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Robbers smash-and-grab their way to two jackpots
Over in Louisiana, there’s a small and unremarkable community called Ventress. It sits in Pointe Coupee Parish. There was a very daring crime. No gore. Just two guys who stole two video poker machines. The bad guys pulled up outside the Waterloo Exxon and Daiquiris Shop in their Chevy truck. For those of you who don’t know Ventress, that’s right next to the levee on the corner. Now these two climb out wearing masks - shows foresight and planning. They pick up the two machines. Now that’s impressive. Each video poker machine comes in at a slimline 300 pounds but these two heroes exit their truck and drive away with the two machines in the back in 33 seconds. That’s 33 seconds!!! We’d like to be able to say these robbers peeled the machines open with their bare hands, but they used sledgehammers. Just a little bit of cheating and they’ve became millionaire. So if you meet a small guy with biceps to die for and a limp in a bar down in Louisiana, he’s buying the next round.
