Woman robs restaurant while tearfully apologizing

[February 06, 2009]  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Police have arrested a woman they say robbed a South Bend restaurant while tearfully apologizing to the cashier.

The woman, whose identity wasn't released, was taken to the St. Joseph County Jail on a charge of theft Tuesday night.

According to a police report, the woman told the cashier at the Long John Silver's restaurant she had a gun and needed money, then began crying and said, "If I wasn't down and out, I wouldn't be doing this."

As the woman waited at the counter, a customer in the drive-through line called police. The woman was running across a nearby parking lot as police arrived and arrested her. Police said no weapon was found.

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