# More dumb crooks

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 28, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-dumb-crooks/337489 "2005-12-28T21:07:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Makei\_III](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@Makei\_III](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Makei_III)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-dumb-crooks/337489/1 "2005-12-28T21:07:27Z")

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I guess they thought they’d struck it rich.  
They stole an art store van and it was full of pricy paintings.  
That store happened to be the sole agent for the artist, so they tried to sell the paintings back to them. The cops were waiting.

[Art Theft](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/23/BAGEKGCJE81.DTL)