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Craigslist 'steal' at gunpoint, no deal at all

by KENS 5 Staff

Posted on November 3, 2009 at 6:05 PM

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Police have made an arrest in a Craigslist deal that backfired.


They say 20-year-old Sammy Villa agreed to buy a camera listed on the website.


Villa and two other men met up with the seller Monday at an I-HOP restaurant near IH-410 and Hwy 151.
But instead of buying the camera, investigators say they flashed a gun and demanded it.


The seller, who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, shot Villa twice.


The other two men ran off.


Villa remains in the hospital Tuesday evening.


Officers booked him by proxy, charging him with robbery.
 

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