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ALMOST JAIL — The following is a video wherein you will see a young male make the biggest mistake of his life — burglarizing a beloved mom-and-pop shop in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
Sure, it's never a good idea to steal in the first place; I think we can all agree it's always a mistake. But this fellow made an even worse mistake, because he robbed Stelly's Supermarket, an establishment frequented and well-loved by Lt. Clay Higgins and his boss, the sheriff.
Higgins gives this criminal such a stern "what for" via this "Crime Stoppers" video, I wouldn't be surprised if the suspect turned himself in immediately.
"If you are the man who committed this felony, look at me son, I'm talking to you," Higgins says without irony and with steel in his eyes.
He proceeds to calmly explain why the man will be caught and what exactly will happen to him. Higgins also gets personal and cuts deep, telling the perpetrator that he won't have to wait for the police to process his DNA, because nobody likes the man enough to pass up the $1,000 reward for turning him in. Ouch.
The entire speech will both terrify and entertain you, mainly because you aren't the one in the deepest with the law enforcement of this town. The dichotomy in feelings is kind of like magic.
It's no wonder Higgins is all fired up. He explains in the video that it's a decades-old, family run business, owned by people who are "known to be generous" and are the "epitome of Southern hospitality." Plus they apparently make a delicious cheeseburger.
I haven't ever burglarized a store, nor have I ever wanted to, but this video still scared me straight.
