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airehead
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 Posted: 12/30/03 - 17:08 Post subject: Almost like shooting fish in a barrel
If only all of life were this easy...
| Quote: | Serial burglars think police car is getaway vehicle
Two burglars jumped into an unmarked police car in Florida thinking it was their getaway car.
Officers believe the men are the "Dinner Set" burglars who have been operating in the Collier County area for the last five years.
Police say the men usually target houses left unoccupied when owners go out to dinner. Officers say the men usually get dropped off, pick out a few houses to hit and then have a rendezvous pickup point for a getaway driver.
The men were arrested after jumping into the police car as an officer responded to a call about a burglary, says NBC2.
Sergeant Robert Maxfield, who was driving the car, said: "They thought this was the getaway vehicle and I was in the right place at the right time."
He added: "Before I could even get on the radio the suspects ran toward my vehicle, came up and got in. They sat in and turned and had a realisation they weren't in their pickup vehicle. They were actually in a sheriff's vehicle."
When they realised they were in a patrol car, the duo fled. Maxfield chased them and was able to arrest one. The second man remains on the loose. |
*And, I'm sorry to disappoint Elkid with this more mundane article because I know how much my death/dismemberment/freak accident articles thrill her.... 
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elkid
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Posted: 12/30/03 - 17:25 Post subject:
Stupid is as stupid does. Funny, even if not freakish!
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Pug
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Posted: 12/30/03 - 17:28 Post subject:
Wow. Just, wow.
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 12/30/03 - 17:36 Post subject:
My guess is that the child proof locks were not abled in the back. Too Bad. i mean just how do you explain to your boss you let one get away when he literally walks into custody like that?
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Cappy
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Posted: 12/30/03 - 17:42 Post subject:
That sounds like a Darwin winner to me
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TimRuns
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Posted: 12/30/03 - 21:38 Post subject:
funny...
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