Gastonia, North Carolina, police say a burglary victim landed a few punches but apparently lost $100 Monday afternoon.
The incident happened about 3:30 p.m. in a parking lot outside the Burger King restaurant, in the 1900 block of West Franklin Boulevard. According to police, a man working at the Burger King and another person spotted a suspect inside the employee's 1993 Cadillac DeVille.
The victim told police he walked into the parking lot and confronted the suspect, triggering a fistfight between the two. The victim said he punched the suspect in the mouth and head, and the suspect then got out of the Cadillac and drove away in his own car.
The victim said he then noticed that $100 was missing from his vehicle. Police responded and found a man fitting the description of the suspect, a short distance away at West Fifth Avenue and Webb Street. Officers say the victim identified the man as the suspect involved in the burglary.
The five $20 bills were missing, however.
Police charged Michael Shane Kinley, 28, of Gastonia, with larceny from a motor vehicle.
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