Two dumb criminals

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Man runs out of gas after robbing gas station

Deputies were able to track him down after a newspaper carrier saw his car

updated 8:14 p.m. CT, Wed., Feb. 11, 2009

CAPE HAZE, Fla. - Authorities said they arrested a man who apparently forgot to fill up when he was robbing a gas station.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office said a 23-year-old man used a Bowie knife to rob a Cape Haze gas station early Sunday. Deputies said the man pulled the 12-inch blade and demanded money. But when he left, a customer followed him and called 911.

While deputies were looking for signs of the robber, a newspaper carrier told them that a man in a car matching the one from the robbery had run out of gas nearby.

The man was arrested several hours after the robbery and charged with robbery with a weapon and loitering/prowling. He was released Monday on $10,500 bail.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29148944/

Woman wields wedgie to subdue suspect

Technician says she saw man trying to break into a co-worker’s car

updated 3:47 p.m. CT, Tues., Feb. 17, 2009

SALT LAKE CITY - It took a wedgie and a headlock to pin down a man suspected of breaking into a car.

Yvonne Morris, a technician at the Brickyard Animal Hospital, said she chased a man who broke into a co-worker's car, but he kept squirming away from her.

The third time, Morris grabbed hold of the man's boxer shorts and pulled. Salt Lake City police said she then she put a headlock on the man until help could arrive.

The man was booked into the Salt Lake County jail on suspicion of vehicle burglary, possession of stolen property and outstanding warrants.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29242028/