The San Francisco Police Department conducted a YouTube-style video sting and made a complete fool out of an already knuckle-dragging-stupid career criminal. Today's San Francisco Chronicle carried the story and included the sting video supplied by the SFPD.
San Francisco police, concerned about a rash of auto break-ins near St. Mary's Cathedral, parked a nice, shiny car on nearby Cleary Court one morning last month, complete with a laptop and GPS device visible in the front seat. They set up a video camera and waited, but it didn't take long.
A man loitered around the bait car, briefly walked away when a patrol car drove by, then came back and threw a spark plug through the window and waddled off in his baggy pants and oversize T-shirt with the loot in his hands.
Elapsed time from parking to window smashing: a minute and a half.
The suspect was followed by an unmarked police car and quickly arrested. The stupid criminal, Jason Robinson, 25, was jailed for violating terms of the probation he received for a conviction for burglary and receiving stolen property in 2006, authorities said. Robinson is a two-time loser and now has earned his 15-minutes of shame as one of the World's Dumbest Criminals.
The crime took place near St. Mary's Cathedral in one of San Francisco's nicer neighborhoods. Unfortunately it is also within a short walking distance of one of the City's welfare projects.
Watch the SF Police video by following this link
Read the full article at SFGate.com, the online alter-ego of the San Francisco Chronicle..
0 comments:
Post a Comment