I have ranted before about how we need to educate our criminals so that they will become more effective at their chosen profession.
I recently read in my newspaper the following sad example of a criminal who appeared to be very good at stealing but was severely lacking when it comes to the logical steps he should perform on his ill-gotten goods before he tried to market his merchandise...
When this criminal was caught he had in his possession a treasure of stolen goodies (162 cell phones and lots of computers, wallets and gift cards).
He advertised his cell phones on Craigslist.
A potential buyer, who had had his cell phone stolen, was shopping Craigslist for a replacement.
The buyer saw a phone just like his stolen one and, because he was familiar with how to operate this particular model of phone, he bought it.
When he turned on his nifty “new” phone, he found many of his Own Phone Numbers and his Return Address in his nifty “new” phone.
The hapless criminal was arrested.
If our criminals are going to allowed to wallow around in their current state of ignorance, are we going to see the following lamentable situation arise in the future?
A criminal breaks into a house and steals a whole bunch of things.
Among his ill-gotten stuff he finds he has stolen a supply of Personal Stationary.
He advertises the stolen Personal Stationary in Craigslist...
Don’t go to the time and expense of buying your own Personal Letterhead and Return Addressed Envelopes. If your name and address is exactly as specified below, you should jump on this, once in a lifetime opportunity, to acquire a whole bunch of personal stationary which is already tailor-made just for you.
I sure hope we do something to train our criminals to be better at what they do. After all, criminals are people too.
Would I kid u?
