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EARTHDATE: October 24, 2010

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CRIMINALS OF THE WEEK

by Hazed

Oh, I do love a good dumb criminal story, so imagine my delight when I found two stories about idiots who attempt robberies in the most cack-handed way.

First is the robber who walked into a convenience store in Phoenix with a clear plastic bag over his head - presumably thinking the plastic would distort the image of his face. He said he would shoot the clerk in the head if the money wasn't handed over. But the robber was having problems: the plastic bag was suffocating him! Yes, kids, those warnings about not putting plastic bags on your heads are there for a reason.

He was having such a problem with his airflow that he had to tear the plastic bag off, so cameras in the store got a good look at his face. He grabbed the money and ran, and police are now searching for him.

You can see a picture here.

Then came the story headlined "Most ridiculous hold-up ever" - and I have to agree. The perpetrator was wearing a black plastic trash bag over her head when she attempted to rob a jewellery store, while her accomplice waited outside with her getaway vehicle - a wheelchair!

A CCTV camera has captured all of the action. Noemi Duchene is seen being pushed to the El Paso, Texas, store in her wheelchair, rising out of it, clumsily covering her head and body with the rubbish sack - with two holes cut out for eyes - walking into the store, and pulling a knife on the owner. Her demand: "give me everything."

What the owner, Linda Bradley, gave her was not what Duchene was expecting. Bradley ducked behind the counter, grabbed a stun-gun (a PINK stun-gun) and started chasing Duchene around the store. Then another customer grabbed the inept robber and wrestled her to the floor, holding her until police arrived to arrest her and her wheelchair-pushing sidekick.

You can see pictures from the CCTV footage here.

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