Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe MIDDLEBURG, Fla., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a man accused of robbing a store was arrested when he returned to make good on a $3 debt at another store. Larry's Giant Subs was robbed around 8:20 p.m. Saturday, and a sheriff's office supervisor who stopped in at Flash Foods in Middleburg about 4 a.m. Sunday learned a man matching the suspect's description had just been in the store, WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, Fla., reported Tuesday. Advertisement The clerk at Flash Foods said she had allowed a man driving an old truck to borrow $3 for gas about 3:30 a.m. and he had left his wallet behind to prove he was intending to return with the money he owed, the Clay County Sheriff's Office said. The wallet contained identification for Brian Jeffers, 43, who was seen returning to Flash Foods around 5:15 a.m. He was arrested as he was returning the $3 to the clerk. Sheriff's Capt. Barry Ambarowitz said Jeffers confessed to the robbery and was arrested. "Bottom line is the guy committed a robbery and he got caught and in Clay County you get caught for committing violent crimes," Ambarowitz said. Advertisement Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Mary Justino said it was a "strange" case. "The suspect had the integrity to return the borrowed $3, but 8 hours before was robbing a business," Justino said. "Strange but true."
