So this guy decides he need some quick cash or whatever. So he goes to the a convention and follows a guy into the restroom, takes the guys wallet and cellphone. Then he runs and is chased cause he robbed a cop.

HARRISBURG, Pa. – A retired police chief said he was robbed by “probably the dumbest criminal in Pennsylvania,” at a police officers’ convention on Friday morning. John Comparetto said as he came out of a stall in the men’s room, a man pointed a gun in his face and demanded money. There were 300 narcotics officers from Pennsylvania and Ohio at the gathering.

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It is never a good idea to run from the police, however neither is hiding under a truck.

PHOENIX – A suspect who ran away from a traffic stop on Wednesday chose the wrong place to hide when he slipped under a parked moving truck — and then was run over when the driver pulled away. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said an officer stopped a 26-year-old man in west Phoenix just before 7 a.m. after he ran a red light. The man gave the officer his license, then ran away and disappeared behind a convenience store.

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Wonder if he learned his lesson.

FORT WORTH, Texas – A man who would have been on probation for his drug conviction will now have to spend six months in jail — all because he fled before hearing a jury’s sentencing verdict.

To make matters worse, James Carroll Franklin was captured after a high-speed chase through three counties, for which he faces more charges that could bring additional jail time.

Franklin, 47, of Azle, apparently panicked Wednesday after hearing prosecutors in the Wise County courtroom urge jurors to sentence him to life in prison, said his attorney, Jim Shaw.

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This Portland Oregon carwash attendant gave sweet justice to a would be robber in the form of a high powered blast from a eco-friendly water sprayer. Wonder who’s got coal in their stocking this Christmas.

The Washman Carwash bills itself as “brushless and environmentally friendly.”

But what’s an employee to do when a masked robber confronts him in broad daylight, armed with a handgun, and demands money?

Chris B. Truax, a 25-year-old worker at the carwash off Northeast 81st Avenue, reacted quickly and stayed true to his business’s motto.

He rebuffed the robber with a high-intensity power washer, sending the suspect running from the spray of a lukewarm water and soap mixture.

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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Eau Claire police said a man accused of stealing a soda worth $1.57 chose to go to jail rather than pay up, even though he was carrying more than $70. Police responding to the report of a theft recently say the 27-year-old man appeared drunk. An employee told officers the man had taken a cup from the counter, filled it and began drinking.

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CHICAGO – The robber’s threatening note made a Chicago bank job easy to solve: The FBI says the suspect wrote it on his pay stub. An FBI affidavit said the man walked into a Fifth Third Bank on Friday and handed a teller a note that read “Be Quick Be Quit (sic). Give your cash or I’ll shoot.”

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