JASON’S PICK
Would-be car buyer loses $5K, phone and his pants
A Northwest Side man was robbed of $5,000, his cell phone, and his pants when he was trying to buy a car through craigslist last night.
The 22-year-old man said he and his girlfriend were not injured but said the ordeal was frightening. "They took a lot of things," he said.
The man was trying to buy an Infiniti he'd seen advertised on craigslist and was told to meet the seller last night at a home in the 4300 block of
The home's door was open, so he went inside where he began talking to two men while his 20-year-old girlfriend waited inside a 2004 Nissan in the alley, according to police.
But things turned ugly when one of the duo pulled a silver handgun and hit the victim on the back of the head with it. The other man drew a black gun and demanded he take off his pants and shoes, according to police.
When the man brandishing the black gun began to yell: "Where's the money?" a third assailant came out of a small kitchen closet and the victim was tied up with a cable and string and left on the kitchen floor, police said.
The man with the black gun then ran out to the girlfriend and opened the Nissan's door, screaming at her: "Where's the money, b----?"
He ordered her out of the car and began to pat her down, finding $5,000 in her pants, police said. He fled south through the alley while the other two left through the front door, police said.
The man and his girlfriend called police from her cell phone and officers went to help them at Belle Plaine and Milwaukee
A complete description of the thieves was not available.
No arrests have been made.
KRISTEN’S PICK - WINNER
Peeps Candies Hit Record Sales as 60th Anniversary Approaches
Exactly 60 years after they first hatched, Peeps are having a moment. The chick-shaped marshmallow Easter candies are more popular than ever—and the stars of a new TV ad campaign showcasing the infinite things people do with their Peeps (besides eat them).
Candy maker Just Born Inc. is celebrating record sales in 2012 and prepping to produce more than 1 billion marshmallow chicks and bunnies this Easter season—another record. “Everyone seems to have a Peeps story,” Ross Born, third-generation operator of the Philadelphia-based company, told the Associated Press.
The candymaker is also reconnecting with consumers via social media, asking them how they like their Peeps (fresh, frozen, or “aged to perfection”) in a Facebook survey.
FRECKLES' PICK
New Pill Claims to Cure Gray Hair
• A new pill on the market promises to "cure" your gray hair
• The product is called "Go Away Gray," it costs $29.99 for a month’s supply and can be purchased online
• The "secret ingredient" is an enzyme called Catalase that "counteracts our body's natural production of hydrogen peroxide," which essentially bleaches our hair of all color from the inside out
• Taking this "wonder drug" is supposed to put the Catalase back in your body so it can block the graying process and allow your natural hair color to come back at the root
