"Burrito Bandit" tries to steal breakfast, cops say  10:15 AM,
Feb 11, 2010   |    comments   • Share   • Print   • - A A A +
Tampa, Florida - For many of us, that first meal of the day can
make all the difference. If people don't eat, sometimes they
can't make rash decisions.   Such seems to be case with a
mystery shopper caught on surveillance tape at a Hess gas
station at 1444 E. Fletcher near Nebraska Avenue.  A man,
nicknamed the "Burrito Bandit," is seen on tape walking into the
store to purchase a breakfast burrito on November 12, 2009 just
before 7 a.m.  The problem started when the man tried to buy the
burrito with food stamps, which isn't allowed.   Food stamps are
supposed to be used to purchase staple items, such as milk and
bread. But this guy wasn't taking no for an answer, and things
got heated in a matter of minutes.  The young man, wearing a tie
and dressed in a black shirt and pants, begins arguing with a
clerk.  He is seen waving his hands and causing commotion.  The
current manager at the