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Odd Crime in Eastern PA: Retail Theft Leads to AWOL Bust

Check out these unusual police stories from around Eastern Pennsylvania.

Written by Nate Adams.

More than Bargained For: For any retail workers out here, here’s another reason why one shouldn’t try to steal from work: you might get your husband in trouble with the U.S. Navy for being AWOL for nearly 20 years. See what I mean here.

Run-and-Hit: As long as we’re doling out advice, here’s a freebee: don’t try to out run the cops in your car, because you might crash your ride into a rock. See what happened in Hellertown here.

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Phone it In: Another thing: if you’re going to steal a phone from a car, then call the phone’s owner and threaten them, don’t try to sell the phone back to them for $100 and expect the cops not to get involved. Read more on the “Not-Crime-of-the-Century” on Ardmore Patch here.

About this column: OMG PD reviews the surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported by Eastern Pennsylvania Patch sites over the last week. All people mentioned in these stories are innocent until proven guilty. Charges and arrests do not indicate guilt. Reach out to Nate at nathana@patch.com with questions about this column. 

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