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Epitome of Insanity?

Silver Lotus — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:39:06 GMT

Christopher Miller robbed the Stride Rite shoe store in Toms River, NJ, in 1999, got caught, and served 15 years in state prison. Police say he became a free man on Friday and celebrated by catching a bus to Toms River and, yes, robbing the same Stride Rite shoe store, reports the Star-Ledger. Though he had 15 years to stew over what went wrong the first time, authorities say this robbery didn't go so well, either. Two employees were so slow in handing over cash that the "agitated" robber grabbed the register drawer himself and fled on foot, reports the Ocean County Signal. (The employees refused to hand over their keys, scotching any hopes for a getaway vehicle.)

They called the cops—the apparent plan was to tie them up in a storage room, as happened in the 1999 robbery, but the employees refused to go—and within minutes, a police K-9 unit tracked down Williams and recovered the stolen $389, reports the Daily Record. Miller is charged with robbery and is being held on $100,000 bond. The 40-year-old is from Tulsa, Okla., and police aren't sure what his connection is to Toms River, besides maybe nostalgia.

http://www.newser.com/story/184318/cops-man-freed-after-15-years-robs-same-store.html

Re: Epitome of Insanity?

stilltamn8r — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:46:12 GMT

Wow, you can't make this stuff up!

Re: Epitome of Insanity?

foundinlv — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:46:24 GMT

He obviously wanted to return to prison where he had guaranteed food and shelter.

Re: Epitome of Insanity?

stilltamn8r — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:51:43 GMT

On 3/25/2014 ~foundinlv~ said:
He obviously wanted to return to prison where he had guaranteed food and shelter.

...and shoes......

Re: Epitome of Insanity?

foundinlv — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:53:04 GMT

On 3/25/2014 stilltamn8r said:
On 3/25/2014 ~foundinlv~ said:
He obviously wanted to return to prison where he had guaranteed food and shelter.

...and shoes......

Re: Epitome of Insanity?

DJs mom — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:50:58 GMT

I saw this on the Today Show this morning...unbelievable. Some people are stuck on stupid!

Re: Epitome of Insanity?

lulu2 — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:53:44 GMT

On 3/25/2014 ~foundinlv~ said:
He obviously wanted to return to prison where he had guaranteed food and shelter.

That is exactly what the reporter doing the story said.

Re: Epitome of Insanity?

raven-blackbird — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:54:26 GMT

On 3/26/2014 DJs mom said:
I saw this on the Today Show this morning...unbelievable. Some people are stuck on stupid!

or maybe...........just a man who after 15 years has become institutionalized and knows he can't live out in the world any more.........so he did something to make sure he could go ""home"".........................................raven

Re: Epitome of Insanity?

DoneTryin — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:11:22 GMT

Well, he's either nuts or dumb like a fox & wanted to go back to prison so he'd get his free "3 hots & a cot."

Re: Epitome of Insanity?

Catitude — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:30:29 GMT

Very sad. Sounds like he learned nothing during his incarceration.

Re: Epitome of Insanity?

~moxie~ — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:52:48 GMT

I have been eating real butter for years. My husband insisted. I love some of the flavored butters, like herb butter, got for chicken and fish. and cinnamon butter, perfect for raisin bread toast.

Re: Epitome of Insanity?

SeaGal — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 21:06:28 GMT

I have a friend that had been incarcerated many many years at the Monroe Reformitory here in Wa state and it is true that when they have been locked up for so long they are very afraid of their pending release date. Many only know prison life and that is where they feel safe. I met this friend when he was furloughed on weekends preparing for his eventual release, as he was. He could not handle life outside the security he knew in prison and it wasnt long before he returned. He went into a Best Buy, stole a vacuum cleaner was quickly sent back to Monroe where he died some years later, it was his home and he wanted to go back home.

So it is true, some people only know how to survive in prison. Doesnt mean they are insane...

Re: Epitome of Insanity?

stilltamn8r — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 21:50:43 GMT

On 3/26/2014 ~moxie~ said:
I have been eating real butter for years. My husband insisted. I love some of the flavored butters, like herb butter, got for chicken and fish. and cinnamon butter, perfect for raisin bread toast.

I think this was meant for the other post, not "definition of Insanity"