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In what is perhaps the most millennial crime you've heard of, a 23-year-old woman from California got busted for trying to steal a vape pen from a gas station, and then attempted to flee by Lyft and Uber.
Kate Lamothe leads a very glamorous life, if we’re to go by her Instagram. She travels the world and is partial to posing in bikinis and underwear, in glamorous outfits and in exotic locations. In reality, this week, she couldn’t afford a $42.79 vape pen, according to the affidavit obtained by The Smoking Gun.
Lamothe was staying in a home at Pinellas Park and she hailed a Lyft to an Exxon gas station. Once there, she told the clerk she wanted to buy a vape pen, and when presented with the Juul device, she took it and ran out. And here’s where the story gets really funny.
“When she attempted to flee in her Lyft, the driver declined the opportunity to be Lamothe’s wheelman,” the report says. “Undeterred, Lamothe called for an Uber and began walking away from the Exxon. When cops arrived, they found Lamothe inside an Uber van in a parking lot adjacent to the gas station.”
Lamothe was arrested and confessed to the petty crime after she’d been Miranda-ed. Then, she was unglamorously booked into county jail on the charge of retail theft, and she was released from there once her mother posted a $150 bond. You won’t see that on her Instagram.
While funny, Lamothe isn’t the first criminal to use a ride-sharing service to commit a crime. Unlike in her case, though, other drivers in similar situations didn’t know that they were serving as getaway cars and only found out about it when police knocked on their door.
Using an Uber or a Lyft vehicle to commit a crime is among the dumbest ways to go about it. Because logging into the apps requires inputting personal information, using ride-share to get to or from a crime scene is like drawing a large map for the cops to find you.
Lamothe was staying in a home at Pinellas Park and she hailed a Lyft to an Exxon gas station. Once there, she told the clerk she wanted to buy a vape pen, and when presented with the Juul device, she took it and ran out. And here’s where the story gets really funny.
“When she attempted to flee in her Lyft, the driver declined the opportunity to be Lamothe’s wheelman,” the report says. “Undeterred, Lamothe called for an Uber and began walking away from the Exxon. When cops arrived, they found Lamothe inside an Uber van in a parking lot adjacent to the gas station.”
Lamothe was arrested and confessed to the petty crime after she’d been Miranda-ed. Then, she was unglamorously booked into county jail on the charge of retail theft, and she was released from there once her mother posted a $150 bond. You won’t see that on her Instagram.
While funny, Lamothe isn’t the first criminal to use a ride-sharing service to commit a crime. Unlike in her case, though, other drivers in similar situations didn’t know that they were serving as getaway cars and only found out about it when police knocked on their door.
Using an Uber or a Lyft vehicle to commit a crime is among the dumbest ways to go about it. Because logging into the apps requires inputting personal information, using ride-share to get to or from a crime scene is like drawing a large map for the cops to find you.
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