Observations and inanities by a second-shift assistant supervisor in the Puppy-Grinding division of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy® (our motto: "Sure it's cruel, but think of the jobs!"), your host, Brent Rasmussen.
I love clever criminals.
Seriously - I have always really appreciated a clever crime. Particularly ones which are non-violent and show a bit of imagination. And this is a good one:
Armored truck robber uses Craigslist to make getaway
MONROE, Wash. – In a move that could be right out of a Hollywood movie, a brazen crook apparently used a Craigslist ad to hire a dozen unsuspecting decoys to help him make his getaway following a robbery outside a bank on Tuesday. He then made his escape in an inner tube on the Skykomish River.
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The robber sprayed the guard with pepper spray, grabbed a bag of money the guard was carrying and ran about 100 yards to the creek that runs into the Skykomish River, shedding clothes as he ran.
But apparently, the robber had planned ahead. In case anyone was hot on his trail, he had at least a dozen unsuspecting decoys waiting nearby, which he recruited on Craigslist.
Hee! He hired a bunch of people via Craigslist to show up near the site of the robbery at the appointed time, wearing workclothes similar enough to what he was wearing (yellow safety vest, goggles, blue shirt, breathing mask) that they would prove a distraction to anyone trying to track where he went.
Brilliant.
Jim Downey
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I can't agree that a crime involving a pepper spraying was nonviolent. Otherwise, yeah, amusing.
I guess you missed that memo.
I guess you missed that memo. We've redefined what we consider torture these days. Waterboarding doesn't count anymore. Based on that, pepper spraying someone has been reduced in severity to somewhere between the indian burn and the purple nurple. It's been downgraded from "violence" to "horseplay".
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