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Bystanders Tackle Would-Be Laptop Thief At Ellenton Mall
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Published: February 22, 2009
Two people in a parking lot outside a Starbucks tackled a would-be laptop snatcher Saturday at an outlet mall in Ellenton, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said.
About 4:30 p.m. Saturday Gary Lyman from North Carolina was using his laptop computer at the Prime Outlet Starbucks, Ellenton when a man asked to borrow the computer to check his Facebook site, the sheriff's office said.
After being told no, the man grabbed the computer and ran out. Two unidentified people in the parking lot saw Layman chasing Corey Kinney with the computer and tackled him, holding him until mall security arrived, the sheriff's office said.
Layman got back the computer the sheriff's office said was worth $4,000 and Kinney was charged with robbery.
The sheriff's office said Kinney, 19, with no known address, told deputies he needed money to get back to Texas and knew people had computers at the coffee shop.
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