IPAD for $120 in Slidell

[Speedlace]

Or at least gutted Dell laptops.

Police: Men Try To Pass Off Laptop With Taped Apple Logo As iPad
Police Arrest Two After Scheme Turns Into Armed Robbery

The victim was getting gas on Fremaux Avenue when he was approached by two men, Tommy Curtis, 31, and Marcus Jones, 35, who asked him if he wanted to buy an Apple iPad for $120, police said.

Curtis and Jones pulled an iPad out of a box, showed the victim that it worked and allowed the victim to interact with it, police said.

Investigators said the victim told the suspects that he would buy it, but had to get money out of the ATM.

According to police, when the victim went inside to get the money, Curtis and Jones hurried and swapped out the iPad with a stripped laptop with an Apple logo taped to it.

Police said when the victim returned with the money he realized the scheme, but was robbed when Jones brandished a gun and demanded the money.

http://www.wdsu.com/news/29925177/detail.html
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/12/duo_busted_trying_to_scam_man.html

 

[Rahllin]

A piece of white paper with the apple logo taped on! That is funny ****. Good thing no one got hurt!

 

[dfsutton]

The guy that agreed to buy it deserved what he got. For that price, one would have to assume that it is stolen property, and if he is cool with buying stolen property then he is a POS in my opinion.

 

[killdee]

The guy that agreed to buy it deserved what he got. For that price, one would have to assume that it is stolen property, and if he is cool with buying stolen property then he is a POS in my opinion.

Agree, too bad he couldn't have been arrested as well. Looks like these two should be known as the Deadeye Twins.

 

[Speedlace]

Two guys random guys selling $500+ electronics for $100 out of a '99 Acura...
...

 

[Thebanker]

lol, this is crazy because there were a group of younger guys doing this on siegen lane. Selling fake mac books and ipads in bubble wrap. The holiday season brings the scum out.

 

[charliepapa]

 

[I.B. Pimpin]

When I'm approached by these "entrepreneurs" in the parking lot, all they get from me is a "not interested". Plus this guy had to be wondering why these dudes were selling an IPAD for pocket change. Like the great Lt. Aldo Raine once said, "we hear a story too good to be true... it ain't."

 

[Speedlace]

lol, this is crazy because there were a group of younger guys doing this on siegen lane. Selling fake mac books and ipads in bubble wrap. The holiday season brings the scum out.

Where @ on Siegin Lane ?

Looks this is also being pulled in and Kenner.

Mississippi man booked with theft, armed robbery in Kenner scams

In three of the cases, victims told police they believed Thompson was legitimate and shelled out hundreds of dollars only to discover the boxes that appeared to be filled with electronics were, upon closer inspection, worthless. Thompson robbed a fourth victim at gunpoint after she refused to buy the goods.

In February, police said Thompson approached a 25-year-old Kenner woman outside Wal-Mart at 300 W. Esplanade Ave. and sold her what he claimed was a laptop computer for $200, according to a police report. When she opened the box, the victim found a black binder filled with paper and wrapped in bubble tape, the report said.

In May, he offered to sell an Apple iPad to a 33-year-old Covington man outside the Exxon Gas Station at 2100 Veterans Memorial Blvd. After paying $250, the victim opened the package and found only a piece of glass wrapped in bubble wrap, the report said.

In June, he convinced a 27-year-old LaPlace woman outside Sam's Club on Loyola Drive to pay $500 for two iPads. When the woman opened the package she found two kitchen cutting boards with plastic covers taped on top of them, simulating iPad screens.

On Oct. 22, Thompson approached a 57-year-old New Orleans woman outside The Esplanade mall in Kenner offering to sell iPods for $200. She declined, but Thompson persisted and told her to "look down," according to a police report. She saw the black-squared handle of a gun protruding from his waistband, the report said.

The man told her to "be calm, take the boxes and open her purse," the report said. She took the boxes, the report said, and gave him an envelope containing $1,800.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/11/mississippi_man_booked_with_th.html

 

[jmanrogers]

Shows the mentality of Moon Crickets!! Complete idiots!!