Purse Snatcher Tries To Ransom Mobile Phone Back To Owner... For $185,000
from the perhaps-he-should-plead-insanity dept
This one fall into the stupid criminal files. A guy who attacked a woman and ended up stealing her purse and mobile phone later tried to ransom the phone back to her for $185,000, a number he seemed to have picked out of thin air (found via The Raw Feed). Apparently, the ridiculousness of the request soon became apparent, as he was quickly negotiated down to $200 ransom. Of course the whole negotiation was taken place with police listening, and so it was the police who greeted him at the transaction location, rather than a woman with $200. The guy's now in jail. If the judge had a sense of humor, he would have set bail at $185,000, rather than $100,000, while also pointing out that he wouldn't negotiate down to $200.
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Some just don't have it...
Logic would tell a robber that, hey, I just stole a ladies purse and cell phone. One, who's phone is she calling from and two where is she gonna get the $200, I am holding her purse in my hands. I would bet the extra zeros came from the visual effect of the wall-eye.
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The only way...
this could be funnier is if the attacker sued the woman for entrapment or something and was asking for $185K in "irrerparable damages".
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For the love of money is the root
of all evil.
Greed will catch the best of crooks.
Bears make money, Bulls make money, Hogs get slaughtered.
Don't get greedy and you won't get caught.
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he should have had her wire the money to his swiss bank account.
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or...
He should have blanked the phone and sold it, provided it wasn't a cheapy...
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Notch for the TARD's
This does just go to show how retarded people have become. This ID10T stole her purse and cell, assuming her credit cards and any cash she did have was/is in her purse, and then he demands ransom??
Phone call from crook to lady (Fly on the wall to hear convo):
"Hey lady if you ever want to see your phone again...bring me all your cash and credit cards! Oh and swing by Starbucks to get me a Venti White Chocolate Mocha since you are going to be in the area, cool thanks."
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Re: For the love of money is the root
Lack of money is the root of all evil.
- George Bernard Shaw
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Must have been..
.. one of those unlocked iPhones.
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All I can say is...
Wow. *shakes his head*
Asmo
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