SpeedyWilson Loc: Upstate South Carolina

Police say a man walked out of a New Jersey prison after serving 15 years for robbing a children's shoe store, headed straight back to the same shop and robbed it again.

In 1999, 25-year-old Christopher Miller was arrested after he forced employees into the back room of the Stride Rite shoe store on Hooper Avenue in Toms River, tied them up and fled with cash.

After a 15-year sentence, Miller was released on Friday from South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton.

Police say Miller, now 40, took a bus from Atlantic City to Toms River on Saturday, and went to the same shoe store.

Employees tell police that he entered the store and demanded cash, telling the workers -- a teenage boy and 43-year-old woman -- to go to the back room. They refused.

He became agitated, according to police, and took the cash register drawer, which had $389.

He then took the workers' cell phones and fled on foot.

Police say he was found a few blocks away, with the cash stashed in a gutter and the phones in a garbage can.

Police say Miller lists Tulsa, Okla. as his last address. His connection to Toms River is not clear.

He is charged with robbery and is being held on $100,000 bail. Police had no attorney information for him.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Man-Robs-Same-Store-Twice-Stride-Rite-Toms-River-Leaves-Prison-Robs-Store-252265861.html

SmittyOne Loc: California

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Yep. You can't fix stupid.

SpeedyWilson Loc: Upstate South Carolina

Maybe the 15 years wasn't a total waste.

At least he didn't kill anyone; or commit other more dastardly crimes.

Black Bart Loc: Indiana

What is it they say about doing the same thing and expecting different results. :roll:

SpeedyWilson Loc: Upstate South Carolina

Maybe he enjoyed being a star on the "Scared Straight" TV program: warning kids about the dangers of prison life.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

I thing he wanted back into the prison for some reason.

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

Jeff Foxworthy is right... you can't fix stupid. What the hell is up with some people. Perhaps he just didn't want to leave prison. Some people get institutionalized and can't function in society.

pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

Three meals a day, a bed, wifi, large flat screen and pool table in the game room, nice gym, etc. :roll: :lol:

Batman Loc: South-Central Texas

...and you're safe from Obamacare!



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pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

Thanks! I forgot about health, dental, and vision care. Even when you're on death row you must be in good enough shape to take the big dirt nap. We've got to fill that cavity before we zap you, or inject you, or hang, shoot, whatever. I'd go with the cheapest method. Rope is cheaper than bullets. Damn I'm insensitive. :roll:

GregShea Loc: Redding, Ca

He just wanted to go home or he thought he could do it better after 15yrs to think about it. And then there is the other reason.