Dana Plato Video Store Robbery

In 1991, former child actress Dana Plato, who played Kimberly Drummond on the sitcom Diff’rent Strokes, entered a video store and demanded the money from the cash register. The clerk discreetly dialed 9-1-1 and informed the operator, "The girl who played Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes just robbed me." Police quickly arrested Plato shortly afterward. She later died in 1999 from a drug overdose.

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