Two people apparently robbed the oddly placed M Passion Adult Boutique next to Picacho Peak early this morning, then following a high speed chase with Pinal County sheriffs, one of the alleged robbers was killed and the other wounded.
Numerous media outlets have reported on the incident, which began around 6:30 a.m. when the suspects allegedly tied up—no word on if this was done with rope or in-store novelty items—the female store clerk and then swiped cash from the register and made off with the store’s safe.
About 10 minutes after the robbery, a Pinal deputy collided with the suspects’ vehicle along Arizona Highway 87 near Eloy. The suspects allegedly shot at the deputy, who returned fire, according to a Sheriff’s department spokesman.
One suspect was dead on scene, the other air-lifted with a leg wound, according to reports.
M Passion, with its bright pink building and oversized sign along Interstate 10 across from the Dairy Queen and gas station/gift shop at Picacho Peak, has been open since December 2011. Yet, through my oh-so-scientific examination during numerous drives past (haven’t been inside in two years) I have no idea how the place stays open since there’s never more than one car in the parking lot.
Who knows what this incident will do to business.
This article appears in Dec 19-25, 2013.
LOL Well written article! Only in America. Where you have an adult store in the middle of the desert and the robbers get killed with a few dollars and a dildo in their hand!
The perp that was killed has a rap sheet as long as my leg and just got out of prison…he now is no longer on the taxpayer dole..justice indeed….regarding his wounded cohort…now I have to pay for his hospitalization and incarceration for years to come…unbelievable!