Ex-journalist arrested; supsected in beauty salon robberies

http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0403nebandit0403.html

A former Valley journalist is suspected of being the "Salon Bandit" who robbed three Scottsdale beauty salons and as many as six other businesses, investigators said Monday.

Joseph William Watson III was arrested Friday at a poker table at Casino Arizona, Indian Bend Road and Loop 101.

Watson, 35, a former Phoenix New Times reporter and a former correspondent for The Arizona Republic, could face six counts of armed robbery in connection to a rash of March heists in Scottsdale, including the three salons robbed just hours apart. Other charges are pending.
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Scottsdale police Sgt. Mark Clark said that Watson admitted to the crimes and told detectives he was driven to steal to cover gambling debt.

Watson also worked as an editor at Arizona State University's State Press student daily newspaper and at Phoenix's 944 magazine, and was published in Food and Wine and the Cape Cod Times.

 

Anybody know if he posted here?

 

This sounds about right, considering how much we make. I may have to go to a salon right after work.

 

probably kept trying to hit that inside straight

 

First the CBS techie knocking over a bank in Augusta and now this....

Media gone wild.

 

We're gonna have our own tv show pretty soon. Probably right after "America's Favorite Car Chases."