A stupid immoral thief! When a light-fingered thief, surnamed Tien, was short of cash, he thought of his friend. In his friend’s home, he stole a watch and a notebook computer, but being a bit nervous, he left his shoes and instead put on his friend’s blue and white slippers. When his friend saw a pair of white tennis shoes, he immediately recognized them as his friend’s. Two hours later, Tien was under arrest.
Tien readily admitted to stealing the watch and the computer, but said he had never expected to be caught. His friend, named Lai, was so angry that he kept scolding Tien, saying he had “no morals.”
Tien, 22, has a record of theft. When he ran out of cash recently, he called on his friend Lai in Keelung. When he was sure that no one was home, Tien went to the back of the house where he took off his white shoes and climbed in through the bathroom window. He took two watches from his friend’s room and then he took a notebook computer from his friend’s younger sister’s room.
After his successful burglary, a nervous Tien did not put on his shoes, but instead left through the front door wearing his friend’s blue and white slippers. When his friend realized that he had been robbed, he also saw the white pair of shoes behind the house and immediately recognized them as Tien’s. He reported the burglary to the police and also told them where Tien might show up.
Police patrolled the neighborhood and in less than two hours they saw Tien strolling down the road. On the spot they found two watches on Tien and underneath the roof at a house nearby they found the hidden computer.
(liberty times, Translated by Perry Svensson)
不講義氣的笨賊!田姓男子缺錢用,腦筋竟動到朋友頭上,潛入友人家裡偷東西,拿走手機跟筆記型電腦,卻因一時緊張,把鞋子留在友人家,還穿走被害人的藍白拖鞋,友人看到白色球鞋一眼就認出是他的,田某得手不到兩小時就被逮到。
There is no shortage of candidates for the award of most stupid thief. One possible winner is Jerome Marquis Blanchett from Pennsylvania who is accused of holding up a retired police officer at a convention of over 300 police officers in March this year. He was arrested on the spot, by the man he allegedly tried to rob.
世上不乏「愚蠢至極的小偷」,其中最具「冠軍相」的是來自美國賓州的傑若米.馬奎斯.布蘭契,他被控今年三月在一場有三百多位警察與會的會議上打劫一位退休員警。結果他當場就被他想打劫的對象制伏逮捕。
田某坦承偷手機、筆記型電腦,沒想到馬上就被逮到,被偷的賴姓友人則氣得破口大罵田某「不講義氣」。
二十二歲的田姓男子有竊盜前科,因缺錢花用,日前到基隆市賴姓友人住處叫門,確定屋內沒人,繞到後面脫下白色球鞋,從浴室窗戶進入屋裡,到友人房內偷走兩支手機,再到友人妹妹房內偷走筆記型電腦。
行竊得逞後,田某一時緊張沒把球鞋穿走,反而從前門穿走友人藍白拖鞋;友人發現遭小偷,又看到留在屋後的白色球鞋,一眼就認出是田某涉嫌,不但馬上報警,還告訴警察田某可能出現的地點。
警方在附近一帶巡邏,不到兩小時就看到田某在路上閒晃,當場在他身上起出兩支手機,又在附近一處民宅屋簷下,找到田某藏放的筆記型電腦。(自由時報記者楊培華)



