There is a 43-year-old man surnamed Cheng in Miaoli County who has a criminal record for several cases of theft. In 2010 he was riding a stolen scooter in Jhongjheng Borough in Miaoli County’s Yuanli Township when he had an accident that shattered a bone in his left foot. However, Cheng did not keep this lesson in mind, and on Feb. 22 this year he stole another vehicle — a truck this time — but before he had driven very far he crashed into an electricity pole and was arrested.
Some time after 3pm on Feb. 22 in Yuanli Township’s Futian Borough, Cheng saw a 63-year-old man surnamed Lin parking his truck at the side of the road to sharpen his machete. Taking advantage of the fact that Lin had not locked his truck and was busy sharpening the blade, Cheng stealthily crept into the truck and drove it away.
When Lin saw what was happening, he chased after the truck. Much to his surprise, before Cheng had driven it very far, he crashed into an electricity pole on County Road 130 in Jiaopu Borough, one kilometer away, whereupon Lin caught up with him and called the police to come and deal with it.
Photo: Tsai Cheng-min, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者蔡政珉
The police officers recognized Cheng as a habitual thief from their precinct, and the victim provided clear witness evidence, so Cheng admitted stealing the truck. He said that he had previously suffered bone fractures in his left foot that impaired his mobility and made it hard for him to drive the truck, and that is why he had this traffic accident.
The police said that not long after the last time Cheng stole a vehicle he had a skidding accident that caused a comminuted fracture in his left foot. Now he had gone and stolen another vehicle, which ended up with him crashing into a pole and getting arrested and indicted on a charge of theft.
(Liberty Times, translated by Julian Clegg)
苗栗縣四十三歲鄭姓男子有多項竊盜前科，二○一○年間在苗栗縣苑裡鎮中正里騎乘偷來的機車，車禍導致左腳粉碎性骨折，但鄭男沒記取教訓，今年二月二十二日又偷了一輛貨車，沒開多遠就撞電桿被捕。
鄭男於二十二日下午三點多在苑裡鎮福田里，看見六十三歲林男把貨車停在路邊磨柴刀，趁著林男沒鎖車門專心磨刀之際，悄悄地爬進車內，把貨車開走。
林男見狀一路狂追，沒想到鄭男車子開不遠，就在一公里外的蕉埔里縣道一三○線撞到電桿，此時林男也趕到報警處理。
員警認出鄭男是轄區內慣竊，被害人也指證歷歷，鄭男坦承偷車，但因先前左腳骨折，影響行動，導致開車不便，所以發生交通事故。
警方表示，鄭男上次偷車騎沒多久，就發生車禍打滑，導致左腳粉碎性骨折，豈料這次又偷車，結果撞電桿被逮，依竊盜罪嫌送辦。
（自由時報記者蔡政珉）
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