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Bama fans sting scalper who sold them fake tickets to College Football Playoff
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:10 am
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:10 am
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The seller agreed to meet the Alabama fan seeking a ticket to that night's College Football Playoff championship hours before the game in Ybor City.
But as scalper Joseph Steven Escalera began the transaction, his customer's two brothers snuck up from behind. One pinned Escalera to his chair, pinching a nerve between his neck and shoulder while holding a long, cold object to the back of his head. The other two took his shoes and socks, as well as six tickets to that night's game they found tucked in Escalera's waistband.
When Tampa police arrived, they arrested Escalera.
The brothers had called police to tell them the same scalper had sold them two counterfeit tickets to the game the day before — at $1,000 apiece. So they pulled a bit of fakery themselves, using a different email and phone number to arrange a second purchase from Escalera.
It took police 10 minutes to arrive. It's a good thing they came quickly, said Bryant Gentry, 29, one of the brothers, all from Louisiana. The only thing keeping Escalera in his chair was the Coca-Cola bottle pressed to his head.
"All these people had gathered around watching and I kept yelling 'This guy sold us fake tickets, we're not robbing him,'" said Gentry, who had hoped to be spending that evening cheering on the University of Alabama taking on Clemson University.
"The only way this weekend could have been better was if we caught the bad guy and our football team won," Gentry said.
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Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:13 am to Bench McElroy
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"All these people had gathered around watching and I kept yelling 'This guy sold us fake tickets, we're not robbing him,'" said Gentry,
This would have been quite the sight.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:13 am to Bench McElroy
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Bryant Gentry
Most Bama name ever?
ETA: I read a little further and I stand corrected.
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all from Louisiana.
This post was edited on 1/12/17 at 10:15 am
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:14 am to Bench McElroy
CITIZENS ARREST! CITIZENS ARREST!
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Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:15 am to Bench McElroy
They are from Louisiana, not from the university of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:15 am to Bench McElroy
All from Louisiana... And Bama fans. This story is actually legit then.
Good story, glad Scammer got what he deserved.
Good story, glad Scammer got what he deserved.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:16 am to Bench McElroy
I wish they had recorded the restraining of Escalera. Would have been funny to see and his reputation would have been further ruined. That guy is a scumbag. The Bama fans in this story are badasses.
They should have shaved his head. Could have started a new meme. Scalper gets scalped.
They should have shaved his head. Could have started a new meme. Scalper gets scalped.
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Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:16 am to Bench McElroy
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'This guy sold us fake tickets, we're not robbing him
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The other two took his shoes and socks, as well as six tickets to that night's game they found tucked in Escalera's waistband.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:17 am to Bench McElroy
Glad they caught him. Huge demand for that game with get-ins on game day over $2000 on Stubhub.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:21 am to Bench McElroy
A guy tried to sell me a fake outside the stadium for $800. Didn't go well for him either but he ran off before anything happened. These people are the fricking scum of the earth
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:21 am to Box Geauxrilla
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The other two took his shoes and socks
To stop him from running
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six tickets to that night's game they found tucked in Escalera's waistband.
That were fake
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:25 am to Bench McElroy
Pretty stupid thing to do over 2 grand.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:29 am to Riseupfromtherubble
Escalera could have had an actual gun and decided to go at them. Not sure what they would have done with a coke bottle at that point.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:34 am to AggieDub14
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wish they had recorded the restraining of Escalera. Would have been funny to see and his reputation would have been further ruined. That guy is a scumbag. The Bama fans in this story are badasses.
They should have shaved his head. Could have started a new meme. Scalper gets scalped.
If it were Aggies fans I'm sure they'd have stripped him naked
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:48 am to SouthOfHere
Probably would have stuck a thumb or two up his arse
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:57 am to crazyLSUfan
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Good story, glad Scammer got what he deserved.
But he didn't
Posted on 1/12/17 at 11:02 am to Bench McElroy
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all from Louisiana
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hoped to be spending that evening cheering on the University of Alabama
Front runners everywhere in LA right now.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 11:08 am to Bench McElroy
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Ybor City
There's where he went wrong...
Posted on 1/12/17 at 11:12 am to Bench McElroy
Still only the second worst thing that happened to them on Monday.
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