# Today's crooks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-crooks/36095>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 7, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-crooks/36095 "2000-10-07T21:00:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-crooks/36095/1 "2000-10-07T21:00:31Z")

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This link will probably only be good for a couple of hours:

[Blind Lookout Man Held in Robbery Attempt](http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAXQ6SP1EC.html)

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**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-crooks/36095/2 "2000-10-07T21:40:24Z")

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It’s a case for the thread “Defeating sexism (and other oppressive attitudes)” by dougie\_monty

Another stereotype broken.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-crooks/36095/3 "2000-10-07T21:51:03Z")

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Wasn’t there a newspaper report of a robber who left his dog at the scene of the crime?

The police told it ‘home’ and followed it…

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**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-crooks/36095/4 "2000-10-08T00:00:51Z")

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Haha, this is the second “funny news story” thread that I’ve seen where the news in question took place in my home state of Rhode Island… the last one was about the stolen huge Mr. Potato Heads, IIRC.

Jeez, I miss all the good stuff here!

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**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-crooks/36095/5 "2000-10-08T02:23:15Z")

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This is almost as good as the robber who ran away in the snow, and the police followed the foot tracks all the way back to his house. STOOPY!