Thief Dies Trying To Destroy Truck

[IronNoggin]

Thief died trying to destroy truck
by Castanet Staff - Story: 62205
May 24, 2011 / 2:00 pm

A 33-year-old man apparently died as a result of injuries suffered while trying to destroy a stolen truck.

According to police, the unidentified Peachland man arranged to have a friend follow him into a rural area of Philpott Road after stealing a truck from Kelowna Saturday evening. Sgt. Ann Morrison says his friend waited in another vehicle nearby.

"Moments later, the victim came stumbling back to the friends' vehicle with a wound to his upper torso," says Morrison. "Investigation continues but police believe the victim was wounded in the process of damaging the vehicle and that wound resulted in his eventual death."

Morrison says the friend drove the victim from the scene before calling 911 when the victim's condition deteriorated.

"An autopsy will be done on Wednesday to determine the cause of death."

She says the stolen vehicle is a white 2000 F350 pickup truck. It was recovered in the rural area off Philpott Road. The registered owner has been notified.

Police ask anyone with information to call West Kelowna RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/62205/Thief-died-trying-to-destroy-truck

http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/62186/Man-dies-after-stealing-car

 

[Degree of Freedom]

...Darwin...

 

[Pippen]

My condolences.

 

[Last Chance]

Another dose of clorine for the gene pool.

 

[Gunsmith]

Hope the truck wasn't damaged.

 

[Mi Chica]

Evolution in action, a wonderful thing.

 

[Fish Assassin]

Justice served right away.......I love it.

 

[Jeep09]

I hope it the F**cker who ripped off my GPS & Sat Radio/Tools a while ago

 

[wolf]

Justice served...... old fashioned way.....

 

[bryce]

well sometimes ****** things happen to horrible people

 

[Labman2]

I've always heard that KARMA can be a *****!

 

[Jahfreddy]

In the words of Cypress Hill,

"What go around, come around, kid,
What go around, come around"

 

[tinboatrobb]

A perfect example of why the gene pool needs a lifeguard.

 

[big ragu]

I love a happy ending

 

[Labman2]

This one makes me smile!

Police: Thief trying to steal WaveRunner in Miami Shores is shot dead

A thief who tried to steal a WaveRunner from a lawyer's backyard was killed Saturday afternoon, Miami-Dade police said.

At 2:31 p.m., police received a call about a shooting at a Miami Shores home at the 9200 block of North Bayshore Drive.

The property belongs to attorney Jeffrey Davis and his wife Yasmin, according to Miami-Dade property records.

According to Detective Roy Rutland, a Miami-Dade police spokesman, an unidentified man entered the Davis' patio and made his way to the backyard, where he tried to lower a wave runner from its boatlift into the water.

Two people in the house, a woman and a teenage boy confronted the man. It appears he threatened them, Rutland said.

Either the woman or the teenager shot the intruder; police were not sure Saturday. Detectives are questioning both people, he said.

The case remains under investigation.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/cr...shoots-theft-suspect-20110522,0,2290149.story

 

[Degree of Freedom]

I got a good chuckle out of this one...

 

[Bassblaster]

I got a good chuckle out of this one...

Now THAT is funny as hell!!ROFLMAO Must have been a hell of a curb!

As for the other guy, my tag line says it all.

 

[morganic]

speaking of dumb criminals this happened to me 15 years ago
Burglar nabbed by cordless telephone
Morgan Ottridge is a happy guy after he used the redial feature on his phone to track the man who stole his leather jacket and big-screen television from his home while he was sleeping. Using only a cordless phone and a detective’s instincts, Morgan Ottridge gave police a set of clues that helped them reach out and nab a burglary suspect.

The east Vancouver man was awakened about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday by his roommate who had noticed that several items were missing from their house, including their big-screen TV, Sony PlayStation and Ottridge’s prized leather jacket. And the cordless phone.

Ottridge pressed the phone’s “page” button, which causes a beep that can be used to locate the handset when it is misplaced. Leaving a candle on top of the button so it would ring continuously, Ottridge followed the faint sound of the beeper outside.

“When I got outside it was a bit louder — towards my neighbour’s house,” he said Thursday. “I just followed it, louder and louder.”

He found the phone in the hedge of his neighbour’s yard. Then things got interesting. Ottridge picked up the phone and pressed the redial button — which rang the last number that had been called on the phone: Yellow Cab dispatch.

The cab company confirmed one of its drivers had indeed picked up a fare on Ottridge’s street, a few doors from his house, at about 2:20 a.m. And the cabbie had told the dispatcher there were lots of items that had to be loaded into the trunk. One of them was a big-screen TV.

Ottridge’s next stop: the police station. They found out from the cab company where the fare had been dropped off. A more cunning thief might have asked to be let off a block or two away from his residence, but the suspect had been dropped off right in front of his house.

When police went to the suspect’s home, they found a woman who told them her boyfriend was in court that morning on a breaking-and-entering charge. She allowed the officers into the house to look around, police spokeswoman Constable Anne Drennan said.

The officers found property that appeared to be from the victim’s home, including the TV. They then went to the courtroom where the suspect was supposed to appear and found him waiting outside — wearing Ottridge’s leather jacket.

Ottridge said police returned the TV and jacket to him. But some CDs and his video game machine are still missing. Drennan said charges are expected against the suspect for possession of stolen property and possibly breaking-and-entering.