Stupid Criminal of the Day

By Prescott Carlson in News on Nov 4, 2008 11:00PM

Des Plaines police arrested a man yesterday who allegedly broke into a restaurant over the weekend. It was a pretty easy bust, as the burglar had the idea to enter the restaurant through a kitchen exhaust vent of which he apparently misjudged the size -- he got stuck and wound up hanging upside down covered in grease for 26 hours. So why didn't the restaurant workers find him sooner? Because there weren't any -- the restaurant was out of business. And we know the rich, rich bounty to be found inside a closed restaurant. Fortunately the building's owner discovered the Thomas Crown wannabe when he went to get the mail, otherwise an embarrassing bungle could have turned into a tragic ending.