SUSPECT TO COPS: "HE WENT THAT WAY."

Volusia County, Florida, deputies responded Saturday to a Family Dollar store in Deltona, where a clerk told them a man with “Loyalty” tattooed across his abdomen claimed to have a gun and demanded money. The clerk refused to hand over the cash, and the man took off. Police were called, and a sheriff’s office helicopter spotted a man walking near a pond and wading waste-deep into the water. Deputies located the man in the water and ordered him to raise his hands and surrender. The man, Sean Torres, 29, told deputies he was “just fishing” and had dropped his pole in the water. When questioned about the robbery, Torres told the cops, “The guy who did it went that way.” Deputies determined Torres’ tattoos matched those described by the store clerk. He was charged with robbery and criminal mischief.
* First of all – robbing a Family Dollar store? Way to pick a place that’s rolling in the big bucks.
* Maybe he should have tried the old “Oh, that wasn’t me” ploy.
* And don’t forget the “twin brother” defense.
* He was “just fishing” but unfortunately he had a bad line.
* Of course the tattoos are a problem but here’s where you claim they were a police plant.
* No, you just say, “My twin brother – you know the guy who robbed the store – and I got matching tattoos.”
* Here’s an idea – how about not showing your tattooed abdomen during a robbery?
* Whoops – too late.
* Forgive me for criticizing this guy’s phraseology here but isn’t it supposed to be, “He went that-A way”?
* Sure, wade through a strange body of water in Florida. See how that works out for you.