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Deserted Caps Lead to RI Liquor Store Robbery Arrests

Chris Boardman

Story Created: Nov 30, 2009 at 10:04 AM EDT

Story Updated: Nov 30, 2009 at 10:33 AM EDT

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) - Police say they were able to cap off an investigation into a liquor store robbery in Charlestown by finding the owners of two hats left behind.

Police tell The Sun of Westerly that two 17-year-old boys broke
into Rippy's Liquor and Marketplace on Nov. 16 and made off with $1,000 worth of tobacco products, alcohol and lighters.

They also caused an estimated $5,000 in damage.

Investigators found a Boston Celtics cap and a Chicago Bulls cap at the scene.

They showed the headwear around the neighborhood and in local schools, eventually developing leads that led them to the suspects last week.

Police say the teens, whose names were not released because of their age, are also suspects in a vandalism spree at a local auto body shop.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Monday, Nov 30 at 7:16 PM Dean wrote ...

Throw the book at these vermin. Personally I think they should be locked away from society FOREVER. They are animals.

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Monday, Nov 30 at 2:23 PM LEO777 wrote ...

A slap on the wrist is all they will get, after all the were good boysssssssss HELLO

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Monday, Nov 30 at 1:20 PM OLIVE wrote ...

BOOT CAMP FOR THEM

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Monday, Nov 30 at 12:58 PM me wrote ...

those punks need a beating

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Monday, Nov 30 at 12:41 PM yankeerebal30 wrote ...

i know one of them . its to bad to but he should have been smarter than that he knows better

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Monday, Nov 30 at 10:38 AM hahaha wrote ...

get those morans

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