This police item from Morristown was just too odd to pass up, even if it isn’t in our immediate coverage area:
Cops: Man robs store, waits for cab, gets caught
MORRISTOWN — A man who allegedly robbed an Elm Street phone store at knifepoint on Monday afternoon and fled the scene was found about a block away waiting for a cab, police said.
According to police, “Eric Scottland, 19, of Morris Township” stole about $300 from Phones Are Us in Morristown and fled. Police discovered someone matching Scottland’s description, according to the story, “in the rear of a Morris Street business, about a block away from the store.”
Why hang around, you ask? The answer is what makes this worth reading:
The man, who was later identified as Scottland, had called a local cab service and was waiting for the car when he was found, police said.
I guess there wasn’t a bus that ran in the area.
Hank Kalet 