Phoenix police say a 31-year-old man stole a Chevrolet Suburban from behind a Safeway, drove it across town, and set it on fire in a quiet north Phoenix neighborhood. On its own, that’s a Tuesday-night crime blotter item. Stolen SUVs get torched in this country more often than most owners realize.
What actually makes this case worth writing about happened a few minutes earlier, at the checkout counter, when the suspect voluntarily typed in his own phone number to save a few cents on his groceries.
That’s the real story here. Not the theft. Not the fire. The rewards card…