Daniel Palmer thought it would be great idea to snatch a gold chain at gunpoint…only to find out it was fake.
Via Miami New Times:
This past April 30, Palmer approached a group of friends standing near 11th Avenue and Ocean Drive and pulled out a gun. He grabbed one man’s gold chain and fled on foot. That should have been Palmer’s final move, but the mugger quickly discovered that his ill-gotten loot was actually fool’s gold.
So a couple of minutes later, Palmer, this time driving a white Mercedes-Benz, returned to the group of men to complain that the gold chain was fake.
Come on, buddy. Unless you’re pulling off an elaborately planned Ocean’s Eleven-style gold heist, you take what you get. You can’t blame the victim for your own incompetence. Complaining about authenticity? Palmer is like South Beach’s answer to Holden Caulfield, and he can’t stand phonies.
Palmer took off in his Benz, but the victim was able to flag down a nearby police officer, who gave chase. Palmer refused to pull over.
The charges Palmer now faces are indeed real and include armed robbery, fleeing and eluding police, and reckless driving.
Palmer was not granted bond and is still in custody at Metro West Detention Center.
That’s his karma for stealing.