Dell staff jailed in "masked gunmen" incident

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Disastrous PR stunt lands staff in jail on deadly conduct charge

Two Dell sales staff were thrown in jail earlier this week after an ill-judged promotional stunt involving "masked gunmen" went badly awry. The incident took place on Monday when police in Round...

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