Cellphone criminal dubbed “dumbest” by police
By Darren Murph | January 9, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones
Rest assured, we’ve seen some brainless criminals in our day, but this one ranks pretty high on the list. Reportedly, a (potentially inebriated) individual waltzed into a police station and frantically announced that his phone had been stolen at gunpoint. When the detective called the number of the phone reportedly stolen, however, a ring was heard from the “victim’s” pocket. After pondering what the criminal hoped to gain from the situation, we here at Engadget HQ came up empty, and apparently, the police involved in the situation were equally stumped — so stumped, in fact, that they issued a statement entitled “Dumbest criminal?” with details of the event in a local newspaper. We’d say that sums it up fairly accurately.
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