Robbers smash-and-grab their way to two jackpots
Over in the state of Louisiana, there’s a small and unremarkable town called Ventress. It sits in Pointe Coupee Parish. Pass down Main Street to False River Drive and you’ve missed it. Except there’s been a dareful crime. Nothing was too heavy. No gore. Nothing, exceeded humanity. Just two jolly fellows who stole two poker machines.
There’s never been a crimes of this level in this small town but there were surveillance cameras saw every little thing. The bad guys pulled up outside the Waterloo Exxon and Daiquiris Shop in their Chevy truck. For those of you who don’t know Ventress, that’s right next to the levee on the corner. Now these two climb out wearing masks - shows foresight and planning. The smaller had some physical defect in his legs. The big guy smashes through the glass frontage like it was a movie set fake. They pick up the two machines. Now that’s impressive. Each video poker machine comes in at a slimline 300 pounds but these two heroes exit their truck and drive away with the two machines in the back in 33 seconds. We’d like to be able to say these robbers peeled the machines open with their bare hands, but they used sledgehammers. Some cheating there, but they made a few thousand dollars for their efforts. So if you meet a small guy with biceps to die for and a limp in a bar down in Louisiana.