Alleged tip jar thief dies in pond after trying to get away from police
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. January 2 2019
A man suspected of stealing a tip jar from a Georgia restaurant Sunday night died after fleeing the scene, authorities said.
The man sped away from officers and crashed into a pond.
Police officers and firefighters in Gwinnett County, Georgia, said they tried to save the robbery suspect, who went into the water Sunday night.
They told Atlanta’s WSB-TV that the suspect robbed Italian Pie, a restaurant on Beaver Ruin Road in Lilburn, about 6 p.m.
Police followed the suspect and tried to stop his car off Steve Reynolds Boulevard, authorities said.
After the suspect ran off the road, police found the vehicle upside-down in a retention pond, authorities said.
The suspect has been identified as Jaylen Purge, 18, police said.
Officials told WSB-TV’s Rikki Klaus that the tip jar had about $100 in it, plus change.
