Texas man accused of stealing car from parking lot after applying for job
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A man in Texas applied for a job at a taco restaurant, then promptly stole a car from the parking lot on Tuesday, police say.
“Who goes and applies for a job and then steals a car in the parking lot?” Kilgore Assistant Police Chief Roman Roberson said, according to KLTV.
Courtney Wheat, 30, was arrested the next day. He had applied to work at a Taco Bueno in Kilgore, some 120 miles east of Dallas.
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Brandon Jones told KLTV he left his Datsun 280ZX running because he'd just needed to go back inside the restaurant to grab a kid's meal for his son. "I saw my car just dip down and I knew someone was in my car."
Jones said after he raced outside, he tried and failed to break the car's window. A manager reportedly sped after the car, but could not catch up.
A worker told Jones that the suspect "'just put in an application,' and I was like, 'are you serious?'"
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Here's your sign- Last night a man entered a local eating establishment to get a bite to eat. Unfortunately, he left his...
Posted by Kilgore Police Department on Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Cops said they tracked down the suspect at a nearby Budget Inn and arrested him. It's not clear whether the restaurant will actually hire him.