Posted on 02/08/2005 5:44:11 AM PST by Ellesu
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Police used dental records to identify a man who broke into a cafeteria in southern Sweden - the suspect left his false teeth with his social security number engraved in them at the scene of the crime.
The 43-year-old man admitted to breaking into a hospital cafeteria in Karlshamn, 370 miles south of Stockholm, after being presented with the evidence, the newspaper Kristianstadsbladet said Sunday.
The man told the police he left the cafeteria in a hurry after failing to find anything of any value and dropped the teeth while fleeing the building.
The judge who ordered the man's detention was not available for comment Sunday.
McGruff the crime dog sez "help take a bite outta crime".
Oh, that was just TOO easy.
It was a good thing he wrote his "social security number" (or whatever they use in Sweden) on the teeth. Can you imaging using them to check suspects in a lineup?
I'll second the Bite Out of Crime thing ping.
LOL.
There is a molar to this story: Crime does not pay!
Just think, someone could have stolen his identity, made up a bunch of sets of false teeth, committed a crime wave and left the "evidence" at each location. The perfect crime!
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