My image of the Marlborough man is forever tainted now, after a news report out of the Massachusetts town with the same name. It seems two โMarlborough menย tool thievesโย were arrested this week after police said theyย went into a Home Depot and returned a tool kit they had never purchased forย store credit.
But they didnโt get caught for thatโฆ no, they got away with that particular crime. It was when the numb-skulls attempted to leave, apparently not content with their free money, with the returned tool that they got nabbed. โMoronโ doesnโt begin to describe these men. But I digressโฆ From the article:
Michael L. Letendre, 45, of 125 Second Road, was charged withย larceny of property of more than $250, assault and battery andย conspiracy. Jeffrey P. Marrazzo, 44, of 18 Second Road, was chargedย with larceny of property worth more than $250 and conspiracy.
Detective Martha Shea said Letendre took a DeWalt combo tool kitย worth $499 off the shelf and brought it to the return desk, pretendingย he had already bought it.
After receiving store credit, Letendre tried to leave the storeย with the kit, Shea said. When security approached Letendre, he becameย belligerent and pushed his way out of the store.
A police officer pursued him and arrested Letendre on East Mainย Street, Shea said. Marrazzo, who had left shortly after the twoย arrived, returned to the store, unaware of what had happened. Policeย arrested him for working with Letendre.
Apparently, this wasnโt the first time either of these men have done this. Both Letendre and Marrazzo had been under surveillance forย possible thefts in the past at Home Depot and other stores according to the investigator.
Maybe itโs just me, but I can envision a whole new way to discourage smoking with ads of crazed Marlborough men banding together and robbing home improvement stores all over the city for cigarette moneyโฆ
