Thursday, September 01, 2005

$3.00 a gallon, how we gettin' home?

Yep, folks here we go. A pastor in Alton, IL was robbed at gunpoint for gas money.

["They gave him a hard-luck story and were asking for gas money to get back to Springfield, Ill.," said Lt. Craig McGuire of the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department.

Warren said a few people a day usually come into the church seeking gas money, and the church helps when it can. But as gas prices have jumped in recent weeks, so has the number of people seeking help. Wednesday morning, about 16 people had already come in seeking help buying gas.
"I told them I wasn't going to be able to help them," said Warren, 51. "We're a small church. We can't do it all. I thought they were turning to go, but one of them turned around and he had a gun in his hand." ]


They got away with $400 from the pastors wallet that, oddly enough ,was a combination of the pastor's money and money from the collection plate. (RitMeyer is asking herself why this money was in his wallet)
The police detirmined that they indeed got gas, and believe they are headed to Springfield. Wonder how they figured that? Crackerjack police we have in St. Charles County.
Ritmeyer, 2:09 PM

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