Saturday, September 25, 2010

Entry in the "Least Competent Criminals" contest


This happened a little outside of State College, but I loved the headline on this story in today's Centre Daily Times, the idea of robbing an "adult" store with a "toy" gun:

Pa. adult store clerk foils 2 'armed' with toy gun

- The Associated Press
September 24, 2010 5:57pm EDT
Police say two women who tried to rob a central Pennsylvania adult book store with a toy gun didn't fool a clerk, who told them to "get a real gun."

Authorities say 28-year-old Shannon Cheripka, of Glasgow, and 26-year-old Angela Crook, of Coalport, attempted to rob the Adult World store in Duncansville around 1 a.m. Thursday.
Cheripka told police the clerk said, "First, if you're going to rob someone, get a real gun. Second off, you're not getting any money."

Authorities say the clerk chased away the women before police in nearby Logan Township arrested them in a van the clerk had described.  The women remained in the Blair County Jail on Friday on robbery and other charges. It was unclear if they had lawyers.

1 comment:

  1. Note Angela's last name -- seems she was merely trying to fulfill her destiny!

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