Robbers Who Used NES Zapper Get Jail Sentence
Posted by Victor Dangelo | Oct 30, 2007 11:27

Two men were sentenced to 10 years in jail after they robbed a gas station using a Nintendo Entertainment System Zapper controller.

The two men are Arthur Swain and Jeremy Goins.

Last May in Covington, Kentucky, Arthur went into an Ameristop Food Mart and showed off the NES Zapper gun. He then managed to get $100 from the cash register.

20-year-old Jeremy Goins was the lookout for the robbery. Those inside the gas station had no idea it was only a toy gun that they pulled out on them, like the silver and red was not enough to give it away, nor was the Nintendo brand right on it.

The two men each got 10 years in jail for stealing $100 with a plastic NES Zapper toy gun.

Seems like some really poor planning and bad luck in their part as it must have been that the prosecutors were able to convince the jury that the NES Zapper was indeed a weapon and the victim in the gas station was at risk.

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