WARREN, Mich. — Warren police said a man has been charged after he told a store clerk he didn't have to pay for cigarettes because he was a king. Joseph Lawrence Borowiak is charged with strong-arm robbery and resisting arrest after being accused of threatening a 7-Eleven store clerk on Saturday. Police said Borowiak went into the store on Schoenherr and 12 Mile roads at about 6:30 a.m. and asked the clerk for a pack of cigarettes.
Borowiak told the clerk he wasn't going to pay for the cigarettes because he was a king and didn't have to, police said. He tried to grab the cigarettes, swung at the clerk and then ran out, police said.
A witness in the store was able to direct police to the area where Borowiak had last been seen walking.
Police said he did not immediately surrender when they found him in front a funeral home further down Schoenherr Road and officers used a Taser on him to quell him. Police said Borowiak has a criminal history that includes a cocaine possession conviction.
Fake it till you make it right? If your not a king yet, you march into that store, grab the cigarettes, look at the cashier in the face and if he even attempts to charge you then you swing at the clerk. Thats what a king would do! If some peasant tried to charge King Henry for some tobacco, he would be instantly beheaded infront of the entire village.
So I think you got to respect this guy for sticking to his story. Im not saying there aren't smarter ways of getting a pack of cigarettes but if this is the plan you came up with then you stick to it!
