At about 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, the man walked into the Ace Checks Cashed on Southeast 73rd Avenue and Powell Street, where he attacked and robbed a woman who works in the store, police said. Officers have identified the employee as 37-year-old Nicole Loundree, of Portland.
Workers at a nearby business said they noticed something suspicious at the check-cashing store and then saw a man in a Comcast uniform rush out and leave in a Comcast van.
The police stopped two nearby Comcast vans and arrested one of the drivers, 25-year-old Michael Clarence Hagen, and charged him with attempted aggravated murder, assault, and robbery.
Hilariously, at least one local Comcast customer has decided this spells doom for her future Comcast dealings:
That frightens me because Comcast was just at our house this morning just at 9 o'clock fixing our wireless Internet, because our modems were broken, and you don't know who you're letting in your home," [Michelle] Gardner said.
We know we like to cover bad things that Comcast does, but we're pretty sure they don't hire criminals at any higher a rate than other companies.
"Comcast Worker Jailed; Robbery Victim Recovering" [KPTV] (Thanks to Kevin!)
]]>We know we like to cover bad things that Comcast does, but we're pretty sure they don't hire criminals at any higher a rate than other companies.
Now that would be an interesting study.
But I'm too lazy to even go back and count how many "Comcast employee does something illegal" stories there are here as opposed to maybe Best Buy. I think there's been more than two of each.
]]>What a DUMBASS.
]]>@Bluth_Cornballer: well done, freudian slip and all :)
]]>@BZMedia: We once noticed our not-yet-released hardware product up on eBay. We traced it back to someone who worked at the board manufacturer swiping assembled components and selling them on eBay. Unfortunately, I never found out what happened to that person...
]]>@Bluth_Cornballer: Beat me to it. :) I need to refresh the page before posting.
]]>One day the main tech was out sick and some parts were needed. so the company Secretary went online to find somewhere to order them. She found a lovely site to order the parts from, run by the Tech that was off sick.
yup he was taking the parts home and selling them online...
]]>Did he sleep through the robbery?
]]>@Berz:
If you read the original article, "attempted aggravated murder" is what was reported. Chris is quoting, so yes, he meant to write aggravated murder.
Generally some crime is aggravated if there are additional circumstances such as using a firearm in the commission of a felony.
]]>No, no, no...Not "crimetastic," crimeCASTic!
]]>If Comcast paid him more, he wouldn't have to rob people on his lunch hour.
If Comcast didn't have a monopoly in the area, they would have to compete for his services and he would make enough to feed his meth habit without resorting to crime.
I blame the government and Comcast!
]]>"Yeah, I'll hook up yer cable for a case of beer."
]]>The worst part of this was he was supposed to rob the place between 4am and 8am.
]]>@BZMedia:
Probably sell it on Ebay. A close friend of mine who works for a large electronics company (that shall remain nameless for my friends sake) told me of a rule made after a former employee set up a "Company Outlet Store" on Ebay.
The company saw the store, traced it back to an employee who was taking merchandise from the warehouse and making a tidy profit off of it on Ebay.
]]>Nice.
]]>(is exec bashing still in, or is it like "sooo last season"?)
]]>@BZMedia: if he has no issue stealing from the company, im sure he has no issue "selling" service on the side.
]]>@I Love New Jersey: Not that smart. Look for the getaway vehicle with COMCAST emblazened on the side. This wasn't "The Italian Job" here, just some nitwit assaulting a woman and scurrying away with probably less than $100.
]]>Even when they attempt to rob some place, Comcast can't get it right.
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