Gregory Reaux, 29, will be 69 when he gets out of the pen for robbing six GameStops in Louisiana with a boxcutter and a cutoff sleeve as a mask.
Reaux was a former GameStop employee fired because he “improperly use[ed]employee discounts and store deals,” according to The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. In apparent retaliation, he robbed at least six different GameStop locations, making out with several thousand dollars and “various merchandise”.
Reaux hit GameStops in the towns of Slidell, Jefferson Parish, Hammond, Walker and Denham Springs. That left the store in Mandeville. So officers staked it out and nabbed Reaux as he prepared to hit that one.
Man Gets 40 Years In Jail After Robbing Several GameStops [Hot Blooded Gaming]
Brink
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 11:57 AMWow 40 years huh? In AU he would have got like 6 month suspended sentence :(
Tyr
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 12:24 PMLike 8 years per store he robbed…
Alex
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 12:53 PMAnd in America he would have received a good behaviour bond, if he was of caucasian appearance.
Oh no I di’nt.
Drag0nman
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 1:02 PMYeah and in VIC it’ll probably be 3 :P. Gotta love living in Melbourne lol
TheRev
Friday, August 20, 2010 at 1:11 AMlol Yeah they actually have this thing called “justice” in the United States. Apparently it works? All I know is I’m gonna go watch Mad Max again.
Daniel
Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 5:50 PM6 months? here?! hahaha what are you talking about mate?! more like 30 days community service (serves 15).
You forget he’d be a minority here. We still haven’t fully said “sorry” yet, so this will show him how sorry we actually are.
Blake
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 12:00 PM40 years for theft. That’s a lot of time to have a good long think about what you’ve done wrong.
Michael Barnes
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 12:05 PM“38 with Edge card” -snorts chocolate milk everywhere-
Ripley McStoner
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 12:08 PMHey Brink. In Oz it wouldnt even go before a judge. Our laws are shite :(
Adrian
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 1:36 PMI entirely agree. In Aus he’d prob go to jail for maybe 6 months and when upon being released be giving money as we do to help them start out again…
P3t3
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 1:19 PMAmerica, land of the free if your white anglo saxon christian!
Rion1
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 1:55 PMThat is the best headline ever.
taco
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 2:21 PMWell it is ARMED robbery.
DKnight1000
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 2:27 PMI don’t think we’d slap a mere 6 months on armed robbery. But I know little about our legal system.
James
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 6:03 PM40 years? Bit harsh isn’t it?
TheRev
Friday, August 20, 2010 at 1:15 AM… ah, no? When was the last time you committed armed robbery? If the answer is “well, never” then well, thats why you’re a free man.
Jona
Friday, August 20, 2010 at 5:25 AMHe should have killed some one.. He would be out sooner.
metalisticpain
Friday, August 20, 2010 at 12:58 PMif only Australia had some form of justice. The first posters are right, 6 months suspended sentence if that.
Arcane Azmadi
Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 7:31 PM40 years for robbing a few shops. That’s 2 life sentences and he didn’t even hurt anybody. Armed robbery? He had a friggin’ BOX CUTTER.
They might as well have executed him, it’d have about the same effect on his life. 40 years in jail is basically like death only you’re alive to suffer through it. Anyone who unironically calls this “justice” is a douchebag.