Posted on 01/23/2010 2:06:46 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Alleged car thief found playing 'Grand Theft Auto'
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Sheriff's deputies in central Florida found a suspected car thief playing the "Grand Theft Auto" video game, and they later charged him with just that.
Polk County deputies investigating the theft of a 1998 Dodge Durango arrested 30-year-old Michael Ray Ekes on Thursday. They found the SUV outside a Haines City home. Ekes was inside in the house, playing the popular video game.
Ekes was charged with grand theft auto, burglary and drug possession. At the time of his arrest, he was out of jail on bond for another grand theft auto charge.
According to Polk County jail records, Ekes remained in custody Friday. Bond had not been set and no attorney was listed.
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Which came first, the car thief or the car thief video game?
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Remember .. when STEALING a CAR.... DON’T park it IN FRONT of your HOUSE!!!
geez
A strange and unprecedented combination of Darwin Award
and The Medium is the Message.
Ironically it was a GPS system shared in common by both the stolen car and the stolen car in the game that got him caught.
(I didn’t read beyond the opening page of the story.
There could be some truth to that, but only “some”.
I guess the video game didn't cover that minor point. :-)
Can I be the first to say......Life imitating art?
This is one of those “In a prefect world . . .” things.
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On the same page of the Orlando Sun there is a story about cops dressed in costumes catching red light runners and speeders. www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/funstuff/orl-radarcopscostumes-pg,0,5777005.photogallery Some are as funny as this story.
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