Woman's Prank Causes Riot At Clothing Store

A woman who was being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she had won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases that were in the store, police officials said, but the woman ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was all a hoax.

Linda Brown was arrested Tuesday after an hours long shopping spree that began when she hired a stretch Hummer limousine to drop her off at a Burlington Coat Factory store, police Sgt. Lt. Michael Deakins said. Brown walked to a cash register and loudly announced she had won the lottery and would pay for each person's merchandise up to five hundred dollars.

Apparently people who were in line were calling relatives who were not at the store and telling them to come down in a hurry.

People flooded the cash registers as cashiers began ringing up purchase after purchase, but Brown had not yet paid the bill, Deakins said. At least 500 people filled the aisles and another 1,000 were outside the store trying to get in.

"She was telling people she won $1.5 million, but it ends up she didn't win anything. She had no money to pay for anything."

By the time employees realized Linda Brown didn't have any money to pay she already had taken off in the limousine, police said.

That is when angry customers realized that they weren't getting free coats and began throwing merchandise on the floor and grabbing clothes without paying for them.

The angry customers started throwing merchandise all over the store and began looting, leaving the store looking as though a hurricane had passed through it, police officials said.

"Everybody was saying, 'I still want my free stuff,' and that started the riot," police said. "It looks like Hurricane Katrina crashed through the clothing store."

Police said they have no way of tracking down the customers who stole items and fled, but they are reviewing surveillance videos in hopes of catching at least some of them.

Finally the limousine driver realized he wasn't going to get paid the nine hundred dollars Linda Brown owed him for the day's rental, that's when he turned her in to the police.

Linda Brown, 44, was arrested on three outstanding warrants for aggravated menacing, misuse of a 911 system and causing false alarms. She was jailed late Wednesday, but no charges had been filed against her related to the coat store chaos pending a mental health evaluation.

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Winner Of Marathon Race Doesn't Need To Be At The Actual Event

There's a very good chance that the first runner to complete the Steamtown Marathon Race will not be the winner of the race. In fact, that runner won't even be on the 26mile race course at all.

Instead, Major Gary Beaty of the United States Army will run the marathon via satellite from his Forward Operating Base in Ghazni, Afghanistan.

Here's how it all works, Major Beaty is wearing a Garmin runner's GPS receiver that records distance, time, average pace and the his heart rate. He will run the race on a 1.1-mile circular track around the Arny base. When he's finished, Beaty will send a digital photograph of the GPS to Steamtown Marathon officials to show he has completed the required distance and his finishing time.

Having heard about the Steamtown Marathon from other runners, Beaty sent an e-mail to assistant race director Jim Cummings, who was more than happy to accommodate him.

"We have heard of runners before who would run from satellite locations," Cummings said. "So when he contacted us, not only did we say we would allow it, but we would be honored to do it as thanks for his service to our country."

A 39 year old husband and father of two sons from San Antonio, Texas, Major Beaty has been an active duty Army officer for more than fifteen years now. He began running long distance races in 2006 and is a member of a group called Marathon Maniacs. He has completed 23 marathons, such as Washington, Chicago, Miami and Little Rock, Arkansas. He also has completed eight ultra marathons, races with a distance longer than 26.2 miles, including a trail run through part of Death Valley, a race to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado and a 78.6 mile run around the perimeter of Lake Tahoe.

"I'll probably finish my run a little before the actual event back in the States as we are 8.5 hours ahead of EST," Major Beaty said in an e-mail. "Of course, this depends on our operations schedule." During his deployment, Major Beaty has completed satellite marathons in Wyoming, Idaho, New Hampshire and West Virginia.

"My short term goal is to complete my 50th marathon and a 50 mile race before turning 40 years old in 2010 and then train to finish a 100 mile marathon race in 2011," Major Beaty said. "Long term, I'm working on running a marathon in each of the 50 states and one on each continent."


"In the past I have most enjoyed the atmosphere of running in the small and mid sized marathons back home and have sought to participate in similar events while over here in Afghanistan. That has certainly paid off. I have received dozens of e-mails from other runners, veterans and even the local media wishing me good luck with their local races and for a safe return home to my family. It has really been inspiring."

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