Taxiing Down the Runaway
Columbia, SC
Taxicabs are not the ideal getaway cars. On June 9, the maintenance man at the Travelodge Hotel on Horseshoe Drive approached an officer there investigating another case. The maintenance man reported that someone had told him they had observed someone trying to steal a TV from the hotel. The culprit had wrapped the TV in a hotel blanket so as to not seem suspicious and carried it out to a waiting taxicab. Fortunately, the cab driver wasn’t raised no fool and asked the bandit for a receipt for the television he was so sneakily carrying. When the thief could not provide one, the cabbie drove off leaving the bandit in the lot with his loot. The maintenance man said that he had found the TV covered in the blanket underneath the stairs on the ground floor by the side exit door. At this time there are no suspects identified in this sloppy attempt at thievery.
Found in the Free Times
June 25th, 2007 at 2:20 am
He wrapped the television in a hotel blanket so he wouldn’t look suspicious? And why a hotel television? They’re usually kinda beat up aren’t they?
June 25th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Maybe he was trying to get home in time to watch that show—Americas’ Dumbest Criminals—wherein, half his family is probably the stars of the show.
June 25th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Hotel tvs are usually set up to work with hotel cable only. If the moron had someone even dumber than himself lines up to buy it, I can see stealing it otherwise– what a dumbass!