Alleged Pop-Tart Thief Hit By Truck, Van During Getaway

SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah -- He was popped for allegedly stealing Pop-Tarts. Police said George King didn't get very far when he tried to swipe some Pop-Tarts from a Salt Lake City area convenience store.

First, the clerk at the convenience store ripped the man's shirt off as they struggled when she confronted him for pocketing the toaster pastries Friday, police said. Then after the man allegedly punched the clerk in the stomach and made it out the door, he was hit by a pickup truck in the parking lot. Police said he got up and kept running -- into the path of a minivan while he was crossing the street. He got up again, but didn't make it far.

"It knocks him to the ground. He gets up and again continues to run, but responding police officers caught up with him just a short distance later and he was taken into custody," police Capt. Tracy Tingey said.

Police said the man suffered only minor injuries and refused medical treatment. George King, 20, was booked for investigation of robbery.

~AP

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