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Thief Drives Car Through Front of Jewelry Store, Steals 50 Earrings, Then Crashes in Getaway

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6 years ago

March 16, 2016

INSTORE Staff

“It looked like I was watching a YouTube video of the world’s dumbest criminal.”

Police say that a man named Jack Hogan rammed his car through the entrance of Dimo’s Fine Jewelry in Gainesville, GA at 1 a.m. on March 14, then stole 50 earrings but was subsequently caught after he crashed during his attempted getaway, WSB-TV reports. Speaking with the news channel, store owner Robert Dimo says it didn’t appear that Hogan had any clue what he was doing and just “ran around the store knocking down cases, trying to get into the watches,” but only came away with the earrings. “To be honest, it looked like I was watching a YouTube video of the world’s dumbest criminal,” Dimo said. “I mean, it was just stupidity, just total stupidity.”

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