It’s for You, It’s the Police
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 • Filed under Kidnappings, Robberies
Cell phones are a miracle of technological ingenuity, aren’t they? We can receive and make phone calls from just about any point in the globe (that manage to get a signal that lasts longer than a second) that sound just as clear as a land telephone line (that is if your land telephone line features whole blocks of static and interuptions that make you sound like Billy from “Cuckoo’s Nest”) and for only a small amount of money (if you’re Bill Gates). Here’s yet another example of their usefulness…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A robber demanded his victim’s wallet and car keys, then dumped him in the trunk of his car and withdrew cash with his bank card early Sunday, police said.
Martino Williamson is wishing he had taken Ira Sully’s cell phone, too.
Sully called police from inside the trunk and described the car and Williamson, who was caught a short time later when an officer matched him and the car to Sully’s description, police said in a report.
Man, that’s bad. The only way it could be worse is if he tried to steal the car without taking his keys during the hold up.
Police charged Williamson with aggravated robbery, kidnapping and operating a cell phone while driving a motor vehicle.
Of course, this begs the inevitable question: how the hell did this guy get a signal from the trunk of his car when I can’t get one from my front door?
maiden-of-mystery says: May 1st, 2007 at 6:06 am
Stand back everyone! The evolution of a stupid criminal’s
brain is currently in progress!
he said she says: May 7th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
maybe he didnt notice that 1 of 2 americans has a cell phone…
be sad if the person he jacked was on the phone while he put em in the trunk
broklynn says: May 18th, 2007 at 10:05 am
holy shit enough cell phones lol but any way
Jen says: November 3rd, 2007 at 7:53 pm
I bet the car owner thanks god for that phone and the criminal’s stupidity everyday. I mean, how dumb can you be, these days even 10 year olds have cell phones, and everyone know how widespread the things are, any criminal who knows anything would take the person’s cell phone, too. Especially since they cost more money than you can withdraw from an ATM at one time, not to mention that the person you’re robbing can hit like 2 buttons and be on the phone with the cops and a lot of them get signal in the strangest places. Are all criminals like Homer Simpson intelligence level or what? I bet when the guy got arrested he actually said D’oh!
Raychael says: February 20th, 2008 at 2:33 am
You can call 911 no matter where you are and your phone dosent even have to have service.
Sarah says: June 9th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
sweet
J.T. says: June 13th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Where did you come up with calling 911 without signal? It’s not possible!
We'reInClassRightNow says: October 27th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
thats weird haha