Further Proof That Crime Doesn't Pay

Some criminals learned this lesson the hard way recently and wound up ditching their attempted loot because the safe they tried to swipe was too heavy. Police were called late last night to a Lincoln Square office building (5653 N. Lincoln Ave.) and found the front door of the business busted open and the office "ransacked." But, 40 feet away, the office's safe lay unopened on sidewalk. Fox 32 has the details:

“They got as far as the sidewalk and dumped it. They left it there unopened,’’ [Lincoln District police Sgt. Patrick] Barker said.

The safe was also apparently too heavy for a broken 2-wheeled dolly left on the scene by the burglary, with the words “rated 600 pounds’’ on it.

“I have to give it to them, they moved it about 40 feet. I was surprised they got it as far as they did. I had three guys with me and the four of us had a hard time moving it. We only got 10 feet,’’ Barker laughed. "It's absolutely the heaviest thing I've ever had to move."

The kicker? According to the business's owner, the safe was completely empty and only used in the office as a table. Take that, jerkstores.