Thief asks woman out on date after robbing her at gunpoint
A US woman has gone through the harrowing experience of being robbed at gunpoint, but it was what happened after the fact that was almost as eerie.
Amber Beraun was checking the mail one night at her Indianapolis home in May when she was approached by a man with a gun.
The gunman was later identified as Damien Boyce.
Speaking to WRTV, Beraun said she was confronted by Boyce, who attempted to enter her home. She refused and gave him all the cash she had handy, which came to $100.
Before he made his escape, Boyce asked Beraun a very unexpected, and quite frankly bizarre question - to add him on Facebook.
The thief also noted he was planning to pay her back.
Beraun responded, telling him she “believed” him and that “times just get rough”.
Boyce proceeded to ask the woman to “come chill”.
He was later arrested by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and charged over a separate armed robbery on June 12, where two people got shot and one was hit in the head with a brick.
He was also charged with his robbery of Beraun.
Beraun said her local neighbourhood has been affected by the terrifying incident.
"It makes me a little on edge knowing that people walk up and down the street, looking for places to commit crimes," she said.
"It makes it a little different when you hear noises at night."
Beraun insisted she "never" thought something like this would happen to her.
"He took away my sense of safety from my home."
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