Memo to self - when robbing a restaurant
Make sure there aren't four off-duty police officers eating there.
From Boston, MA station
WCVB:
Man Charged With Robbing Eatery As Cops Dine
A Massachusetts man had some misfortune when he allegedly tried to rob a Chinese restaurant.
Four plainclothes police officers were enjoying their dinner at the time.
Anthony Whitcomb of Methuen was arraigned Thursday in Lawrence District Court on charges of unarmed robbery, larceny, assault and battery on a police officer, and resisting arrest.
Authorities say he went into the Golden House Restaurant in Lawrence on Wednesday night and asked the cashier to change a quarter. When she opened the register, Whitcomb allegedly grabbed $150.
The Eagle-Tribune reports that the owner yelled "Robbery, police." Sgt. Robert Michaud, officers Ivan Resto, Marco Ayala and Jaime Adames chased Whitcomb out of the restaurant and captured him after a brief foot chase.
Not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed...
Posted by DaveH at March 22, 2009 11:22 AM