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Feb 5, 8:39 PM (ET)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Police have arrested a woman they say robbed a South Bend
restaurant while tearfully apologizing to the cashier. The woman, whose identity wasn't
released, was taken to the St. Joseph County Jail on a charge of theft Tuesday night.
According to a police report, the woman told the cashier at the Long John Silver's restaurant
she had a gun and needed money, then began crying and said, "If I wasn't down and out, I
wouldn't be doing this."
As the woman waited at the counter, a customer in the drive-through line called police. The
woman was running across a nearby parking lot as police arrived and arrested her. Police
said no weapon was found.
It seems that the times have changed
In effect, it changed me and you
As needs are ever greater
Cash and cents are few
The burden of the masses, remains
To provide for family’s needs
And much because corporations
Have bigwigs who like greed
The jobs are ever scarcer
As we all seek a new wage
But now it’s too competitive
Within this day and age
So, we’re left to just survive
And do so in any way
I do so hope these times pass
But yet, it’s not today
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