O/T #1 dumbest car thief, LOL!

Nancy Howell · May 18, 2009

1. Man Steals Car From Police During News Interview

"A video camera is the perfect witness to a crime. It's a truly unbiased witness to every event that goes down.**

Talk about chutzpah. This one happened in a police department parking lot, of all places, and in the background during an interview with a national news crew, of all times.

Gilbert, Ariz., police spokesman Sgt. Mark Marino was giving a statement to CNN on an unrelated incident when an unidentified suspect tried to steal a car from the police station's parking lot.

Call us old-fashioned, but the key goal of boosting a car is, you know, getting away with it.

This guy wasn't out of the parking lot, or even first gear, before he had both a patrol car chasing him and an APB put out on the vehicle."

big fred · May 18, 2009

Probably saw the CNN logo on the camera and figured nobody's gonna watch it anyway.

just another old geezer · May 18, 2009

I think I can top that.
A friends house was robed. The next day a rookie county officer in a rural area or the county, looking for a person for a parole violation, stops at a house for directions. The 18 yr old living here is one of the burgulars. seeing the county squad in the driveway, he comes out of the house and confesses.
Al Capone he wasn't

GeneMO · May 18, 2009

I got a chuckle out of that big fred!!!

Gene

Goose · May 18, 2009

A few years ago, a would-be bank robber walked into a Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas, Texas, not realizing Federal Reserve Banks do not have teller windows.

When the robber saw no teller windows, he got confused and handed his hold-up note to an armed security guard.

Billy Shafer · May 18, 2009

Years ago they had some gang out of Houston,rob a bank near here. Left town down a dirt road. One squad car followed and the other two went to the end of the road to wait on them.Turned out one of the gang members was a local kid that lived on that road. They still call the kid dumb a%% to this day.

hot rodder · May 18, 2009

Back in the 70's. local teenager took his 8 track tape player out of his Mom & Dad's car and reported it stolen out of the car. Car was completely locked with no signs of forced entry when the police arrived. Two weeks later he turns in his tape player, said he bought it from the guy that stole it. When the police ask who he bought it from, he said he couldn't tell them that as the guy might get into trouble.
Here's your sign!

keh · May 18, 2009

Last week a man robbed a convenience store. Clerk called cops, while they were doing the crime scene thing, 911 got a call. The robber confessed and said he wanted to turn himself in. He was waiting in his yard with hands up when the cops arrived.

KEH

Anonymous-0 · May 18, 2009

Maybe dumb like a fox. If you're old enough maybe you can remember Red Skelton playing Clem Caditalhopper. In the winter time when it was getting icy, he'd wait til a cop was nearby, pick up a brick and toss it through a store window. Off to jail he went where it was warm and 3 free meals a day. Maybe this guy was getting hungry.

Billy Shafer · May 18, 2009

Goose I was living in Dallas at the time. Had to read that story twice to make sure it was real.

Eric SEI · May 18, 2009

Town near us was small enough that the sidewalk only ran on one side of the street, from the school to the South to the Methodist church to the North. A guy the year behind me robbed the bank branch (that his aunt was manager of) and headed home South of town on foot. He was caught before he got home.

Pete in MD · May 18, 2009

No it's not a joke.
Heres proof

Pete in MD · May 18, 2009

Ignore my post just below. Here's the correct link.
Proof

smurph72 · May 18, 2009

East TX town of Chester has a small branch bank. Car pulls up, teller sees 2 men in car putting on ski masks. Walks up and locks the front door and calls police. Dumb and dumber arrested still beating on the door trying to get into the bank.....need 2 more signs.

Doug in Illinois · May 18, 2009

Sounds real familiar, one of the tenants back at my Mom's RV/mobile home park had a son in a wheelchair who would rob a different bank every year to get the free room and board.

Mental evaluations would come back that he was no danger to the public, they actually determined he wanted death by cop.

His Mom and Dad are both dead now, as is my Mom. Last I knew they finally did lock him up for his own safety. It was a sad story how he ended up in the wheelchair. His family did roofing and tree work, I never did find out the details as to which it was, but he fell from a considerable height. DOUG

Mike (WA) · May 19, 2009

I was a Deputy Sheriff in '73, working in the jail. Hitch-hiking had just been legalized again, but freeway entrances had a sign, "No Hitch-hiking beyond this point". Troopers would bring 'em in, bail was $8- if they didn't have bail, would spend the night (or weekend) in jail, go see the judge on next court day, plead guilty and be sentenced to time served, and cut loose. Terrible stormy day one Saturday- cop brings in an errant 'hiker- soaking wet, half froze- he's got 20 bucks on him. I asked if he wanted to bail for $8, he said "You kidding? Think I'll just get 3 hots and cot 'til Monday- weather should be better then. I get a dry jumpsuit, right?"

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