Man arrested for using fake Nintendo gun to rob grocery store

The individual managed to extort several hundred dollars by threatening the grocer with his dummy weapon. He was eventually arrested and taken into custody three days later.

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Published on 05/06/2023 at 12:19update on 05/06/2023 at 12:23

Almost successful bluff. On Saturday, June 3, a South Carolina man was arrested after authorities said he robbed a convenience store with a fake gun, designed to play a game. nintendo video gameaccording to information from CNN.

David Joseph Dalesandro, 25, robbed the grocery storeMercury Stopin Sharon, a small town in northwestern South Carolina, using a gun from the game “Duck Huntspray painted black, according to the York County Sheriff’s Office. CNN was unable to determine if he was already represented by an attorney.

Arrest

Witnesses said an individual entered the store on May 30 wearing a wig, wearing a hoodie and his face covered with a mask, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. He wore on his belt the accessory well known to gamers of the 80s, the weapon of the ball-trap game “Duck Huntoriginally gray and orange, carefully camouflaged with black paint.

He allegedly showed the seller the fake gun and demanded about $300 from the till, authorities said. The grocer complied, without questioning the nature of the gun pointed at him: child’s play. Sheriff’s deputies discovered David Dalesandro in the parking lot of a nearby Dollar General store three days later, still armed with the gambling gun hidden in his pants, according to the local authorities’ press release. He was arrested and taken into custody on June 3, the toy he used as a weapon was confiscated.