Sorry Cigarette Stealer Swipes Smokes From Speedway

FRANKFORT, IL — A sorrowful cigarette thief apologized to a service station clerk as he walked away with a carton of Newport 100s, police said.

The crook dropped in at the Speedway station at the corner of Lincoln Highway and Harlem Avenue about 2:45 a.m. Sunday.

The man produced his credit card and asked for a carton of Newport 100s, police said, but instead of paying for the smokes, once he had them in hand he told the clerk, “Sorry,” and took off.

The man made his getaway in a green Buick Century, police said.

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