Thief leaves phone at house

[Stretchysumo]

He left his phone at a house he just robbed, and he thought, "Hey, I should call the phone and meet up with the owner so I can get my phone back" This guy needs a darwin award.
A BURGLAR was caught after leaving his phone at a crime scene and ringing it while looking for its return.

Garda John Ryan picked up the call on Paul Cullen's phone, pretending to be the house owner, and arranged to meet the 30-year-old drug addict to give it back.

Cullen, of Clonmacnoise Road, Crumlin, apologised on the phone to Gda Ryan, believing him to be house owner Mark O'Connor.

He told him the burglary and subsequent assault wasn't his idea.

Yesterday Cullen was sentenced to nine years, with 18 months suspended, for this offence, an assault and three robberies at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Cullen had also robbed EU100 from a pharmacy after rummaging through a till but was chased out of the shop by a staff member who had armed herself with a stool to protect her from a knife the raider was carrying.

He also robbed a taxi driver of his EU50 cash float after holding the man at knife-point.

Cullen has 42 previous convictions, including robbery and criminal damage.

[KatieH]

WOw pretty fail if you ask me >_>

[dawnknight]

how can someone be so stupid?

[bifgis]

That's hilareous. What a fool. Best to cut and run, oh man, wouldn't they have been able to trace it to him anyhow?

[Dawnslayer]

Generally speaking, criminals are stupid. There was guy in my area who turned himself in after seeing video of himself on YouTube trying to break into a coffee stand and breaking his leg in the process.

Also, Cullen. Lols ensue.

[6r0undZ3r0]

What a moron.

[HighWay]

People will do anything if they're desperate enough.

[Rachel]

Cullen you say?

[jarinatorman]

At 12/8/09 11:39 PM, Rachel wrote: Cullen you say?

AH you beat me to it

[Skwurll]

All Cullens are stupid, it runs in the family.

[Dawnslayer]

At 12/8/09 11:40 PM, jarinatorman wrote:

At 12/8/09 11:39 PM, Rachel wrote: Cullen you say?

AH you beat me to it

I beat all of you. See post #5 on this page.

[Cred-Injuries]

It's things like this that remind me of how stupid some people are. Did the guy seriously think he would get his phone back scot-free without consequences...? It says he was a drug addict, maybe that influenced his choices...

[Polonium]

The Darwin Awards are only awarded to people who kill themselves in the process of doing something really stupid.

either way, the story is pretty unremarkable
just another gaffe made by an average moron

[yurgenburgen]

At 12/8/09 10:06 PM, Stretchysumo wrote: Cullen has 42 previous convictions, including robbery and criminal damage.

I'm sure he's just misunderstood.

All kidding aside, execute the moron.

[Keven11Twenty7]

At 12/8/09 11:17 PM, KatieH wrote: WOw pretty fail if you ask me >_>

Yeah, severely stupid if you ask me.

[geterkikzkid]

It's ironic how the thug had a phone,

Let alone bring it along while he robs places.

[Armado]

XD he really stupid this dude lol

[Hoogiman]

Good way of framing someone, however.

[ratchet103]

That reminds me of the guy who broke into a somewhere and went on facebook on a computer standing around. He left with the facebook site still open.

[LiquidFire]

I always wonder why people are so stupid?

[mysticmonkey2]

At 12/8/09 10:06 PM, Stretchysumo wrote: 30-year-old drug addict

Well there's your problem.

[Zombified]

At 12/8/09 11:20 PM, dawnknight wrote: how can someone be so stupid?

Well, he's going out and robbing people in the first place that's the first giveaway right there if you ask me.