Craigslist buyer encounters the seller's gun & taser, is robbed of $400

Human Torch

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Thu Jun-29-06 08:03 PM
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Craigslist buyer encounters the seller's gun & taser, is robbed of $400

From today's edition of the San Jose Mercury News Police Blotter:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/14928225.htm

SAN JOSE

900 block of South Sixth Street, 2:47 p.m. Tuesday A potential buyer of a craiglist item was robbed of $400 by a seller who brandished a gun and Taser when they met to complete the transaction.

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Scout1071

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Thu Jun-29-06 08:09 PM
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1. Scary.

I have been thinking of selling a few things on craigslist, but I would never let someone meet me at my house. I think some out there might use it as a means to "case a joint."

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