Cellphone thief caught by answering call from cops
By Evan Blass 
posted Jan 4th 2006 3:00PM
posted Jan 4th 2006 3:00PM
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.[Via textually]
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Ahem... 911 doesn't really exist outside the states... in Europe it's mainly 112. ;-)
whan u get a call from the cops it dont show up 911 its the num of the precient or whatever phone they callin
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?
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. ;)
I bet they serve you meatballs in prison for diner though XD
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!