Justin T. Veal, 18, was jailed on a felony robbery charge after being arrested last week in a liquor store holdup.

He told detectives he robbed about a dozen businesses of an estimated US$10,000 this year for “money to fix his car, to buy jewelry, to keep up with everyone else,” Indianapolis police Sgt. Kerry Buckner said.

Veal said in an interview at the Marion County Jail that he watched the clock, making sure he finished the robberies in time to make it home before the 1:30 a.m. curfew set by his mother. Police say Veal stayed close to home for several of the robberies and that while he had a weapon in each of the holdups, no one was injured.

“He didn’t do a robbery on Thanksgiving and he never did a robbery on Sunday because his mother made him go to church every Sunday,” Buckner said.

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