Hot Pursuit
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 • Filed under Arson, Cars, Robberies
Fire and crime go together like Legos and Oreos. If a suspect uses it, it’s bound to attract attention.
That’s a lesson that one crook learned when he set fire to his car before committing a hold up in an attempt to destroy any forensic evidence that might led police to him, according to the London Telegraph.
The fire initially attracted attention to the scene and police caught the man with a stolen cash box just a few blocks from the scene. He reportedly also planned to set the cash on fire to remove any more forensic evidence.
Fire officials extinguished the car and took it away to examine it for (wait for it) forensic evidence. Good thing the hold-up man thought ahead.
Soleil Lune says: July 23rd, 2009 at 4:20 am
absolutely stupid
atdarrenadam says: August 31st, 2010 at 10:07 am
why the f%#$ would you burn the getaway car you dumbsh$@!
and why would anyone steal money from a bank if they planned on burning it later on?!
Nat says: January 30th, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Kind of dumb but i guess he chickened out after, which is still dumb. They would already have enough evidence to lead him to the crime with the fact that he was burning all of his stuff. (not stealing somebody else’s car and then torching it and the getting away in your own. but he would have had to burn it a ways from his car [and away from his house] and then walk the distance to his car. After that he would have to get rid of the shoes. but he would not be able to buy new shoes with the stolen money) -that just covers the basics of what he could have done for a better outcome