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Dumb Criminals: Iowa Man Tries To Pay Bar Tab With Gun Instead Of Money
A Des Moines man was arrested Friday after handing a bartender his gun instead of money for his tab, police said.
Douglas Allen Wamsley, 38, was drinking at Wellman's Pub, 2920 Ingersoll Ave., and tried to use a credit card to pay his $36 bill, according to police reports.
When the bartender told him the card had been declined, Wamsley handed the bartender a gun instead, authorities said.
The bartender "was surprised by this," police reports show, but he put the gun behind the bar and tried to negotiate a payment with Wamsley, who called several people in an attempt to get money. The bartender told Wamsley to return Saturday to pay the tab and retrieve his gun, and Wamsley became belligerent, the bartender told police.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2014/07/14/man-hands-bartender-gun-not-money/12632365/?sf28512725=[%22[%271%27]%22]
Douglas Allen Wamsley, 38, was drinking at Wellman's Pub, 2920 Ingersoll Ave., and tried to use a credit card to pay his $36 bill, according to police reports.
When the bartender told him the card had been declined, Wamsley handed the bartender a gun instead, authorities said.
The bartender "was surprised by this," police reports show, but he put the gun behind the bar and tried to negotiate a payment with Wamsley, who called several people in an attempt to get money. The bartender told Wamsley to return Saturday to pay the tab and retrieve his gun, and Wamsley became belligerent, the bartender told police.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2014/07/14/man-hands-bartender-gun-not-money/12632365/?sf28512725=[%22[%271%27]%22]
