Rhode Islanders Can Rest Easy Today: The Potato Burglar Has Been Caught
French Fry – Providence police said Monday that a man accused of using a potato to look like a weapon in two attempted robberies has been arrested.
Officials said 34-year-old Gary Deming was already being held at the ACI on other charges.
Providence police said Deming admitted during an interview to the two attempted robberies. He said he attached the potato to the end of a butane lighter.
Deming was charged with assault to commit robbery.
Workers at a Shell gas station on Branch Avenue said a potato-wielding man tried to hold them up April 21. They scared him away with a bat.
Police said the same man tried to rob a dry cleaning store on Charles Street about 30 minutes later. The owners gave him a counterfeit $20 bill.
45 people got shot Easter weekend in Chicago but they’re probably thanking their lucky stars they didn’t have to deal with the potato burglar. Rhode Islanders can sleep with both eyes closed now. This long nightmare of a man with a potato and a thirst for blood is over. When I first saw the headline, I honestly thought a drunk guy tried to steal a potato from a convenience store, which would be weird but kind of understandable. Robbing a convenience store with a butane lighter and a potato, on the other hand, is something that is not meant to be understood. Probably a good thing he got caught because he was a horrible burglar. If all you get after two robbery attempts is a counterfeit $20 bill then maybe its a blessing in disguise that you got caught. Spend a little time in prison and rethink your robbery strategies (don’t use a potato as a weapon). Trust me when I say this, we haven’t heard the last of the potato wielding mad man known as Gary Deming.
– Ryan
Posted on April 29, 2014, in Average Blog Posts and tagged deming, Gary, island, potato, rhode, Robbery. Bookmark the permalink. 9 Comments.
WTF who in the blue hell would use a potato as a weapon
apparently Greg from RI. He’s really shaming us Rhode Islanders with these tactics
If I already didn’t have any faith in humanity, I would’ve already started to right now
couldn’t agree more. it’s almost unbelievable that this is true.
Man it would be funny if this was on World’s dumbest
if they catch wind of the story it has to be. especially since both of his robbery attempts failed. if I worked at a store and he came in to rob me I wouldn’t be able to take him seriously
I wouldn’t either but I’m pretty sure we would both probably punch him in the face because I’m pretty sure we both don’t like to be hit with a potato
very true. I would be upset if someone hit me with a potato.
I would be more than upset. trust me