It’s a loony coincidence.
An alleged serial shoplifter with a weird identify was arrested and charged with stealing over $20,000 of merchandise from Walmart shops throughout northern Georgia, based on Fox 5 Atlanta.
Speedy Gonzalez, 40, was accused of putting pricy objects into an affordable container on the self-checkout, however solely scanning the cheap giant merchandise with out scanning the smaller objects hidden inside.
“Nicotine, gum, diabetic strips, you know, high-priced items, although smaller in nature,” Gainesville Police Lt. Kevin Holbrook mentioned. “He would then pick out an item from the shelf, such as a trash can. In one instance, it was a mailbox… Then take all those items, stick it into the box with the larger item, and then take that, pay for it, and walk out of the store.”
This trick allowed Gonzalez to stroll away with way more than he paid for, however the police caught onto his alleged crimes and arrested him 10 days after one other alleged theft in March.
He was accused of over 20 thefts in Georgia’s Corridor, Barrow, Gwinnett, Habersham, White, and Lumpkin counties.
Gonzalez, who lived northeast of Atlanta, was arrested and booked into the Corridor County jail and faces a collection of federal prices, based on the Gainesville Police Division.
It’s not Gonzalez’s first run-in with police.
In April 2020, Gonzalez was busted in Gwinnett County for allegedly stealing checks from a mailbox and making an attempt to purchase $3,000 value of things with the funds at an area House Depot.
He did stay as much as his identify in that crime since legislation enforcement took months to arrest him.
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Gonzalez’s identify is almost the very same as the long-lasting Looney Tunes character Speedy Gonzales, the fast mouse with an outsized yellow sombrero.
The cartoon was impressed by Frank Gonzales, an assistant animator at Warner Bros. identified for having the ability to draw very quick, based on a former animation worker, Martha Goldman Sigall.
Social media customers poked enjoyable at Gonzalez’s misfortune after his crime spree.
“Clearly wasn’t speedy enough,” one particular person wrote within the remark part of the Gainesville Police Division’s authentic Fb arrest posting.
“He needs to change his name,” one other wrote. “Change it to slowpoke Rodriguez after getting caught.”
“Tell me that is not his real name,” one other quipped.
