robbers nabbed by cops driving getaway taxi

Patriots Game · #1 03-20-2008, 02:48 PM

TORONTO (Reuters) - Sometimes it pays to have your own wheels.
Two teenage suspects in a convenience store robbery in Oakville, Ontario, near Toronto, may have made a clean escape had they thought to bring a getaway car along for the heist.
Instead, the men fled the store on foot with an undisclosed amount of money, and then called for a taxi -- which showed up with two police officers inside.
Unfortunately for the would-be robbers, the police had been tipped off about the robbery by the wife of the store's lone employee that night. During a phone call with her husband she had heard a commotion, before the call was cut short.
She phoned the police who asked a local taxi company to alert them of any suspicious calls from the area. When an out-of-breath caller asked for a cab near the store, police met up with the taxi, took over from the driver and headed to the pick-up location.
The two men emerged from a wooded area and said they called for a cab. They were immediately arrested and driven to jail.
"Obviously not having a getaway vehicle or anything like that and calling a cab is generally not a sign of your most sophisticated criminal," Detective Sergeant Kevin Maher of the Halton Regional Police Service told Reuters.

Hoosiercatdaddy · #2 03-20-2008, 02:57 PM

going to miss PittV and BartSextson

Patriots Game · #3 03-20-2008, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoosiercatdaddy

going to miss PittV and BartSextson

Nice One

skippy · #4 03-20-2008, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Patriots Game

TORONTO (Reuters) - Sometimes it pays to have your own wheels.
Two teenage suspects in a convenience store robbery in Oakville, Ontario, near Toronto, may have made a clean escape had they thought to bring a getaway car along for the heist.
Instead, the men fled the store on foot with an undisclosed amount of money, and then called for a taxi -- which showed up with two police officers inside.
Unfortunately for the would-be robbers, the police had been tipped off about the robbery by the wife of the store's lone employee that night. During a phone call with her husband she had heard a commotion, before the call was cut short.
She phoned the police who asked a local taxi company to alert them of any suspicious calls from the area. When an out-of-breath caller asked for a cab near the store, police met up with the taxi, took over from the driver and headed to the pick-up location.
The two men emerged from a wooded area and said they called for a cab. They were immediately arrested and driven to jail.
"Obviously not having a getaway vehicle or anything like that and calling a cab is generally not a sign of your most sophisticated criminal," Detective Sergeant Kevin Maher of the Halton Regional Police Service told Reuters.

Torontonians are really really DUMB.

Patriots Game · #5 03-20-2008, 03:44 PM

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Torontonians are really really DUMB.

Not a nice thing to say Skippy. Considering they are teenagers....who generally do dumb things...world wide...

I am positive something can be said about the teenagers in your area.

skippy · #6 03-20-2008, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Patriots Game

Not a nice thing to say Skippy. Considering they are teenagers....who generally do dumb things...world wide...

I am positive something can be said about the teenagers in your area.

What's wrong with calling a spade a spade???

Don't give me this TEENAGER excuse.

If they are teenagers, where did they learn to holdup a store???

Patriots Game · #7 03-20-2008, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by skippy

What's wrong with calling a spade a spade???

Don't give me this TEENAGER excuse.

If they are teenagers, where did they learn to holdup a store???

TV, video games, movies, music/lyrics, drug induced fantasies....just to name a few. And technically, they did not learn how to do it properly.

Real bandits do some research and are prepared.

skippy · #8 03-20-2008, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Patriots Game

TV, video games, movies, music/lyrics, drug induced fantasies....just to name a few. And technically, they did not learn how to do it properly.

Real bandits do some research and are prepared.

If they lived in Barrie or North Bay, they would have been more prepared.