Posted on 03/25/2008 1:45:11 PM PDT by LibWhacker
WBBM Newsradio 780's Bernie Tafoya reporting.
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Police say no one could make this story up; a would-be-thief gave his victims his phone number.
An 18-year-old man entered a muffler shop in the 2600 block of North Laramie Avenue Monday and declared a robbery. He allegedly waved a gun around and demanded money, according to police.
When he was told the money was in a safe and that the manager that knew how to open it was not there, the suspect had a brilliant idea; at least he thought it was brilliant. He gave the shop employees his cell phone number and asked them to call him when the manager arrived so he could open the safe for him.
The man left and the employees opted to call 911. Authorities stationed plain clothes officers in the shop and called the would-be robber back. The suspect showed up again, waved his gun around again, but this time was shot in the leg by an officer.
The man had surgery at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and is said to have suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
One officer with 20 years on the force, said this is one of the more "unusual" cases he's seen.
Just consider the gunshot wound as part of the punishment for being stupid.
A man of his word. How refreshing.
He could be the next Illinois State Senator.
One of my favorite jokes involves an exasperated junior employee of Verizon repeatedly saying “Yes.” for eight hours
Do you think this guy got an education at all? He should be at the top of the show: “The World’s Dumbest Criminals”.
Only the most experienced armed robbers can successfully incorporate social networking in their MO.
I wonder if he attends Trinity United.
It’s obvious that the officer shot him in the leg because shooting him in the head wouldn’t have caused any damage.
More like, “Can I shoot you now?”
Well, if the officer would’ve shot him in the ass, it would have wiped out any brains the guy did have.
He is probably going to sue now.
Welcome to Goodyear National Bank - robberies by appointment only...
Reminds me of a North Hollywood case a couple of decades ago. A service station attendant decided to stage his own holdup and pocket the contents of the till. When the cops arrived he told them he’d been held-up. They asked to look at the video so they could get a suspect description. The guy said, ‘they were too smart for you, they covered up the camera before they held me up’. Sure enough, the camera had a jacket draped over it. The cop thought for a moment, then said, ‘okay, so the video will have a photo of the guy putting the jacket over the camera’. He later said he could see the color draining out of the attendant’s face as he said it.
Actually, I'd love to have been listening into the cop's inner thoughts at the stakeout. As in, "I can't believe it. No way, nobody's that stupid. They called him? He's coming? He's actually coming?? He's HERE?!??"
I got shot in the leg and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."
Why didn’t the thief just give the shop employees his bank or paypal account number and have them deposit the loot once he was gone?
Entrapment!
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