Los Angeles: A Well-Trained Toddler

A Well-Trained Toddler

The trouble, said Policeman Bruce Barber, was that the perpetrator was only 2 ft. 6 in. tall and so "didn't attract any attention" when she sidled up to the Brinks guard's money bag. While the guard was distracted signing receipts in a cafeteria at Los Angeles International Airport, the tiny girl reached into the bag and pulled out a bundle of cash totaling $8,300. She then toddled back to her nearby parents and handed it to her father. An alert cashier who ! happened to see the exchange rushed over to George Arias, 36, and his wife Joanna, 22, to retrieve...

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