Police say red dye pack exploded in man's pants

[June 03, 2008]  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Staffers at a pawn shop in Fort Lauderdale thought the shopper with a goatee looked suspicious. Their instincts were confirmed Monday when, two minutes later, a red dye pack exploded in the man's pants. He fled the store, ditching a stolen wad of cash that contained the theft-detection device.

Fort Lauderdale Police Department spokeswoman Kathy Collins said the man matched descriptions of a robber who pilfered a bag of money from a Pompano Beach bank about an hour earlier.

Authorities are still looking for him.

No one was injured but bystanders in the shop complained their eyes stung from the dye mixture that contained some Mace.

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Information from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel, http://www.sun-sentinel.com/

[Associated Press]

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