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Newspaper Accidentally Identifies Thief on Front Page

veryshortlist.com — That morning, page 1A ran two substantial photos: In one, a husky man in a black-and-blue checkered coat is seen hanging Christmas decorations in a shop window. In the other, a surveillance camera shows a convenience-store customer’s unattended wallet being swiped by. a husky man in a black-and-blue checkered coat

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  • ninjajaja, on 12/24/2007, -3/+250Clearly they aren't the same person. The robber is wearing a hat.
  • sajnikanth, on 12/24/2007, -29/+255I hate PDFs
  • stcmoose32, on 12/24/2007, -1/+164What respectable newspaper editor doesn't catch that?
  • CTK14A, on 12/24/2007, -10/+115...but I bet the cops still won't catch him.
  • hellyes, on 12/24/2007, -4/+93Foxit Reader, my friend...
  • Dokument, on 12/24/2007, -6/+92but in the process 12 people will be tasered
  • inactive, on 12/24/2007, -2/+88What bad luck. For the moron, that is.
  • mrjit, on 12/24/2007, -1/+77You can tell it's a major city when the front page has an article about a womans wallet being stolen.
  • Scruffydan, on 12/24/2007, -5/+81clearly they are two different people. The man in the second picture is wearing a hat, while the man in the first picture isn't.

    case closed.
  • lhbaker, on 12/24/2007, -0/+64Looks like Lewiston has an opeing for village idiot.
  • anareric, on 12/24/2007, -1/+62Nobody in jail is gonna believe this guys story.
  • cambob76, on 12/24/2007, -0/+44Note to self: When committing a robbery, don't wear my own clothing.
  • sajnikanth, on 12/24/2007, -2/+40Thanks....I just purged Adobe and installed Foxit.
    I still hate PDFs though. :-)
  • SifooD, on 12/24/2007, -0/+38It looks like something out of a comedy.
  • inactive, on 12/24/2007, -0/+37how come very other surveillance video just shows a grainy blob?
  • RubberBinder, on 12/24/2007, -0/+3713 if you count the accidental discharge
  • TheAstronomer, on 12/24/2007, -0/+34Gotta pay for that window paint somehow...
  • Kajico, on 12/24/2007, -2/+35The paper did catch it, and that's how they got the guy, one of the newspaper employees called it in the next morning to report their suspicions.

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/20 ...
  • PayneX, on 12/24/2007, -2/+31Why would John Goodman need to steal a purse.
  • ghostfish, on 12/24/2007, -1/+27Only if the hat "doesn't fit".
  • vertexoflife, on 12/24/2007, -2/+28Oh, wow, that is so unfortunate. What are the chances of this happening? lol.
  • revarien, on 12/24/2007, -2/+27Well... that solves the case of the missing wallet!
  • bdlang, on 12/24/2007, -0/+24You mean, aside from the paper's editor?
  • nationalist, on 12/24/2007, -7/+27get a brain
  • poageboy, on 12/24/2007, -2/+22I don't know if I should applaud this coincidental brilliance or weep at the layout editor's incompetence...
  • AzureRise, on 12/24/2007, -1/+19The accidental discharge being the cop tazing himself.
  • Myztry, on 12/24/2007, -0/+17Two stories about the one person hitting the front page? Bah. Happens all the time on Digg.
  • brianbb98, on 12/24/2007, -6/+22Why? Its a good way to keep things the way they were intended. It may have that load screen but things like this show up much better.
  • RobotGigante, on 12/24/2007, -4/+20Every time someone links to a PDF file they should put a big ***** warning. I hate it when I accidentally click on a PDF. It's worse than getting rick-rolled
  • Smegzor, on 12/24/2007, -1/+17Most of em. They're too busy looking for that 'news' story on Britney/Paris
  • Mononuclear, on 12/24/2007, -0/+15there are a lot of things that will read pdf's besides adobe products.
  • chugger1992, on 12/24/2007, -4/+19not like I'm defending him, but Open Source ≠ Instant good. Believe it or not, there is open source software that is absolute crap.
  • renegade334, on 12/24/2007, -0/+14Coz they haven't hit the ENHANCE button!
    Duh
  • LilJimmyNordin, on 12/24/2007, -0/+14I love that story. You should submit it to Digg. Don't forget to mention that your sister lives up in Orofino.
  • BossKey, on 12/24/2007, -1/+14Not if you want to read the text.
  • inactive, on 12/24/2007, -1/+14And he would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids.
  • Alphabet, on 12/24/2007, -3/+16For the people who are too lazy to google for it

    Pick one:
    http://filehippo.com/download_foxit/
    http://www.download.com/Foxit-PDF-Reader/3000-2079 ...
    http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/
  • tidu, on 12/24/2007, -0/+13Page A2: Peter Staker's swan escaped! A thrilling pursiut detailed.
  • bxblox, on 12/24/2007, -1/+14Extra Extra read all about it, womans wallet stolen!
  • nospinhere, on 12/24/2007, -3/+16who says it was two different things? Any way, if it was two days in a row you have a problem with somebody wearing the same jacket two days in a row? Well, I;ve worn my winter jacket 45 days in a row now, I guess that is the real crime.
  • RobotGigante, on 12/24/2007, -1/+14Hey, at least it wasn't a PDF
  • rupprupp29, on 12/24/2007, -0/+11What he's trying to say is...
    != =/= =/=
  • coolchucknorris, on 12/24/2007, -2/+12How Michael Millhouse stole Christmas...
  • KSpark, on 12/24/2007, -0/+9Or about college students jumping on trampolines and ssscREAAAAMMMMMIIIIINGGG
  • pikpikcarrotmon, on 12/24/2007, -1/+10I'd so Rick Roll you right now, but it's Christmas.
  • isunktheship, on 12/24/2007, -2/+11this is true, don't even need a semen sample, and I thought everything would be covered in semen.
  • novahh, on 12/24/2007, -3/+11i hope this is sarcasm, because they're clearly the same sideburns.
  • thailand1972, on 12/24/2007, -0/+8...rob someone else's clothing while naked!
  • UncleCrapper, on 12/24/2007, -0/+8"Police Chief Joel Hastings said that after picking up a copy of the paper, Officer Jeremy Maguire contacted Millhouse and asked about the wallet. Millhouse was subsequently arrested and charged with felony second-degree theft. He is scheduled for a hearing on Monday, Asotin County Prosecuting Attorney Ben Nichols said, and he was released from custody after posting $5,000 bond.

    Nichols said Thursday that it wasn't a simple case of finders, keepers.

    "We've got a signed, written confession from him where he says, 'What I did was wrong, it was stupid,' blah, blah blah," Nichols said.

    Police also located the wallet, which still contained the owner Jami Johnson's driver's license and three credit cards. But Johnson says $600 in cash — money from her paycheck that she planned to use for Christmas — was missing.

    If convicted, Millhouse could be sentenced to up to five years in prison and fined up to $10,000."

    Busted!
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