In the News – Man Steals 23 Bottles of Rogaine

Snippet from the article:

You can’t blame Joseph R. Garcia for gazing in the mirror and dreaming of luxuriant locks sprouting from his balding pate — if that was his wish when he strolled into a Park Ridge pharmacy in November and again in January. But did he really need 23 bottles of Rogaine?

Garcia, 39, was charged this month with two counts of felony retail theft for allegedly stealing 16 bottles of the hair regrowth treatment Nov. 30 from a Park Ridge CVS drugstore and then making off with another seven bottles from the same store in January, investigators say. In all, the CVS store is out about $1,000 in hair-treatment products, police say.

Read the full story — Suspect accused of stealing 23 bottles of Rogaine from CVS

Now that is commitment, possibly out of desperation! Some people will truly do anything to keep their hair. This guy even went back to the same store months later to steal more! I’m not interesting in stealing, but honestly, how does one even smuggle 16 bottles out of a store at one time (and then another 7 bottles a second time)? But then it begs the real question — WHY? Maybe he was stealing for a group of balding friends, or perhaps he was stockpiling Rogaine for the future. Either way, such a dumb move.