Namesakes of Jesse James have been in the news lately. Sandra Bullock's husband of that name is all over the celebrity magazines with his tattoo model girlfriend. Now the Lehigh Valley is getting into the act.
Last week, Allentown's Jesse James Riddick was arrested for robbing a gas station convenience store. Our modern Jesse could have taken a few pointers from his 19th century desperado namesake. Mr Riddick told the cashier that he had a gun, demanded money, and made a clean getaway. So far, so good. Unfortunately, he failed to disguise himself and appeared at the same store at the same time the following day to purchase lottery tickets and cigarettes with his ill-gotten gains from the same cashier. The cashier notified police and J.J. was tossed in the slammer. There was no report whether the lottery tickets were winners.
Supposedly, criminals always return to the scene of their crime. Apparently, Jesse James Riddick missed Crime 101 class the day when the lesson included the warning to wait a couple of days before that return visit or at least to go to the cashier that you didn't rob the day before.
J.J. will have the opportunity to bone up on his crime studies in prison though. The original Jesse James probably had a rough start to his criminal career as well.
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