Post by The Big PINK One♥ on Sept 18, 2007 8:13:10 GMT -5
You my mother is always saying that they put too much revealing information on TV, such as how a burglar would break into a house by popping the lock open and shimmying his way down to the basement over the very expensive 19th centuray attache wall unit... blah blah blah! LOL Needless to say, she was right!
BTW, my mother & I watch that TV show... I've got to tell you, these home owners a frikkin stupid! Even after the dudes show them how they broke in, they are still dumb enough to do the same thing again!! smdh Windows unlocked, door unlocked, basement window cracked open... just a smidget! LOL These people just dont learn... but people like Michael Hobbs will!
RICHMOND, Ky. - A man who says he learned how to rob homes by watching a TV show was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a string of burglaries in central Kentucky.
Michael W. Hobbs, 36, of Waco, Ky., pleaded guilty to five counts of burglary. He was sentenced Thursday.
Police said Hobbs learned how to break into homes by watching the Discovery Channel TV show "It Takes a Thief." The show features two ex-convicts who show property owners how vulnerable they are to theft.
Police Maj. Steve Gregg said the ex-cons on the show say skilled burglars typically don't keep stolen items.
"He didn't hold onto any of the property," Gregg said of Hobbs. "He had no physical evidence at his residence whatsoever. When we entered a couple times, he said, 'Come on in, look around. I've done nothing.'"
But Gregg said Hobbs always showed up at the burglary sites.
"He was one of the type of people who would come to the door and ask if (the homeowner) needed any gutter help," Gregg said. "Then the houses around there would get burglarized. That's just not coincidental."
BTW, my mother & I watch that TV show... I've got to tell you, these home owners a frikkin stupid! Even after the dudes show them how they broke in, they are still dumb enough to do the same thing again!! smdh Windows unlocked, door unlocked, basement window cracked open... just a smidget! LOL These people just dont learn... but people like Michael Hobbs will!
