Chase turns sour for
lemonade stand thief
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. —
Call it a lemonade standoff.
A girl whose lemonade
stand was robbed of $17.50
chased the suspect into a
nearby home and called police,
who spent nearly an
hour trying to coax the man
into surrendering.
“The guy came up and
was, like, ‘Give me your
money,’ ” said 12-year-old
Dominique Morefield, who
was running the lemonade
stand with a group of
friends. “I was shocked. It
was just my immediate reaction
to chase after him.”
Dominique dashed after
the man who ran into a
house, and then she called
police. Officers eventually
persuaded Steve Tryon, 18,
to come outside after 45
minutes and arrested him
on a preliminary felony
charge of robbery.
Tryon made an initial appearance
in Superior Court
on Tuesday and was ordered
to be held in the Vigo
County Jail on $50,000
bond. He will be formally
charged Friday.
“I didn’t think anyone
would come up to a lemonade
stand and steal. That’s
really low,” 12-year-old
Fred Erstine said.
lemonade stand thief
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. —
Call it a lemonade standoff.
A girl whose lemonade
stand was robbed of $17.50
chased the suspect into a
nearby home and called police,
who spent nearly an
hour trying to coax the man
into surrendering.
“The guy came up and
was, like, ‘Give me your
money,’ ” said 12-year-old
Dominique Morefield, who
was running the lemonade
stand with a group of
friends. “I was shocked. It
was just my immediate reaction
to chase after him.”
Dominique dashed after
the man who ran into a
house, and then she called
police. Officers eventually
persuaded Steve Tryon, 18,
to come outside after 45
minutes and arrested him
on a preliminary felony
charge of robbery.
Tryon made an initial appearance
in Superior Court
on Tuesday and was ordered
to be held in the Vigo
County Jail on $50,000
bond. He will be formally
charged Friday.
“I didn’t think anyone
would come up to a lemonade
stand and steal. That’s
really low,” 12-year-old
Fred Erstine said.