17-year-old Marquis Dixon was found guilty of first degree robbery Thursday after police say he arranged to buy sneakers from another teen through a Facebook post back in March.
The pair met up in a McDonald's parking lot where Dixon displayed what appeared to be a handgun. Police say he then took off with the victim's sneakers.
We've heard countless stories of unsuspecting sneaker re-sellers meeting up with strangers they met on the internet and having their sneakers and/or money robbed. These street deals gone wrong have become all too common for sneakerheads, and authorities are suggesting that the best way to conduct your business is in a place swarming with cops.
In an effort to reduce sneaker related crimes, police departments are now encouraging potential sneaker sellers to do their business right in the lobby of their local police headquarters.
"At the end of the day we tell people you don't meet with strangers to do a transaction," Colonie Police Chief Steve Heider said.
Tough to argue with that logic. Police are also encouraging the naive sneaker re-sellers to be weary of those buyers who abruptly change the meet-up location, and advise sellers not to do their transactions alone.
"If you think you're going to do something like that come and do it here in the lobby of the police department," Heider said. "The person who's got an illegitimate reason behind them probably won't show up."
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