Who wouldn't?
Posted on 10/11/2004 8:36:04 AM PDT by Bad Sheep
EDMOND, Oklahoma (Reuters) -- An Oklahoma man desperate to save his marriage by appearing like a hero to his wife ended up in police custody on suspicion of staging a crime. He hired "burglars" and foiled their fake robbery attempt, police said on Friday.
Trent Spencer, 27, of Edmond, north of Oklahoma City, was charged this week with the misdemeanor crime of filing a false report, said police spokeswoman Glynda Chu.
According to police, Spencer, a high school teacher, paid two students $100 each to break into his house and try to make off with a stereo.
The masked students tied his wife with duct tape and her husband was in the house just in time to foil the supposed crime, police said.
Police said Spencer attacked the two in a choreographed fight, even hitting one with a board that he had cut to break in half. The plan was going well until his wife freed herself and called police, something Spencer did not anticipate, police said.
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Must have seen the movie King Pin one too many times.
I drove a race car once to impress my wife
Did you get brought up on charges? Because that's my favortie part of the article.
The article doesn't say whether she was impressed.
Man, have I been wasting my time showing her how much I love her, making her breakfast every Saturday & Sunday, helping her raise our children, working hard so she ha a new house and new car, watching sappy old movies, buying her flowers, taking her out to dinner now and then.
And here all I have to do is stage a robbery every so often. Sheesh what a sucker I am.
I got up off the couch to get a beer myself once to impress my wife.
"According to police, Spencer, a high school teacher, paid two students $100 each to break into his house and try to make off with a stereo"
Let's not be so hard on this guy...he is brighter than the average high school teacher to come up with this scheme.
I bet he could have spent that 200 on a nice meal out, a chick flick,a few hiden wrapped gifts, and a box of chocolate with better results.
What a fake.
ROFLOL!! Made my day, too.
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LOL!!!
Hey now, I had plenty of teachers were smart enough to do this.....some of them might have even been smart enough not to get caught!
What kills me is, did the man, on a teacher's salary, really have $200 to spend on the fiasco?
Trying to impress his wife?
I guess she got wise to the 'salami in the pants' trick.
Nothing impresses my wife more than when I hire teenagers to duct tape her to the bed.
For a really special occassion, I'll hire a pit bull to lunge at her throat.
Are you suggesting educators could spend the money they already have more efficiently and get better results?
Those are fightin' words in some parts.
Wife beware, this guy's next move may be to enroll in the U. North Carolina medical school.
Who wouldn't?
Nothing says love like a little burglary and being bound and having duct tape across your mouth.
My wife is a teacher and one of the counselors at her school is the mother of the man involved in the event. The mother is VERY embarassed.
I know... there are a ton of counseling jokes available there.
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