Gun? Check. Baby? Check.
Texas Car Title & Payday Loan
I guess this pair of robbers couldn’t get a baby-sitter. The most recent in a string of nationwide payday loan store robberies had an interesting twist.
The man who demanded money at the Texas payday loan store held a gun. The woman with him, his suspected accomplice, held a baby.
Incident report
The robbery occurred Thursday just after the Texas Car Title & Payday Loan in Amarillo closed. A man approached the clerk outside the store at gunpoint and demanded he open the store and give him cash. The employee says the man was accompanied by a woman and a baby.
Suspect descriptions
Amarillo police say the man who held the gun was about 6 feet tall, apparently in his 30s, had a thin-lined beard and was black. The female appeared to be about 20 and also black. No further details were available regarding her description.
Meanwhile, in California
Also Thursday, a payday loan store in Moreno Valley, Calif., was robbed. The whole thing was caught on tape, and the tape was released to the public through local news sources. There is no word yet on whether the suspects have been caught.
Check out the video
The video shows two men entering the business, one brazenly holding a gun in plain view. Neither man’s face is covered. The robbery occurred shortly after noon. You can watch the video of the holdup at Advance America Cash Advance in Moreno Valley at a California news organization’s web site.
Recent robbery
Also last week, a payday loan store in Waukegan, Illinois, fell victim to robbers. Police and witnesses report that two men robbed the business, one of whom had a gun. One man held the gun to the store employee while the other went behind the counter and filled a duffel bag with cash.
Suspect descriptions
The first suspect in the Illinois robbery, who held the gun, is described as a man about 18 to 22 years old. He is about 5 foot 8 and 120 to 130 pounds. He has a dark complexion and was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black jacket and a black ski mask.
The second man, who went behind the counter, fit a similar description, employees said. He had lighter skin and was wearing a blue sweatshirt with a zipper and dark jeans.
A baby at a robbery!? That’s nuts! The couple must be out of their minds to do something as stupid and immoral as to put a child’s life in danger for their personal advantage.
It is annoying enough when people bring an infant with them to a restaurant, or a movie theater, but a robbery? I could say I’m concerned about how good of role models these parents would be, but its likely that the kid will grow up in foster care while mom and dad rot in prison.