by Alex Lloyd Gross
May 25, 2023
This could be filed under “Stupid Criminals” On May 18, 2023 two males parked a Chrysler 200 right in front of a security camera. They even backed in. While Stupid Criminal Number 1 stayed in the car, ready to drive away. hs partner, Stupid Criminal Number 2 got out of the passenger side of the car and then went to look for someone to carjack.
He found a63 yea old man sitting in his car on the 2700 block of Trenton Road. He approached the male and pointed something at him and demanded the man get out of his vehicle and give him the keys. The man did. The criminal then jumped into the driver seat but could not figure out how to start the car. So he got out and ran away on foot. He ran south on Trenton towards Susquehanna.
He got back to his partner empty handed. You can see him pacing behind the car going under his hoodie, possibly looking for another victim.He then gets into the passenger seat and the two drive away. The car has a temp tag that cannot be run.
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