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timujin		2011-08-04 01:52:32 PM

I wonder if they would have been able to identify him on the store's security footage if he hadn't shown his face to the woman. Better to have left the stuff on her porch, knocked and run.

/well, better not to have taken it at all, but still...

bighasbeen		2011-08-04 02:05:47 PM

Sorry.

vinnydoz007		2011-08-04 03:13:58 PM

Friggin Pats fans.....

Two Hearted		2011-08-04 03:14:11 PM

He certainly is stupid.

Russ1642		2011-08-04 03:16:58 PM

I was expecting him to be dumb enough to write her a personal cheque.

TheyCallMeSirr2		2011-08-04 03:17:51 PM

Thief: "Im very sorry, I wanted to personally return everything i took and try to make amends. To give you piece of mind I want you to know I wasnt stalking you or anything, I just saw a purse and took it, I was very stupid. I am so very sorry nothing like this will ever happen again."

Woman: "Im more scared than ever now! Find him, lock him up, and throw away the key!!!!!"

/Really?

RandomExcess		2011-08-04 03:25:36 PM

There is a chance that after a 5 year bit he may not re-offend. This may have a long-term happy ending after all

Mr Guy		2011-08-04 03:28:33 PM

RandomExcess: There is a chance that after a 5 year bit he may not re-offend. This may have a long-term happy ending after all

Er, it's kinda got a happy ending right now, if you overlook how the woman is all skerred of the big bad guy who felt so bad about stealing her stuff he returned it with extra. I seriously, seriously, hope the Police aren't ACTUALLY actively wasting time on this.

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER		2011-08-04 03:28:34 PM

I would have taken odds before reading that this story was about either Bank of America, or Rupert Murdoch.

hailin		2011-08-04 03:32:51 PM

Sumatra		2011-08-04 03:34:25 PM

TheyCallMeSirr2: Thief: "Im very sorry, I wanted to personally return everything i took and try to make amends. To give you piece of mind I want you to know I wasnt stalking you or anything, I just saw a purse and took it, I was very stupid. I am so very sorry nothing like this will ever happen again."

Woman: "Im more scared than ever now! Find him, lock him up, and throw away the key!!!!!"

/Really?

Came here to say this. At least tell the media "Oh,hey, all is forgiven" but be sure the cops track him down. That is, if you're really scared now because he knows where you live.

Smelly Pirate Hooker		2011-08-04 03:36:57 PM

At least he demonstrated remorse. That's way more than most criminals are able to manage. And he did it before being apprehended, rather than after, which kind of shows he actually means it, unlike when people usually express remorse.

If I were her, I'd call this one done.

Cyclometh		2011-08-04 03:37:17 PM

Finding where someone lives is trivially easy. I'm betting it's even easier if you have a GPS because it probably had a "home" waypoint in it.

raggtopp		2011-08-04 03:37:33 PM

Dirtybird971		2011-08-04 03:37:54 PM

They look like two totally different men.

vinnydoz007		2011-08-04 03:38:42 PM

Cyclometh: Finding where someone lives is trivially easy. I'm betting it's even easier if you have a GPS because it probably had a "home" waypoint in it.

or you know. A wallet. With a license. and maybe an address. who knows.

JRoo		2011-08-04 03:39:41 PM

RandomExcess: There is a chance that after a 5 year bit he may not re-offend. This may have a long-term happy ending after all

Not for Texans. He wasn't shot and killed.

Silverstaff		2011-08-04 03:43:08 PM

TheyCallMeSirr2: Thief: "Im very sorry, I wanted to personally return everything i took and try to make amends. To give you piece of mind I want you to know I wasnt stalking you or anything, I just saw a purse and took it, I was very stupid. I am so very sorry nothing like this will ever happen again."

Woman: "Im more scared than ever now! Find him, lock him up, and throw away the key!!!!!"

/Really?

Yeah, and you just know if they find him they'll hit him with theft charges, plus stalking for coming back to her house, and who knows what else they can trump it up with.

Seriously, he returned what he stole . . .plus interest, with a handwritten apology. The response of the police is to redouble their efforts to catch him because the victim feels more afraid now that the robber has apoligized and made amends?

EdNortonsTwin		2011-08-04 03:43:15 PM

That's a pretty good discuise Drew, but not good enough.

kimmygibblershomework		2011-08-04 03:43:29 PM

They were both stupid and learned a costly lesson. I think we're done here folks.

Don't:
Leave your junk unattended and talk to Mary Joe another aisle over.
Be a Pats fan.

NightOwl2255		2011-08-04 03:43:38 PM

Cyclometh: Finding where someone lives is trivially easy. I'm betting it's even easier if you have a GPS because it probably had a "home" waypoint in it.

Home would not be a waypoint.

EdNortonsTwin		2011-08-04 03:46:13 PM

EdNortonsTwin: [www.unionleader.com image 322x480]

That's a pretty good discuise Drew, but not good enough.

*disguise

sorry pet-peeve

Hector Remarkable		2011-08-04 03:47:27 PM

Dirtybird971: They look like two totally different men.

PJ-		2011-08-04 03:48:12 PM

I think what is even worse that the woman being more afraid is the cop.

FTFA: Jones said the victim is now afraid, adding that it's more important now than ever that police find him.

Which so happens Jones happens to be a female Deputy Police Chief.

Way to stay consistent ladies!

schattenteufel		2011-08-04 03:49:15 PM

NightOwl2255: Cyclometh: Finding where someone lives is trivially easy. I'm betting it's even easier if you have a GPS because it probably had a "home" waypoint in it.

Home would not be a waypoint.

It would if it wasn't your home. Which, for him, it wasn't.

SgtMystery		2011-08-04 03:51:49 PM

At first I thought this was going to be about Verizon FIOS billing, but then I realized the person would never have gotten their money back.

TheRockit		2011-08-04 04:04:47 PM

"He is also described as wearing name brand baseball caps (Nike/Patriots), dark colored, older cargo shorts with large pockets, dark colored name brand T-shirts (Nike), and newer Converse high tops, light gray sneakers or sandals."

Wow, how many feet does this guy have to be wearing all those shoes?

Profedius		2011-08-04 04:05:53 PM

I am all for letting the man go. I hope he gets off with a small fine instead of jail.

ecmoRandomNumbers		2011-08-04 04:06:35 PM

They're still looking for him? Christ.

It's not enough to right your wrongs. The state wants its pound of flesh, too.

minnesotaboy		2011-08-04 04:07:53 PM

Was Karma involved or just bad press...

download-my-name-is-earl-episodes.edogo.com

/Hot like Catalina

dburr13		2011-08-04 04:09:46 PM

He had her wallet...Finding out where she lived couldn't have been that hard.

There are at least two lessons to be learned here...Do not leave your purse unattended...And do not steal unattended purses!...Bonus lesson...Don't try to do the right thing and make amends later because your victim may get even more freaked out and make a federal case out of it.

snake_beater		2011-08-04 04:10:57 PM

EdNortonsTwin: [www.unionleader.com image 322x480]

Didn't you learn anything from your brother, Randy?

EdNortonsTwin		2011-08-04 04:14:23 PM

snake_beater: EdNortonsTwin: [www.unionleader.com image 322x480]

Didn't you learn anything from your brother, Randy?

Toronto??? Peter?

special20		2011-08-04 04:23:09 PM

Since the guy pays attention to media coverage on this event, maybe it's not such a good idea for the woman to go around screaming for his head.

Follow up: woman mysteriously goes missing. Stupid man is person of interest.

shArkh		2011-08-04 04:27:22 PM

raggtopp: hailin: TheyCallMeSirr2: Thief: "Im very sorry, I wanted to personally return everything i took and try to make amends. To give you piece of mind I want you to know I wasnt stalking you or anything, I just saw a purse and took it, I was very stupid. I am so very sorry nothing like this will ever happen again."

Woman: "Im more scared than ever now! Find him, lock him up, and throw away the key!!!!!"

/Really?

Came here to say this. Get over yourself you stupid coont. Leave the poor guy alone.

Ditto.

Ditto Ditto. Some schmuck goofs and wises up on his own, gives everything back+? That happens once in how many million years? Stfu and go catch some murderers or something.

stewbert		2011-08-04 04:28:27 PM

hailin: TheyCallMeSirr2: Thief: "Im very sorry, I wanted to personally return everything i took and try to make amends. To give you piece of mind I want you to know I wasnt stalking you or anything, I just saw a purse and took it, I was very stupid. I am so very sorry nothing like this will ever happen again."

Woman: "Im more scared than ever now! Find him, lock him up, and throw away the key!!!!!"

/Really?

Came here to say this. Get over yourself you stupid coont. Leave the poor guy alone.

Yeah, this was turning out to be a great story until I got to that part. It's totally awesome that the guy felt remorse on his own, and decided to make amends without any prompting (ie, being caught).

This woman is kind of an entitled asshole. She left her purse alone for 10 min? It's mostly her fault for not keeping the honest person honest.

I'm not a thief (it's copyright infringement...), but I would most likely take money I found unattended. Probably not a wallet, but it's best not to give me that opportunity to find out.

akula		2011-08-04 04:28:55 PM

special20: Since the guy pays attention to media coverage on this event, maybe it's not such a good idea for the woman to go around screaming for his head.

Follow up: woman mysteriously goes missing. Stupid man is person of interest.

Or if there's somebody who wants to off her, congratulations, now there's somebody else to pin this on.

I can understand the woman being unnerved that the dude actually felt the need to see her at her home, but wondering how he got there? Seriously? That's just stupid. If he wanted to harm her, he'd have done so when she opened the door. He left the stuff, tried to apologize, and left. IMO, while $10 isn't much of a punishment for theft, it's more of a renumerance than most victims get.

Probity		2011-08-04 04:29:39 PM

TheyCallMeSirr2: Thief: "Im very sorry, I wanted to personally return everything i took and try to make amends. To give you piece of mind I want you to know I wasnt stalking you or anything, I just saw a purse and took it, I was very stupid. I am so very sorry nothing like this will ever happen again."

Woman: "Im more scared than ever now! Find him, lock him up, and throw away the key!!!!!"

/Really?

Also, the part where the thief mentions that the purse was sitting there unattended for 10 minutes makes me believe that neither involved party is all that bright. What the woman should have said was "Your apology is a good start and appreciated, but your actions have consequences and you should face up to them and turn yourself in." Who knows, maybe he would.

vinnydoz007		2011-08-04 04:38:10 PM

Just to be a dick. Im gonna play devils advocate. What if this guy returns one day and attacks her? Then what? cops are idiots?

unicron702		2011-08-04 04:38:19 PM

When I was like 8 I was in the supermarket with my parents and found a $50 bill (32 now and I still think how uncommon 50's are) on the ground. Pocketed it and didn't say a thing. On the way out we walked by this little old lady crying her eyes out about dropping a $50 and it was the only money she was going to have for a week and it was her grocery money. I stopped my mom and led her over to the lady and told her I found this. My mom beamed and the lady was so grateful she used it to pay (all the groceries had been bagged before she caught the fact she didn't have her money) then gave me the change, a fiver, to show her gratitude. So I got a great feeling and $5 which when you're 8 is pretty damn nice.

/CSB

shArkh		2011-08-04 04:41:53 PM

vinnydoz007: Just to be a dick. Im gonna play devils advocate. What if this guy returns one day and attacks her? Then what? cops are idiots?

Put any farker's name in spokeo and you'll find out everything that there ever was ever about them. There're easier ways to select a beatin' ho than stealing their purse.

raggtopp		2011-08-04 04:46:47 PM

coco ebert		2011-08-04 04:47:10 PM

Bob16		2011-08-04 05:00:56 PM

A thief that felt guilty huh?

Well we know for sure he wasn't a republican.

rawbert7		2011-08-04 05:01:32 PM

Mr Guy: RandomExcess: There is a chance that after a 5 year bit he may not re-offend. This may have a long-term happy ending after all

Er, it's kinda got a happy ending right now, if you overlook how the woman is all skerred of the big bad guy who felt so bad about stealing her stuff he returned it with extra. I seriously, seriously, hope the Police aren't ACTUALLY actively wasting time on this.

I think that's why they asked the public for help, so they wouldn't have to.

KrispyKritter		2011-08-04 05:08:33 PM

unicron702: When I was like 8 I was in the supermarket with my parents and found a $50 bill (32 now and I still think how uncommon 50's are) on the ground. Pocketed it and didn't say a thing. On the way out we walked by this little old lady crying her eyes out about dropping a $50 and it was the only money she was going to have for a week and it was her grocery money. I stopped my mom and led her over to the lady and told her I found this. My mom beamed and the lady was so grateful she used it to pay (all the groceries had been bagged before she caught the fact she didn't have her money) then gave me the change, a fiver, to show her gratitude. So I got a great feeling and $5 which when you're 8 is pretty damn nice.

/CSB

i love you. and i'm sitting here crying like a little biatch.

snake_beater		2011-08-04 05:09:08 PM

EdNortonsTwin: snake_beater: EdNortonsTwin: [www.unionleader.com image 322x480]

Didn't you learn anything from your brother, Randy?

Toronto??? Peter?

I know a Peter, but it's been a while since I last talked to him.

/Toronto's a big city, dude

fatkidinabeenie		2011-08-04 05:31:20 PM

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//really??
///Was I first one?

oops...no I wasn;t but the image was blocked here at work, but I saw a reference to Karma and Catalina...

still add my 2¢

jagec		2011-08-04 06:10:03 PM

Silverstaff:
Seriously, he returned what he stole . . .plus interest, with a handwritten apology. The response of the police is to redouble their efforts to catch him because the victim feels more afraid now that the robber has apoligized and made amends?

He's a Pats fan. Fuk'um.