Red Dye Pack Explodes In Man's Pants

[Kor37 9]

Police say red dye pack exploded in man's pants

AP

Posted: 2008-06-02 18:56:09

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Staffers at a pawn shop in Fort Lauderdale thought the shopper with a goatee looked suspicious. Their instincts were confirmed Monday when, two minutes later, a red dye pack exploded in the man's pants. He fled the store, ditching a stolen wad of cash that contained the theft-detection device.

 

Fort Lauderdale Police Department spokeswoman Kathy Collins said the man matched descriptions of a robber who pilfered a bag of money from a Pompano Beach bank about an hour earlier.

 

Authorities are still looking for him.

 

No one was injured but bystanders in the shop complained their eyes stung from the dye mixture that contained some Mace.

:wacko:

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

It took an hour for the dye container to explode after leaving the bank?

[Wishfire 2]

No, it took two minutes to explode after being pilfered from the pawn shop.

[A l t e r E g o 9]

I wonder how the dye pack got in his pants.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

I think you should re-read the article. He stole the wad of cash from the bank, then went into the pawn shop, looked suspicious, and the dye exploded while he was still in the pawn shop. The article mentioned nothing about stealing anything from the pawn shop, just looking suspicious in it.

 

He probably hadn't unfolded the wad of cash from the bank yet.