Thiefs Caught In The Act

[ChrisCross]

British detectives have made short work of a bungling car thief who broke into an unmarked police car kitted out with CCTV cameras.

To make matters worse for the aspiring criminal, he had his name and date of birth tattooed on his neck — making his arrest that much easier.

Aarron Evans, 21, pleaded guilty in Bristol Magistrates' Court to breaking into a covert police capture car in the city, according to UK media.

"We get such excellent images from these cameras that there is often — and never more so than in this case — no doubt who the criminal is," Supt Ian Wylie was quoted by the BBC as saying.

"Criminals won't be tolerated in Bristol and we will keep catching them and bringing them before the courts."

Evans, an illiterate man of no fixed address, was sentenced to seven months in jail.

The capture car — known as a "honeypot" — is a common technique used by British police to catch criminals in the act.

Officers bait the "honeypot" with a bounty of tempting items such as satellite navigation systems, handbags, car stereos and mobile phones.

Inside the car, cameras film the thief in the act.

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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=643736

So they're using "honeypots" there. are they doing similar things here?

Edited October 8, 2008 by ChrisCross

[Kujotk]

no but they should be, i hate the fact that anyone can break into my car and not get caught.......

if i get ellected for PM i'll make honeypots standard prctice in aus.

sucked in EVANS

[adgey]

Genius!

[R34Liner]

that is soo sweeeetttt.....Good Job to the brits!

[N1GTR]

Good to see!

[SLY-25T]

aaaaahahaha he looks like such a dopey f***. probably a bloody junky.

[sIIgtst]

Awesome idea..

Bring it to Aus

[Primordial]

+1

[FATAZZ]

F$%&! This bloke doesn't represent all Aaron's ok.

Why don't they do this here in Australia?

[R34Liner]

F$%&! This bloke doesn't represent all Aaron's ok.

Why don't they do this here in Australia?

+1 to that...even tho i spell my name with only 1 A!!

[tbag]

similar to the american bait car

http://www.baitcar.com/

[FloydWestwood]

ive never seen anyone tattooing there own birthday on their neck before either. wierd.

[5hu7o]

might aswell tattoo his address and home number on the other side of his neck

[FATAZZ]

there was one of the bait cars on COPS or something like that,but what the cops did was put a mountain bike hanging half out the boot so people would steal it,but there was some catch in which the bike was valued at more then $1000 or something so they could get the theives with more punishment. something like that.

So why don't cops here in Aus. do it?

helloooo cops???

[reaper]

might aswell tattoo his address and home number on the other side of his neck

he doesnt have a home if you read the article

[Bakes]

typical moron car thief