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Walmart worker tips police to arms cache in New York college town
It's a good thing he was caught (illegal silencer, straw purchased rifle, fireworks bombs), but it is also more than a little disturbing that just buying these items in one shopping trip would trigger an investigation. The items seem innocuous to me and I could totally see myself buying stuff like that in a single trip as I tend to try to do all my shopping at one go to minimize the annoyance factor.
A Walmart employee contacted authorities after Reynolds used a gift card at the Ithaca store to buy ammunition, camping gear, drill bits, hacksaw blades, knives and other "suspicious" items, according to a criminal complaint filed on Friday.
It's a good thing he was caught (illegal silencer, straw purchased rifle, fireworks bombs), but it is also more than a little disturbing that just buying these items in one shopping trip would trigger an investigation. The items seem innocuous to me and I could totally see myself buying stuff like that in a single trip as I tend to try to do all my shopping at one go to minimize the annoyance factor.