Thursday, April 17, 2008

Another dumb criminal

A criminal in Manteca, Calif. made a mistake when attempting to rob a home on April 1. Erich Hans Urbat attempted to take a camera from outside of a suburban home; however, it happened to be a video surveillance camera.

The video camera recorded Urbat loosening the screws and taking the camera and sent it to a tape inside of the home. The tape was later given to the police who recognized Urbat’s face.

Urbat was arrested later wearing the same grey hooded sweatshirt he wore in the surveillance video.

“Sometimes we just get really lucky, and they aren’t too bright,” Manteca Police Capt. Dave Bricker said.

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