Thief leaves his calling card on application

USA: A crook got away with a wad of notes from a Florida petrol station but was caught after making a stupid mistake.

Anthony Thomas asked to fill out a job application as a ruse to make staff drop their guard. He then reached into the cash registers while they weren’t looking.

Police in Ocala soon called on him however, because he had filled out the form with his real name and address.

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