Some teenaged GameStop employees decided it would be a great idea to report on the day before launch that the four PS3 consoles were stolen from them at gunpoint.
https://gizmodo.com/retail-jerkwatch-console-edition-217386
Police say they discovered that the “robbery report was bogus”, and that there may have been more people involved. The four PS3s still haven’t been recovered, but you can bet these two kids are busy stashing the consoles where the cops can’t find them. That, and hoping they don’t have to go to PMITA prison.
Holdup was fake, cops say [SacBee via Joystiq]
