Am I the only one that thinks this is freaking hilarious? Hahahahaha.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax.
Angry customers threw merchandise around and looted, leaving the store looking as though a hurricane had passed through it, police said.
Linda Brown was arrested Tuesday after an hours-long shopping spree that began when she hired a stretch Hummer limousine to drop her off at a Burlington Coat Factory store, police Sgt. Lt. Michael Deakins said. Brown walked to a cash register and loudly announced she had won the lottery and would pay for each person's merchandise up to $500, he said.
"Well, of course, people like to hear that," Deakins said. "Apparently they were in line calling relatives who were not at the store and told them to come."
People flooded the registers as cashiers began ringing up purchase after purchase, but Brown had not yet paid the bill, Deakins said. At least 500 people filled the aisles and another 1,000 were outside trying to get in, he said.
"She was telling people she won $1.5 million," Deakins said. "But it ends up she didn't win anything. She had no money to pay for anything."
About an hour later, Brown had the limousine driver take her to a bank to withdraw money, but she returned empty-handed, police Detective Steven Nace said. By then, store employees had called in two dozen police officers to handle the crowds.
Shopper Candace Jordan said she told Brown she didn't need clothes, she needed help paying her rent.
"And she said, 'How much is it?"' Jordan told WBNS-TV. "And she promptly wrote out a check."
By the time employees realized Brown didn't have any cash to pay, police said, she already had taken off in the limo.
That's when angry customers, realizing they weren't getting free coats, began throwing merchandise on the floor and grabbing clothes without paying for them, Nace said.
"Everybody was like, 'I still want my free stuff,' and that started the riot," he said. "It looks like (Hurricane) Katrina went through the store."
Police said they have no way of tracking down the customers who stole items and fled, but they're reviewing surveillance video.
When the limousine driver realized he wasn't going to be paid the $900 Brown owed him for the day's rental, he turned her in to police, Deakins said.
Brown, 44, was arrested on three outstanding warrants for aggravated menacing, misuse of a 911 system and causing false alarms. She was jailed late Wednesday, but no charges had been filed against her related to the coat store chaos pending a mental health evaluation.
Police said they didn't know if Brown had a lawyer. No telephone number was listed under her name, and no one answered repeated phone calls at the Franklin County Jail.
A spokeswoman for Burlington Coat Factory, which is based in Burlington, N.J., and has more than 300 stores across the country, said late Wednesday she couldn't comment on the incident.
Haha funny. I love how people feel they're owed something so they just loot. You got duped. Take it on the chin and go home and watch The Peoples Court.
Haha funny. I love how people feel they're owed something so they just loot. You got duped. Take it on the chin and go home and watch The Peoples Court.
Only Ohio. I lived in Shaker Hights for a year and its crazy.
When I was living there I went to the mall outside of Dublin OH(burb of columbus) and two women got arrested for fighting over a sale item lmao this article brought back so many memories
I'm in a suburb just west of Cleveland....... and people's stupidity should never be underestimated, and in fact, it should be feared!
I was thinking the same. This is beyond control.
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Originally Posted by supersix4
When I was living there I went to the mall outside of Dublin OH(burb of columbus) and two women got arrested for fighting over a sale item lmao this article brought back so many memories
Memories are precious. I have my share of memories in Ohio as well and they are crazy ones.
I dont know maybe it sounds weird though because they say she spent $5000.00 on her debit card before it maxed and she had to go to the bank.So some people did make it out of there with gifts.
I dont know maybe it sounds weird though because they say she spent $5000.00 on her debit card before it maxed and she had to go to the bank.So some people did make it out of there with gifts.
Where in the article did it say she spent $5k? Or are you getting this from another source? If so, please post.
lol its burlington coat factory I've never been but I figure $500 would be hard to find hence people grabbing at stuff lol. You're cracking me up shadblz
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Lottery Hoax Causes Riot at Ohio Coat Store
awesome story.
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