A 19-year-old gentleman in Monroe, Louisiana asked a couple of guys at his gym if he could borrow some guns he noticed in their truck so that he could rob someone. He needed cash to skip town, and thought stealing it at gunpoint was his best shot (pun intended). But it was a botched scheme after the two men “flagged down an officer,” according to AP, and warned them about the fellow's plans. He was then arrested for possession of meth.
From AP:
[Landon Wayne] Duke had approached the men, whom he reportedly knew, in a Planet Fitness parking lot and noticed they had guns in their truck, according to a police arrest report obtained by The Monroe News Star. The men told investigators Duke said he wanted to borrow the guns to rob someone of enough money to leave town. The men said no and entered the gym, according to the report.
Duke allegedly followed and worked out with the men while continuing to talk about robbing someone, investigators wrote. Police later spotted Duke at nearby a gas station and found what they believed to be methamphetamine wrapped in a $100 bill in is pocket, the newspaper said.
Duke was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center on Sunday on one count of possession of a schedule II controlled dangerous substance. He remained in custody Monday, the News Star said.
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