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Most criminals who break into a restaurant are more concerned with the money they have on hand than the food they’re sitting on. However, that was not the case with a North Carolina man who’s been charged with commandeering a Little Caesars in the middle of a blizzard so he could make some dough by selling their pizza.
At the risk of being accused of suggesting burglars tend to lack proper work ethic, I don’t think it’s a stretch to suggest many people who turn to that particular kind of crime find it attractive because it allows them to make a relatively quick buck as opposed to having to do a real, actual job.
In most cases, robbers who target a dining establishment are on the hunt for a stash of cash, bottles of alcohol, and other valuable items that they can flip relatively quickly instead of having to work there for days and even weeks on end to earn the same amount.
I can’t say I endorse the behavior of a guy in North Carolina who recently landed in jail due to a decidedly illegal stunt he pulled while the state was dealing with some severe winter weather, but I have to say I begrudgingly respect the route he took to try to make some money compared to the alternative.
Police in Kinston, North Carolina arrested a man who was charged with making and selling pizza for his own personal gain after breaking into a Little Caesars
North Carolina was one of the states on the East Coast that received a significant amount of snow from the system that swept across the region last weekend, and the town of Kinston was blanketed with a little over a foot after it started to fall on January 31st.
According to The Charlotte Observer, the Little Caesars location on West Vernon Avenue was at the center of a break-in during the blizzard, as Jonathon Hackett, a former employee at the store, allegedly broke into the shop while the town was under a storm-related curfew before preparing and cooking an unspecified number of pizzas that he proceeded to sell to unsuspecting customers while keeping the proceeds.
It seems safe to assume no actual employees were at the store when that crime occurred. However, that was not the case when he showed up again on February 1st, as workers called the police when he appeared again and (based on the 41-year-old’s mugshot) got some solid blows in during an altercation that transpired before they arrived on the scene to arrest him.
Hackett was transported to the hospital for treatment before being booked on multiple felony charges, including breaking and entering, larceny, and obtaining property by false pretenses.