Brilliant Crooks

"Brilliant Crooks"*

*Investigating a purse snatching, Brunswick, Georgia,
detectives picked up a man who fit the thief's
description and drove him back to the scene. He was
told to exit the car and face the victim for an I.D.
The suspect dutifully eyed the victim, and blurted,
"Yeah, that's the woman I robbed."

Elsewhere... In Nashville, they tell of Fred "Bubba"
Johnson, the burglar who fell asleep on the sofa of the
home he was robbing, only to be awakened by police.

Meanwhile... In Thibodaux, Louisiana, a robber with a
thick Cajun accent couldn't get restaurant patrons to
understand his demand for money. Frustrated, he whipped
out his gun, but it wouldn't fire. Grabbing the cash
register, he ran -- but got only three feet before
falling down. The register was still plugged into the
wall... Unplugging it, he tried again, but a regular
diner decked him and called police.

And... In Rhode Island, cops were sure they had the
right guy when the suspect in a string of coin-machine
thefts proceeded to pay his $400 bail... entirely in quarters.

Stranger yet.... Texas authorities, responding to a
store robbery, seized a man who was fleeing naked.
When asked about his choice of attire, he said he'd
stripped after the job because he figured his clothes
would make him identifiable.

In the Heartland... Lawrence, Kansas - Officers tracked
a midnight thief who prided himself on his running
speed by following the red lights on his high-tech tennis shoes.

And Finally. . . In Virginia, a janitor went to great
lengths to avoid I.D. in a 7-Eleven robbery, using a
ski mask and rental car for the occasion. But he also
wore his work uniform, which said "Cedar Woods
Apartments" and had his name, Dwayne, stitched across the front.
Received on Wed Mar 11 07:58:58 2009