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Watch: Man pretends to be mannequin to steal from shopping centre after it closed
AOL ^ | 10/20/23 | Holly Patrick

Posted on 10/21/2023 11:34:49 AM PDT by DallasBiff

CCTV footage shows a thief pretending to be a mannequin in a window display before stealing from a shopping centre in Poland.

The 22-year-old suspect took jewellery and ate in a restaurant before going under a storeโ€™s metal curtain to swap his clothes for new ones, Warsaw police said.

Authorities said the man was eventually seen by security staff who called the police.

Police said the suspect had also stolen money from cash tills from another shopping centre, where he also tried to steal other items after it closed.? All the store

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KEYWORDS: crime; mannequin; poland
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Where was the window dresser? All the store security was kick him in the groin, and see he wasn't a mannequin.
1 posted on 10/21/2023 11:34:50 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Reminds me of Evening Primrose, by the great short story writer John Collier.


2 posted on 10/21/2023 11:41:35 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: DallasBiff

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/man-pretends-to-be-mannequin-in-shop-before-stealing-jewellery-and-eating-at-restauran-b2432565.html

3 posted on 10/21/2023 11:43:17 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Letโ€™s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: DallasBiff

I read that first as ‘Portland’ and wondered why he was going to all the trouble when he could have just smash’ngrabbed.


4 posted on 10/21/2023 11:45:35 AM PDT by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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To: DallasBiff

This is chump change. Better to pose as a puppet in order to steal billions from the American taxpayer.


5 posted on 10/21/2023 11:46:50 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: DallasBiff

Security: Pretty real looking mannequin.

Mannequin: Thank you

Security: You’re welcome. Carry on.


6 posted on 10/21/2023 11:49:46 AM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: DallasBiff

Reminds me of the trick of getting into an event by walking slowly backwards through the exiting crowd.


7 posted on 10/21/2023 11:52:22 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: lowbridge

LOL

I thought of that classic episode, too. A way to nip crime in the bud.


8 posted on 10/21/2023 11:52:22 AM PDT by frank ballenger (โ€œMy job is to inform, not to convince.โ€ St. Bernadette Soubirous )
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To: firebrand

I trust that’s not from personal experience.๐Ÿ˜‡


9 posted on 10/21/2023 11:53:34 AM PDT by frank ballenger (โ€œMy job is to inform, not to convince.โ€ St. Bernadette Soubirous )
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To: Zack Attack

โ€Boy, the resemblace is uncanny.โ€

10 posted on 10/21/2023 11:54:08 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: DallasBiff

Maybe he’s a Ken dol and doesn’t have anything there


11 posted on 10/21/2023 11:54:55 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: frank ballenger

I did once get into the ballet by folding up a bill so it looked something like a ticket.

The front row was always empty. The sound of shoes hitting the floor detracts from the aesthetics.

Got to see Fonteyn and Nureyev.


12 posted on 10/21/2023 12:04:40 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: DallasBiff

Points for thinking outside the box.
If the could come up with a good plan to robe a bank, and get away with it I would have done it decades ago.๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜‰
What? The FDIC would cover your meager losses.๐ŸŽƒ


13 posted on 10/21/2023 12:16:34 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: Sirius Lee

Just like Brandon.


14 posted on 10/21/2023 12:20:24 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who youโ€™ll know me as)
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To: DallasBiff

He’s no dummy.


15 posted on 10/21/2023 12:21:20 PM PDT by NH Red
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To: gundog; dfwgator

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16 posted on 10/21/2023 12:22:11 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Larry Lucido; dfwgator; null and void

Is that Anne Francis?


17 posted on 10/21/2023 12:23:30 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Can’t believe they went from “White Rabbit” to that dreck.


18 posted on 10/21/2023 12:26:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SaveFerris

19 posted on 10/21/2023 12:31:25 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: MotorCityBuck

I remember my 14 year old son telling me that bank robbers have an 80% success rate. I got a little bit scared...but he turned out all right.


20 posted on 10/21/2023 12:43:39 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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