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Dumbass Alert: Florida Carjackers Steal Truck They Cannot Drive


Dumbass Alert: Florida Carjackers Steal Truck They Cannot Drive

School’s out so that means Florida carjacking season is on full tilt. We ran across a story from the Orlando Sentinel about two enterprising young thugs who set up a scheme to steal a vehicle, which they managed to do but quickly discovered that their brilliant criminal plan was flawed by something sticking through the floor of the truck. 

They couldn’t drive a manual transmission.

The criminal duo, which clock in at ages 16 and 17, decided to commit this dastardly deed, like any highly motivated (or tweaking druggie) criminal would at the crack of dawn. It was before 6 a.m. and a normal, tax-paying member of society was driving to work of all places when he came upon a bike in the road.

After exiting his truck to move the bike, Bonnie and Clyde approached, one of them packing a gun, and threatened the truck owner. He made the wise decision and ran away while the two would-be thieves climbed into the truck, became confused and frustrated that they couldn’t get it to move, and promptly ran away, only to be arrested by police in their homes.

We’re glad the guy got his truck back and we’re confident that this is not the last time we’ll hear from the two rocket surgeons who tried to steal the truck.

Congrats, to the pair of thieves, they’re the first tag team duo to be assigned the BangShift.com Dumbass of the Week award. Their parents must be thrilled.

Source — OrlandoSentinel.com — Carjacking goes awry — it was a manual transmission 


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