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r/Austin•
Remick

If you have any info on this person, please contact Austin PD. (Picture inside)

This guy has robbed, at gunpoint, multiple Subways and Gamestops throughout Austin in the past few weeks, including one Subway location twice within a few days. Last week he hit the store I work at on Thursday in Northern Austin off of 35, only to return to the other Gamestop location on the other side of 35 and hit that store today (07/02/12). If you have any information at all or know who he may be, please contact the local Austin PD (512) 974-5088 or (512) 974-5750. I would really like not to go in to work and wonder if this gun wielding asshole is going to come in again.

EDIT: Adding the related news article from a few days ago, prior to todays robbery. http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/three-game-stops-robbed-in-three-days

Posted Jul 3, 2012, 4:21 AM UTC · edited

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BattleHall•

One of these days he's going to rob a local, non-chain store and end up getting lead poisoning.

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aedinius•

Acute lead-poisoning, I call it.

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HookDragger•

Straight to the point?

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aedinius•

Assuming it isn't hollow.

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HookDragger•

Ahhh, then it just blossoms!

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RonniePudding•

A lot of chain stores are locally owned by one of our Austin neighbors.

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testu_nagouchi•

but are still generally bound by the franchise's rules regarding concealed carry. ಠ_ಠ

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gonzopancho•

maybe this guy knows that.

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BattleHall•

I just meant in the sense that you always hear about people at large companies getting fired for resisting a robber because it is against Corporate policy. Try and rob a sole proprietor, and that's not an issue.

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Chocrates•

haha dunno why that was funny

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Ramacher•

APD is willing to give a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, GameStop is offering $5,000.

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Shappie•

I'd request a copy of Battletoads as payment

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macgillweer•

Free crab salad foot-longs for life!

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darksober•

NEW COPY

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Danoli77•

$6000! he's lucky I don't know him. I'd be able to buy my gf the implants she's been wanting. Then I'd be a hero to GameStop the city of Austin and my girlfriend. Winner winner chicken dinner.

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testu_nagouchi•

Bob's Discount Tires and Boob Jobs

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MooShuBeef•

personique is one of the best plastic surgery places in the city. they do boob jobs for a litttle under 7k and they look great

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Fuckin_Hipster•

That was 20 years ago.

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jhnhines•

IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO SHUT UP LALALAL I'M STILL YOUNG!

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Danoli77•

It's a whole different economy now what can I say.

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darksober•

The 5000 from gamestop is in store credit only.

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thejeneral•

perfectly alright with that.

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imafunghi•

so buy a bunch of the most popular games and put them on ebay?

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MonsterIt•

He looks like Joey Lawrence.

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illegal_deagle•

Dude hasn't had a steady job since Blossom. I say just give him the money.

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theharlotfelon•

Didn't he have another show for a while with the same chick? (check netflix)

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theharlotfelon•

Doh, that's what I actually meant. I thought they had a previous show together but I guess not. I think my brain passed out extra information to hide the shame even though Netflix tells me I would "like" it. /sigh

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Yazzz•

The show is still running I think. :(

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almosthuman•

Whoa!

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theartofficial•

Whoa

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CantHackItPantywaist•

http://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/vpmq1/this_guy_robbed_a_couple_of_gamestops_and_a/

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like9mexicans•

There is no way this guy lives in Austin or he would have been identified by now -- the pictures they have of the guy are about as clear as they get.

Wonder if they are airing this in San Antonio or Seguin.

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yeen•

How much money is he getting by robbing a gamestop? like <$1k? It seems rather risky for the reward...

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Wegener•

Even bank robbers don't take that much. The risk/reward is absoulte shit. You either have to be desperate as hell or idiotic, or both.

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ozzmeister00•

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/563958_10102160157483960_1524835766_n.jpg

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bugdog•

I think that explains all the cops that showed up at the GameStop next to FiveGuys when I was there a couple of days ago. I thought it was weird at the time. Huh. I narrowly avoided three fucked up situations in one week. Nice.

(We were nearly car jacked in Kingwood by a couple of fat fucking Porter-ites on the way to Austin, then this thing in a store I was actually considering visiting before FiveGuys and that derecho that blew through Indiana where I actually live. Now we're driving back to Indiana and I feel like one of the idiots in those Final Destination movies.)

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drmunkeluv•

The one by the arboretum? They haven't been hit yet.

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bugdog•

That's because it's not a GameStop (d'oh!), it's a Play N Trade. I was down at Arbor Trails at Wm. Cannon and South Mopac. Right as I was leaving Five Guys, at least three APD units pulled up next door, parking all wonky like they do when something's up and looking like happy terriers in search of rats.

So maybe the baddies hit Play N Trade or the toy store next to it? I dunno, I didn't ask. I wanted to get home with my fries before they got cold.

I just checked and there was an agg. robbery w/ deadly weapon right there at the same time I was getting my burger. Awesome.

(yet another edit - it's the same guy but on the 29th it was the Radio Shack he hit. Not even next door to where I was, so meh. I guess when I tell the story to my Indiana coworkers I can exaggerate the closeness of the Radio Shack to the Five Guys.)

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AwesomeIncarnate•

Man this guy has a thing for Gamestop...Or maybe he just hates them that much.

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mandiexile•

The cops came into the Carino's I worked at asking questions. I think I threw one of our customers undr the bus....he matched the vague description the cop gave.

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imafunghi•

Ohhhhh So thats why a cop asked me if I saw a suspicious man around when i was standing at the bustop in the hancock center on tuesday.

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leoselassie•

Bring your own gun to work and blast his ass if you see him. Gamestop will fire you because being a bitch is part of company policy but those who have a pair will praise you. You won't be out of a job long, some small business owner will be glad to have someone who has a pair working for them.

edit: do the /austin thing, grow a vagina and hide hoping the world will just be a better place if you hope for it hard enough.

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jbirdkerr•

...or we can shoot our problems. That always works, too.

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leoselassie•

I'm not having this argument in /austin with a bunch of pacifistic bloody tampons about being prepared and ready for the world that's not all lollypops and gum drops again. The OP wants this guy caught and is scared to go into work because of his fear of being held at gun point again. If he had a firearm under the counter the feeling of helplessness and fear would reside. I'm not the guy who argues that guns solve everything but in this case it would sure fucking help.

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Hillbetty•

My sister upon a recent visit asked why I needed to put my pistol in her gun safe- explained that traveling alone, I feel more safe and prepared should something happen.

Three nights later, her friend/neighbor a quarter mile away is shot by a female and hit over the head with a fucking HATCHET less than half mile from her house.

The perp was a female and never caught. Likely a tweaker.

Iowa=meth

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alicewisdom•

Missouri = much more meth. Completely beside the point, but now having lived in both, MO wins.

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steezetrain•

I like you.

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Be_Zen_Be_Kind_Be_U•

Really wish we had a nanny govt and cams everywhere + face recognition to catch people like this. It kinda sucks that in 2012 we can catch someone on fucking video and still not be able to figure out who the shit they are.

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[deleted]•

Yea, because having someone watch every second of your life via CCTV is the solution to all problems.

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Hillbetty•

Hello citizen.

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Be_Zen_Be_Kind_Be_U•

Of course not but god damn I've seen so many crimes caught on tape where they cant sort out who it is...in 2012. So frustrating.

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ImFromHereDamnit•

Don't worry, soon all you will need to do is upload the photo to Facebook and it will automatically find the person for you. Facebook purchased Face.com recently and Face.com is alll about that facial recognition.

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