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we went and saw cats n dogs today, theatre was packed. but its a funny movie. i liked it.
Witnesses saw the vehicle outside a Home Depot, 7400 Shields, where a medium-size man with short, wavy hair lifted a hatchet from a rack and used it to rob the store shortly after 11 a.m. The man drove away in the sport utility vehicle, police said. Minutes later, a man matching his description and armed with a hatchet robbed a Conoco station, 7416 S Western Ave. A witness saw the robber drive away in a similar vehicle. "The supposition is that he gets lost, because he ends up going to Weatherford," Moore said. There, the robber carried the hatchet into a Wal-Mart store. "An employee there said, 'Hey, that looks like a weapon,'" Moore said. "The guy said he wanted to return it, so they put a sticker on it and he walked on in." The man approached a cashier and demanded money, escaping with $700 to $800, Moore said. "He departs, but he can't find his way to Interstate 40," the detective said. "He ends up at a convenience store near Butler." The man entered the store, then left and sat outside in the vehicle with the engine running. Something about his behavior disturbed a store worker, and when an Oklahoma Lake Patrol officer entered the store, the worker voiced her concerns, Moore said. The officer approached the man and asked him to shut off the sport utility vehicle's engine, Moore said. The man complied, but as the officer walked toward the back of the vehicle to check the tag number, the man started the engine and drove away. The officer followed the man, but stopped to unhook a boat he had been towing. About five miles north of Butler, the officer found the sport utility vehicle wrecked and off the road. It had rolled at least once, and a hatchet was found inside. The driver was nowhere to be found. A short time later, an orange 1971 pickup was stolen from a house about two miles from the crash site. "There's a strong probability he managed to elude the perimeter they'd set up, stole the vehicle, and intentionally or unintentionally ended up heading back toward Oklahoma City," Moore said.
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