'Just really bad at being crooks,' police say

A man had three run-ins with South Burlington police in less than 24 hours.Corey Couture, 33, of Burlington, was first accused of burglarizing Kinney Drugs in South Burlington on the night of April 13.Watch story herePolice said the next morning, they found Couture taking pictures of a TD Bank. When they approached him, Couture gave a fake name. He was charged with giving false information to a police officer and cited for the retail theft.Just hours later, Couture and Eli Luttenberger, 21, of Burlington, were arrested and charged with stealing electronics from Kohl’s."There's usually a couple of reasons it could be, obviously they have an addiction to something and they need cash and getting money the old fashion way doesn't work for them or they are just really bad at being crooks and we get to meet them more than once for the same thing,” Det. Ron Bliss said.Couture was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.

A man had three run-ins with South Burlington police in less than 24 hours.

Corey Couture, 33, of Burlington, was first accused of burglarizing Kinney Drugs in South Burlington on the night of April 13.


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Police said the next morning, they found Couture taking pictures of a TD Bank. When they approached him, Couture gave a fake name. He was charged with giving false information to a police officer and cited for the retail theft.

Just hours later, Couture and Eli Luttenberger, 21, of Burlington, were arrested and charged with stealing electronics from Kohl’s.



"There's usually a couple of reasons it could be, obviously they have an addiction to something and they need cash and getting money the old fashion way doesn't work for them or they are just really bad at being crooks and we get to meet them more than once for the same thing,” Det. Ron Bliss said.

Couture was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.

