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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Today's Idiot
2013-06-24
FROLOVO, Russia, June 22 (UPI) -- A Russian was arrested for making off with a bridge this week after police said they followed drag marks to his home.
Stealing a bridge, eh? "Tell me/Where in the world is/Carmen Sandiego?"
The 23-year-old beauzeau in the northern Vologda region apparently hooked the small steel bridge to his tractor and hauled it away to sell as scrap metal.
Gives new meaning to the phrase "pons asinorum".
Police told Russia's RIA Novosti news agency they followed the trail the bridge [sic] left on the ground to the suspect's house in the village of Frolovo. The man had allegedly used a cutting torch to disassemble the bridge, but had not yet sold them.
"So, I just need to find buyers for this--"
"Police! Freeze!"
"****!"
RIA Novosti said the alleged bridge thief was added to the roster of daring Russian unauthorized removals of items made from metallic elements, which includes several locomotives and a special bicycle ridden by a circus bear.
Robbing a bear? Can you say "Darwin Award"?
Posted by:Korora

#8  And here we only thought the I-5 bridge collapsed....
Posted by: USN,ret   2013-06-24 20:10  

#7  Yeah, but then the posse would could him off at the... WTF..... he's got the damn pass too!
Posted by: Shipman   2013-06-24 15:34  

#6  Foolish thief! Your supposed to drag a bunch of tree and brush branches after the bridge to hide the trail!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-06-24 13:36  

#5  Pennsylvania too.
Posted by: Dopey Sinatra9196   2013-06-24 13:06  

#4  Ã‘åãîäíÿøíèé Èäèîò - Today's Idiot

Seems that "Stealing Bridges" is a national pass time in Russia, here is a story about another missing bridge.

Russian villager steals, recycles bridge

Maybe these two guys are related or Darwin was right about evolution.
Posted by: Gleamp Shaimp6175   2013-06-24 12:14  

#3  Bastard!
Posted by: Frank G   2013-06-24 09:36  

#2  Ambitious bridge thief but not too bright. However, we don't know how many bridges he successfully stole. It was the bread crumbs that got him.
Posted by: JohnQC   2013-06-24 08:33  

#1  ....which includes several locomotives and a special bicycle ridden by a circus bear.

...and a Super Bowl ring.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-06-24 02:08  

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