Clearly criminals are not the brightest individuals, simply based on the fact that they choose to break the law. But you just gotta love the ones that are stupid enough to assist in their own arrest. Thank God that their ignorance can sometimes make our streets a little safer.
I'm referring to a story that I read on the Post's website. This past Friday, a young lady was abducted near the Congress Heights Metro station by two men. She was raped and robbed during the ordeal which lasted for two hours.
One of the attackers mentioned that his mother had just died and her funeral was the next day. The woman mentioned this tidbit to a Prince George's County detective who determined that the assailants probably lived in Congress Heights, considering that they approached the woman on-foot. The detective was familiar with the SE DC neighborhood and knew that a likely location for the funeral would be Pope Funeral Home. The detective made arrangements with the funeral home to pose as a receptionist the day of the funeral. Sho'nuff, a man walks in fitting the victim's description. He even had the nerve to be wearing the victim's ring!!
Needles to say, the man was arrested the next day, and his accomplice surrendered on Tuesday.
Congratulations to Det. Sherry Prince for getting these losers off of the streets ASAP. And to all the criminals of the world: stupid is as stupid does. Hopefully you'll turn away from illegal activity, but if not, do your best to provide law enforcement officials with the clues that they need to put you where you belong. Really!
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