New Jersey family's picture catches theft in the making

[mike r]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/24/new.jersey.theft.photo/?hpt=Mid



John Myers and his family from Bloomfield, New Jersey, were in Madison, Wisconsin, on Saturday to attend a friend's wedding that was taking place at the state Capitol building. According to Myers, the family went outside after the ceremony to take pictures. He decided it would be a good idea to take a family portrait with his digital camera, and set this bag down next to building before stepping away to snap the shot.

When Myers captured the scene, unbeknownst to him or his family he also had caught a person red-handed in the act of stealing his bag.

"Looking back now it wasn't a good idea to leave my bag so far away," Myers told CNN Tuesday. "But I just wasn't thinking of it at the time."...

[Brickbat]

1. I love the girl's karate action. So cute.

[Ineeda]

2. According to the article at link,

Capitol police caught "the guy" but if you look closely, there's a second guy who isn't mentioned. An accomplice, maybe. (look at Mr. Meyers' armpit.) Good end result, in any case.

[blueamy66]

3. Was he thinking when he donned that suit?

Ugh.

[petronius]

7. Of course the police leapt into action - they had to hurry out of earshot

before they burst out laughing...

Glad he got his stuff back, though.

[snooper2]

4. 1982 called

They want their clothes back :)

[name not needed]

5. There are men who can wear seersucker and skinny ties. John Myers, however, is not one of them.

[DainBramaged]

6. a homeless man was the thief, is anyone angry at him?

my impression, it was there so he decided it needed a new owner.

I cannot be angry about this.

[mnhtnbb]

8. What an idiot to put his bag down and turn his back to it. Anyone from Jersey

should know better!