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  • TUESDAY JULY 10 2007 10:00 PM

American Hero Kicks Crime In Balls

Today began as any other day for James at SuicideGirls HQ – he’s one of the people behind the curtain keeping you plugged into the matrix. His morning got exciting very quickly.

Our tale actually begins several weeks ago when James was robbed. Not much you can do about it in Los Angeles. Your options are limited. You could upgrade security (pricey), sit around all day with a gun (boring), or buy a dog (shitty), but James did what every good tech wizard would do - he installed a webcam.

Most detective work is really boring. Not that I would know. Magnum PI used to say that every time he was on a stakeout, trying to blend in from behind the wheel of his Ferrari. Usually right before getting shot at. Real life stake-outs must suck. James left the magic window on his laptop open waiting for something to happen. Weeks of nothing, did in fact happen.

Today, something happened. James was shocked to find this man stalking around his house, opening drawers and using James' own duffle bag to loot his home:


While James dialed 911 to report the 459 in progress at his residence, the fella scoped-out the stealables.


The man may or may not have known the layout – but it’s reasonable to think he’s the same burglar that swiped a laptop in the previous break-in. While James was on the phone calling the cops his faithful sidekick and fellow SG techie Drew sprang into action and began taking screen grabs like this one - where he's unplugging the DVD player he’s helping himself to:


Any worry that the intruder would escape before the cops arrived was put to bed when the uninvited guest stopped for a snack. Stealing is hard on the constitution and all the fence-jumping and skulking makes it a tiring activity. Some refreshment will fix that:


The snack break bought the cops the time they needed to arrive at the scene of the crime. Precious response time was burned up while the perfect “Dagwood” was constructed.

Unfortunately, for us, once again the robber thinks only of himself by leaving the webcam’s field of view for the exciting conclusion. He exited the premises only to be tackled after a brief chase by the LAPD. Was he over encumbered with booty? Was the sandwich not fully digested? Or the cops too fast? We may never know. Sadly, the mustachioed hobo may have been slightly injured after trying to escape. This is Los Angeles, he’s lucky he wasn’t slightly shot.

To be totally honest, this was not a fair fight. It's the tale of a mismatch between a low level thief caught stealing from a high-tech wizard. There was only one way it was going to end: in total fucking ownage.

Thanks to Zoetica for help visualizing the big finish.

 

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ZPO

ZPO

Olympia, WA
July 2004

JUL 11, 2007 03:37 AM

Can you see the guy trying to explain it in jail, "Well you see, this geek had a webcam on me the whole time. Yes, I got caught by a geek while I made a sandwich from his fridge."

He'd best avoid the showers. Guys like him give crooks a bad name. tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue

NickFaust

NickFaust

USA
April 2004

JUL 11, 2007 04:58 AM

Fucking wonderful. It is nice when things work out the way they should.

bairdduvessa

bairdduvessa

Centerville, MA
April 2005

JUL 11, 2007 05:25 AM

congrats!

mattbavougian

mattbavougian

Lincoln, NE
June 2003

JUL 11, 2007 05:35 AM

Golf Clap !

Heraclitus

Heraclitus

Denver, CO
December 2006

JUL 11, 2007 05:52 AM

That's not just cool.

That's fucking Nerdcore.

7eufel

7eufel

USA
July 2006

JUL 11, 2007 05:53 AM

Oh thats classic. hahaah

punk

punk

Phoenix, AZ
January 2004

JUL 11, 2007 06:16 AM

That's awesome. I was burglarized (p.s. robbery is when someone confronts you face-to-face, usually with force) a couple of years back. The son of a bitch took my laptop and the bass that I'd just finished building. I ended up getting the bass back but never saw the laptop again. It's awesome seeing another obviously stupid criminal get caught.

Though it does appear that James needs to re-evaluate his home security anyway, if someone broke in twice. wink

brett54

brett54

Australia
November 2004

JUL 11, 2007 06:41 AM

12 Gauge Boundry Security System

This particular device, when used outdoors, serves as an effective pest control and early warning signal against intruders on your property. This system is all aluminum construction that can be used over and over again. Designed to accommodate 12 gauge blanks.
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ha fuckin ha

All_Sewn_Up

All_Sewn_Up

Papua New Guinea
January 2007

JUL 11, 2007 07:03 AM

brett54 said:
12 Gauge Boundry Security System

This particular device, when used outdoors, serves as an effective pest control and early warning signal against intruders on your property. This system is all aluminum construction that can be used over and over again. Designed to accommodate 12 gauge blanks.
zoom image

ha fuckin ha



Wow.

Incidentally, these also make "effective pest control and early warning signal(s)"

_DictionaryGirl_

_DictionaryGirl_

NEWSWIRE

San Diego, CA

JUL 11, 2007 07:35 AM

*applause*

Trahern

Trahern

United Kingdom
March 2003

JUL 11, 2007 07:37 AM

Hurrah!

Also makes me want a house with a basement security office. Or a Batcave.

Mugen

Mugen

HOPEFUL

Toronto, ON

JUL 11, 2007 08:00 AM

Geeks will always pwn. The end.

although it woulda sucked if he had the intelligence to swipe the laptop...then the webcam would have been all sorts of useless.

But thankfully he was a retard.

freshprncebelair

freshprncebelair

Ellicott City, MD
June 2004

JUL 11, 2007 08:18 AM

brett54 said:
12 Gauge Boundry Security System

This particular device, when used outdoors, serves as an effective pest control and early warning signal against intruders on your property. This system is all aluminum construction that can be used over and over again. Designed to accommodate 12 gauge blanks.
zoom image

ha fuckin ha



Too messy.

Real geeks prefer a remotely activateable Halon system, which is also good in case of fire

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

JUL 11, 2007 08:35 AM

_Heather said:
Everyone should geek so righteously.

EDIT: He ate? Have these people never heard of DNA?



Cops at burglary scenes rarely dust for fingerprints much less check for DNA. CSI lies. wink

slayn001

slayn001

United Kingdom
February 2005

JUL 11, 2007 08:40 AM

Shalome said:

_Heather said:
Everyone should geek so righteously.

EDIT: He ate? Have these people never heard of DNA?



Cops at burglary scenes rarely dust for fingerprints much less check for DNA. CSI lies. wink



i am always reminded of the scene in he big lebowski where he asks the cop if they have any leads, and the guy laughs at him.

unless you are someone important or some sort of violent crime occured, the cops really don't care all that much. there isn't much sense in putting alot of work into catching someone who stole a dvd player and a sandwhich frown

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