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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLooters arrested by Fort Lauderdale police
https://www.local10.com/weather/hurricane-irma/looters-caught-by-local-10-cameras-arrested-by-fort-lauderdale-policeFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Fort Lauderdale police arrested 9 people caught by Local 10 cameras looting Fort Lauderdale business despite the dangerous winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Irma
Local 10 cameras caught a group breaking into the Simon's Sportswear on Sunrise Blvd. and Powerline Road.
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The group of about 8-9 people broke through the front window and were seen walking in and then walking out with stolen items.
The group then began looting a Footlocker and CashAmerica Pawn Store in the same area.
Hours later, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department tweeted that they had caught the criminals.
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Well, jail is a safe place to be...
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Looters arrested by Fort Lauderdale police (Original Post)
FLPanhandle
Sep 2017
OP
Maybe they need a new pair of sneakers to survive hour 2 of the hurricane...
FLPanhandle
Sep 2017
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Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)1. Looting a footlocker are you kidding me?
Morons
Initech
(100,068 posts)2. Dumbasses.
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)5. Maybe they need a new pair of sneakers to survive hour 2 of the hurricane...
The police have enough to do now without having to deal with thieves. I hope they get a good long sentence at trial.
nocoincidences
(2,218 posts)3. I was watching that live feed
and they could see the 10 News people filming them so they had to know they were going to get popped for it.
It looked like a bunch of teenagers, with typical shit-for-brains impulse control.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)4. Vid clip...
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)6. Probably thought the police were too busy
This group was caught by the News Crew, I hope there aren't any more running around not being caught.
The police have enough to do.