Cellphone thief caught by answering call from cops

Why is it that we rarely see savvy, intelligent criminals ala the Lex Luthors and Riddlers of old? Instead we get morons stealing cellphones from a convention of phone experts or attempting to get tech support for a stolen laptop. Well, the latest episode of "Stupid Gadget Criminals" involves a Swedish thief who stole a woman's cellphone and then proceeded to pick up a call from cops who were searching for the cellie (didn't the 911 on caller ID give it away?). Not only did the celljacker stupidly answer the phone-he actually left the damn thing on so the cops could overhear him arguing with his taxi driver (gotta have a real getaway driver for these risky gadget heists, it seems). No big surprise, then, that this man's next phone call was thoughtfully provided to him by the Swedish government.

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[Dragonfly @ Jan 4th 2006 4:21PM]

Ahem... 911 doesn't really exist outside the states... in Europe it's mainly 112. ;-)

[911 112 whatever @ Jan 4th 2006 4:40PM]

whan u get a call from the cops it dont show up 911 its the num of the precient or whatever phone they callin

[Andrew @ Jan 4th 2006 4:55PM]

Even if 911 did exist outside the states, or if this story took place inside the states, why would 911 show up on the caller ID because the cops called? Don't they have their own phone number? 911 is a receiving line, not an outgoing number, isn't it?

[ishtar @ Jan 4th 2006 5:29PM]

I think that was a joke guys!



But since we are nitpicking: you don't have the right to a phone call when u're arrested in sweden. ;)

[Thomas Averin @ Jan 4th 2006 7:31PM]

I bet they serve you meatballs in prison for diner though XD

[Ryan Waddell @ Jan 5th 2006 5:05AM]

Umm... is there so little crime in Sweden that when your cell phone gets stolen, the police will actually hunt the thief down?? Holy crap, I want to move to Sweden!