, or you have the attention span of a gnat. I suspect they probably also have an alarm system that includes panic buttons. But, let's see how brave you are when someone draws a bead on you with a sawed off shotgun. Are you going to freeze, are you going to reach for a panic button, or are you going to make a move for your gun? When you just stand there in your soiled underwear, I hope you don't mind if I talk smack about your lack of preparedness on the Interwebs... :rollling:
I was talking to the owner of J&J Coins a few years ago. There is another outside door in the building that leads to stairs going to an upstairs apartment. He said one time someone got into the area where the stairs were and used a sledge hammer to bust through the wall of the coin shop. I'm not sure if anything was taken at that time.
Maybe this was detecto??? [video=youtube;YgKHw45fimU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgKHw45fimU[/video]
I agree a UPS guys staying around more than a few seconds is unusual. Unfortunately robberies of coin stores are more and more common. I have a couple around here I have rarely went in to, and both have two sets of doors. The first you walk in to a holding area, and from there they will buzz you in. Makes a person sad that such precautions are needed in the US nowadays. Reminds me of when I was in Saudi Arabia. There you could walk in and handle a $250,000 necklace and the shopowner did not need to worry about you stealing it. Yes, their laws against theft and other crimes is harsh, but how much is it worth to society to not have to worry about theft, and not have to worry about your wife or daughter walking along a street at night? There has to be a better balance between their solution and ours, (which is amply demonstrated is not working).