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Money can buy a lot of things but good character isn't in that list.A week after paying $8 million for a private island in the Florida Keys, a real estate developer was arrested for stealing $300 in merchandise from a department store, police report.
Andrew Lippi, 59, was busted Saturday on a felony grand theft rap for allegedly swiping coffeemakers, linen, and light bulbs from a Kmart in Key West.
According to a Key West Police Department report, Lippi purchased the household goods and then returned the items to Kmart, where employees discovered that the boxes no longer contained the new items.
Lippis bust came days after he closed on the $8 million purchase of Thompson Island, a gated island adjacent to Key West.
Andrew Lippi, 59, was busted Saturday on a felony grand theft rap for allegedly swiping coffeemakers, linen, and light bulbs from a Kmart in Key West.
According to a Key West Police Department report, Lippi purchased the household goods and then returned the items to Kmart, where employees discovered that the boxes no longer contained the new items.
Lippis bust came days after he closed on the $8 million purchase of Thompson Island, a gated island adjacent to Key West.
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(Guess) man who paid $8 million for a private island busted for Mart of K thefts (Original Post)
47of74
Apr 2019
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marble falls
(57,610 posts)2. Hey, everybody does it, am I right?
Karadeniz
(22,607 posts)3. Some people...one in particular..just get a high from duping people.
CaptainTruth
(6,622 posts)4. Wow, there's a Kmart in the Keys? *mind blown*
47of74
(18,470 posts)5. Yeah I know
That was my first thought too - K-Mart still exists....
Our Mart of K closed about two years ago.