I got robbed this morning

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: Marauder911

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: SP33Demon
The detective contacted me when I was in college in West Virginia (the armed robbery happened in NJ) so no way I could get off class to drive 5.5 hours just to identify some loser... plus the old lady went, they didn't need me... Also, I was pissed b/c when the cops came they didn't fingerprint ANYTHING. They just opened the door like it was nothing, highly unprofessional IMO. Another reason why I wasn't too concerned with testifying. My mom called me and told me this guy had been convicted (a year later) for the baseball bat murder and the Texaco robbery, no big shocker there.

Crazy to think about how if things went wrong you might not even be alive today.

People really overestimate the value of fingerprinting. The odds of getting a solid latent print aren't very likely, and certainly aren't good enough to cover a wide area in dust.

Especially in a high traffic area of a supermarket. There is no chance that a viable print can be taken from that kind of area, unless the door was scrubbed squeeky clean right before the robber came in.

I'm assuming that he must have touched something else, since it's hard to believe that someone could be so obtuse as to think that printing a busy door would be a good idea.

jeez, go easy on this guy. he got a gun pointed on his face, i am sure it's not easy to deal with ...

 

[AmericasTeam]

So I just got off work at 1:00am. I went in at 4:00pm. I had to prove to myself that I wasn't going to let it get to me. When I walked in every employee was staring at me. Everyone asking if I'm ok. I really started getting upset. I seriously though I was going to break down in front of all these people. One customer said "Were you here when all the fun started last night?" I knew his was kidding and making light of the situation, but it really bothered me. I look at him and said "I was the guy with the gun to his head." He shut up real quick.

Another customer said he heard about it and asked how much they got. "20 or 30 thousand?" I looked at him and said "are you kidding?" Nobody has access to that kind of money at 1:30am".

I estimate they got around $800 cash. One person told me it was $1200, but I'm pretty sure I didn't have that much money.

It seems every time I try to forget about the incident I only think about it more. Could have I got killed? Its tough think about it.

I'm taking the next three days off. My son's 4th B-day party is on Easter. It will be good to have my family around.

Thanks for the well wishes. I hope nobody else here has to go through this.

Peace

 

[Syringer]

I think in cases of a robbery someone should fake a heart attack or something and pretend to die..and have someone try to call for help. As big of a lowlife as it takes for someone to rob a bank, I don't think most of them would want a death to happen at their hands..

 

[DanTMWTMP]

when i was 9, a bunch of punk asian robbers came into my house at gun point...and duck taped us....robbed the house...left...

good thing they got caught and in jail...they jacked my nintendo too heh...

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: Marauder911

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: SP33Demon
The detective contacted me when I was in college in West Virginia (the armed robbery happened in NJ) so no way I could get off class to drive 5.5 hours just to identify some loser... plus the old lady went, they didn't need me... Also, I was pissed b/c when the cops came they didn't fingerprint ANYTHING. They just opened the door like it was nothing, highly unprofessional IMO. Another reason why I wasn't too concerned with testifying. My mom called me and told me this guy had been convicted (a year later) for the baseball bat murder and the Texaco robbery, no big shocker there.

Crazy to think about how if things went wrong you might not even be alive today.

People really overestimate the value of fingerprinting. The odds of getting a solid latent print aren't very likely, and certainly aren't good enough to cover a wide area in dust.

Especially in a high traffic area of a supermarket. There is no chance that a viable print can be taken from that kind of area, unless the door was scrubbed squeeky clean right before the robber came in.

I'm assuming that he must have touched something else, since it's hard to believe that someone could be so obtuse as to think that printing a busy door would be a good idea.

jeez, go easy on this guy. he got a gun pointed on his face, i am sure it's not easy to deal with ...

The door was clean, the old lady was a neat freak... we got maybe 4-5 customers a night on avg before that time (it was a small gas station mini mart, most of the people who came that late just got gas and we had to pump it due to NJ law: the driver can't get out of the car). The cops could have also printed the counter, not to mention it took them 20 minutes to get there after calling 911 (which is funny b/c usually they're always in the area, the motels across the street were notorious for hookers/drug sales). In any case, nobody attempted to print anything, who knows, the case could have been solved right then and there.

Also glad that the safe said ONLY MANAGER CAN OPEN in big red letters on it, and lucky the guy could read. No way in hell was I having a countdown to 3 to get blasted when none of us can even open the dam safe.

 

[Nebor]

we had to pump it due to NJ law: the driver can't get out of the car

WTF?

 

[Rufio]

Originally posted by: AmericasTeam
So I just got off work at 1:00am. I went in at 4:00pm. I had to prove to myself that I wasn't going to let it get to me. When I walked in every employee was staring at me. Everyone asking if I'm ok. I really started getting upset. I seriously though I was going to break down in front of all these people. One customer said "Were you here when all the fun started last night?" I knew his was kidding and making light of the situation, but it really bothered me. I look at him and said "I was the guy with the gun to his head." He shut up real quick.

Another customer said he heard about it and asked how much they got. "20 or 30 thousand?" I looked at him and said "are you kidding?" Nobody has access to that kind of money at 1:30am".

I estimate they got around $800 cash. One person told me it was $1200, but I'm pretty sure I didn't have that much money.

It seems every time I try to forget about the incident I only think about it more. Could have I got killed? Its tough think about it.

I'm taking the next three days off. My son's 4th B-day party is on Easter. It will be good to have my family around.

Thanks for the well wishes. I hope nobody else here has to go through this.

Peace

have a good time w/your family. don't stress out. you're ok now.

 

[RagingBITCH]

AT - sorry to hear about that. At least you and everyone in the store remained unharmed, which is the best you can hope for in a robbery

 

[Nebor]

I was just thinking, it would be great if someone was like, "Look at this and relax" and it took them to one of those peaceful scenes of a room, or a forest, or an ocean, and then 20 seconds into it, some loud ass noise and scary ass face pops up.... Oh man, that would have been great.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

so I'm guessing the security guard is getting the axe?

 

[Mallow]

Be thankful for your health this weekend.

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: Nebor

we had to pump it due to NJ law: the driver can't get out of the car

WTF?

Well, the driver can get out of his car but he's not allowed to touch the pumps in any way/shape/form by law (It's retarded, but that's NJ for ya)... so if they're not buying smokes or a beverage they usually won't get out of their cars (we also squeegee(sp) their windows if they request it) unless it's to stretch or maybe check their tires/oil.

Following along with the story, it's unlikely that more than 2-3 people had touched the door handle that night before the robber came in. I think it would have been possible to pull prints off the handle.