How not to rob a liquor store

rh · Post by rh » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:00 pm

http://www.glumbert.com/media/badrobber

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:20 pm

taking "having a bad day" to a new level

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:29 pm

Duh ......

djm

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:45 pm

That's almost too crazy to be credible.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:51 pm

Aahhh... he was just the fall guy.

missy · Post by **missy** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:35 am

maybe if he pulled his dang pants up he would have had a little better chance......

dwinterfield · Post by **dwinterfield** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:47 am

emmline wrote:That's almost too crazy to be credible.

Looked fake to me. I wouldn't expect a security camera to zoom in for a close up.

Good advice though, I mostly try to avoid robbing liquor stores myself.

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:40 am

Not only liquor stores are at risk for this type of robbery. A friend of mine works in a strip mall in an upscale section of Indianapolis. Twice during the last month two different stores have been broken into at night. The robbers method is to enter a vacant store and to knock a hole in the wall to the occupied store. The robbers haven't been caught, so they obviously have more skill than the lone liquor store bungler in the video.

missy · Post by **missy** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:57 am

I've told this story on here before, but it bears repeating.......

Someone stole an ATM (cash machine) from a local, all night laundra-mat here one night. I mean, they took the entire machine. Of course, taking something that big is a little hard to hide, so they were seen, as was the vehicle (a large white panel van) they put it in.
Early the next morning, someone at an apartment complex about 1/2 mile from the laundra-mat called the police saying there was a strange white panel van parked in the lot. The police investigated and could actually SEE the ATM in the van. It was also obvious from the way the van was parked, etc. that it had ran out of gas.
Instead of towing it, some plain clothes officers staked it out, and sure enough, a couple of hours later, along comes some people with a can of gas. They put the gas in the van, start it up, and drive away, followed by the unmarked car.
They drive TO THEIR HOME.

Police wound up arresting 7 adults - 3 of which were on the surveilance (sp?) video of the Laundra-mat. Since there were young kids in the house, they also were charged with child endangering.

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:00 am

missy wrote:maybe if he pulled his dang pants up he would have had a little better chance......

Well we've all heard the saying "White men can't jump", and the corollary is that "black men with pants hanging halfway off their butt can't climb."

Loren

missy · Post by **missy** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:02 am

Loren wrote:
Well we've all heard the saying "White men can't jump", and the corollary is that "black men with pants hanging halfway off their butt can't climb."

we've had quite a few arrested lately with NO pants - during the chase they tend to loose them!

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:42 am

Ow!!

my poor sides!!!

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:26 am

dwinterfield wrote:
emmline wrote:That's almost too crazy to be credible.
Looked fake to me. I wouldn't expect a security camera to zoom in for a close up.

It's real. It happened in Ft Worth, TX. Here's a brief article from KXAN.com. I suspect the zooms (along with the replays) were done digitally prior to posting it on the web.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:55 am

Truth is stranger than fiction.

I don't think there's a comedian alive who could have gotten me laughing harder! Too bad that guy's opportunities for stand-up gigs are limited.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:08 pm

Yes, it is a legitimate case. I wonder how he's getting on in jail?