Wrong Car !

[tonyav]

Sounds like a comedy sketch to me.
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2018/10/29/men-arrested-after-threatening-armed-police-in-car-with-crowbar/

[marval]

That serves them right, it did make me smile though.

[tonyav]

I'll bet the cops are still laughing, marval.

[marval]

I would think so Tony.

[Buenchico]

I'm reminded of a young guy I know who, after rather two many drinks in a Felixstowe nightspot, found that nature was calling rather urgently while he walking along the promenade. Still being sober enough to take other peole's feelings into account, he pressed himself hard up against a car parked on the seafront so as to hide his manhood while he relieved himself.

Unfortunately he failed to notice that
(a) the car was occupied ; and
(b) it had blue lights on top and the word 'Police' in big letters down the side

;-)

[tonyav]

LOL, now he was taking the pee, Chris.

[wolf63]

I saw the story on a Police Facebook page.

They found it funny and said that the stupider the crooks are the easier they are to catch - and that was fine with them.

[Buenchico]

>>> the stupider the crooks are the easier they are to catch

When I worked at a rail station, we had a mobile customer service desk in the booking hall, equipped with a desktop computer and a printer. It was meant to be locked away each evening but my colleague forgot to do so and, when I came to start my shift at 6am, I found the PC and printer had gone walkabout.

We had a police office at the station, so I reported it to the two guys on duty there when they came in to start their shift. It took them hardly any time at all to see the couple who'd been caught on many of the 60 CCTV cameras we'd got (with loads of really clear pictures of their faces), hanging around in the booking hall for ages, then going to fetch their car (with the registration number clearly visible on multiple CCTV cameras) before nicking the gear and driving off with it.

The cops knew that it shouldn't take them long to track down the offenders but they couldn't do so straight away because they'd got to attend the local magistrates' court to give evidence in another case. They sat down in the waiting area and then noticed the couple who were sitting directly next to them . . .

We had our computer back very shortly afterwards ;-)

[tonyav]

Yep, more boneheads in operation there Chris.

[Canary42]

.... but why only one arrest/charged ?

[jno]

good question, Canary. Perhaps one is still being questioned about other offences.

[gness]

It does, Tony......nice laugh and I would have loved to have seen their faces..... :-)

[tonyav]

So would I, gness. Those armed police getting out of the car LOL.

[retrocop]

Why one bailed more the question. How BANG to rights does it have to be especially as you are threatening,with a crowbar, an active Police Firearms unit?

[Baldric]

Should've blown 'em away imo.

[New Judge]

I suppose we can look forward to them sueing the police for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (and I'm only half joking).

[margarettom]

Reminds me of John Cleese thrashing the police car in the Specsavers advert.