# Thief breaks into police surveillance van

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thief-breaks-into-police-surveillance-van/435828>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 1, 2008, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thief-breaks-into-police-surveillance-van/435828 "2008-02-01T05:51:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thief-breaks-into-police-surveillance-van/435828/1 "2008-02-01T05:51:53Z")

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[So what do you tell your cellmate?](http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Jan/31/br/br8035974162.html)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thief-breaks-into-police-surveillance-van/435828/2 "2008-02-01T14:49:31Z")

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“Oops, sorry, officers! Wrong van.”

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thief-breaks-into-police-surveillance-van/435828/3 "2008-02-01T14:54:31Z")

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He was charged with resisting arrest, too. You’d think that, having been caught red-handed, he might come quietly, but no … !

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**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thief-breaks-into-police-surveillance-van/435828/4 "2008-02-01T15:56:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Leaper]  
So what do you tell your cellmate?  
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“My lawyer screwed me.”

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**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thief-breaks-into-police-surveillance-van/435828/5 "2008-02-01T18:59:16Z")

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“I never saw it coming… but they did.”