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Thieves Paint Getaway Car but Don't Change Plates

After selling his pickup truck, 22-year-old Westley C. French, decided he wanted it back. So Westley and a few friends mugged the new truck owner, beating him with a two-by-four. Then Westley and his friends fled the scene in their getaway car—a green Nissan 240 SX. The muggers thought they had a foolproof plan to avoid police—they covered the green Nissan with a fresh coat of black spray paint. By changing their car's color they were able to outrun the Washington state police for five hours.

Unfortunately, as Westley and his buddies headed north in Washington they never bothered to change the North Dakota license plates. The police easily spotted their getaway car and Westley was sentenced to one year in jail. According to one news story, "Now he might be making license plates."

Possible Preaching Angles: Is this any less ridiculous than people who try to "spray paint" over their lives without allowing Christ to transform us from the inside out?

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