Thursday, December 4, 2008

We were hoping the news would be funny on its own today. We're in luck! This guy is hilarious:

Police have made an arrest in an armoured car robbery in the US in which the suspect used the free online classifieds website Craigslist to hire decoys.
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The robber pepper sprayed the armoured car guard on September 30 outside a Bank of America branch in Monroe, grabbed a bag of money and ran towards a tributary of the Skykomish River where he was seen floating off on a tube.

As he ran, the suspect dropped a pepper spray canister, a smaller bag of money, a hat, wig and sunglasses and a white particle mask.
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The alleged robber had apparently used a fake Craigslist ad to bring job seeker to the area.

So his plan was to get a bunch of people to dress similarly and show up at the scene as decoys. It's really not a half bad idea. The only problem was that this was the getaway car:

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