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Foiled again

Employees at the Lowe's Home Improvement store stopped a would-be shoplifter Tuesday, scuffling with the man in the parking lot after he tried to sneak a nail gun outside by disguising it with aluminum foil.

The man carried a roll of aluminium foil into the store in the Quarterfield Crossing shopping center off Quarterfield Road around 2 p.m., county police said.

Witnesses told police he took a nail gun, removed it from its packaging and wrapped it in foil before trying to leave.

Once outside, a store employee tried to stop the man and a struggle began. The would-be shoplifter pushed the...