Man Robs Cop at Police Convention

[DaMadFiddler]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7969934.stm

A man in the US state of Pennsylvania accused of a robbery at a narcotics police convention has been described as probably the state's dumbest criminal.

Retired police chief John Comparetto was attending the meeting of 300 officers when he was allegedly held up at gunpoint in the men's toilets.

He handed over money and a phone but then he and some colleagues gave chase as the suspect tried to flee in a taxi.
They arrested a 19-year-old man over the incident near Harrisburg.

Mr Comparetto was wearing an ankle holster with a gun, and when told to drop his trousers, he managed to conceal his weapon.
He described the suspect as "probably the dumbest criminal in Pennsylvania".

The Associated Press news agency reported that when a journalist asked the suspect for comment as he was led from court, he said: "I'm smooth."

[bloodite]

Well that man couldn't have been the dumbest in the state as he almost got away with it. I would be questioning how a man got a gun into a convention with 300 police officers to begin with. More a failure of the security than the gunman.

[pavelbure]

i said it before and i'll say it again, the people here are the dumbest in the world.