Text messages nab carjacking suspects

If texting is dangerous while driving a car, it's downright idiotic while stealing one.

An Ohio man used a friend's cell phone to get back his car, cell phone, and cash, all of which were stolen in a car jacking, according to a local TV report. Alan Heuss was sitting in his running BMW in Columbus on Wednesday when an armed man opened a passenger door, stuck a gun in his face, and made off with his stuff.

After filing a police report, Heuss was meeting with some friends to drown his sorrows when one suggested that they try to contact the thieves by texting Heuss' stolen cell phone.

"He said, 'I'm going to text these guys, I'm going to blow some smoke their way,'" Heuss told the station. "He said, 'I'm going to tell them I've got a bunch of hot chicks, as if I'm texting you, and that we've got some drugs, too.'"

The carjacking suspects fell for the ruse and went to an address sent to them by Heuss' friend just seven hours after the carjacking. But instead of the "hot chick with drugs" they were expecting, they were met with by cops with cuffs.

And to make things easier for the officers, the suspects showed up in the stolen car.

[D3vildog699]

LMAO yes!

[thumbjockey]

Technology + stupid people = awesome.

[SeizeCTRL]

HAHAHAHA damn you hot chicks... damn yous all to hell!

[flickrz]

LOL...Really stupid car jackers they were....Good thing, they are behind bars now...

[sartor1]

Thanks to his friend who suggested they text the criminals!
The victim owes him a Beer or two for sure! LOL

[xtrasico]

They are REALLY stupid just for committing a carjacking. Come on... and show there in the stolen car? Is an insult to stupid or dumb people.

[TacticalMedic]

This made me smile :)

[mementh]

laughing so much about this.. its just stupid people as always doing dumb things.
hope they get a harder sentence because of being too stupid to be allowed back out

[andrew-lo]

Serves the crooks right.

[omikay]

hey, this was a good idea. but wouldnt this fall under entrapment? Or is that only when police do it?

[Rants&Raves]

Entrapment is when you induce people to commit a crime. Nobody induced anyone to commit an actual crime here.

[agreddon]

In order for there to be entrapment, you have to have to induce somebody to commit an overt criminal act that they would normally not commit. No doubt the defense lawyer will try, but it's not going to go anywhere.

[JeffW42]

Uh no. The crime had already been committed. Are you saying it's not a crime unless they get caught?

[imacpwr]

Too stupid to work for a living, too stupid to steal for a living...!!! :-)

[EcuadorHomesOnline]

Great story, thanks! This will probably show up on one of those "stupid criminal" lists.

[Seaspray0]

One of those "stupid people" lists would be the darwin awards. This one would qualify.

[MSSlayer]

They didn't die or get severely injured to the point the could never procreate, therefore they do not qualify for a Darwin Award.

[g00glr]

haha, very clever

[kevsmail]

Nice to see justice served every now and then.

Kinda like that guy who tracked down his lost Macbook a while back via it logging itself in to an available wi-fi.

Love it!

[luxor2009]

Here's the real kicker. If the thief already had this guys cell phone then the Columbus police should have been able to track the mobile phone and car. Here's the alternate kicker, Everybody knows theives are too stupid to earn a buck. They would rather steal $4 instead of earning $20.

So predictable

[drezdrez]

i dont understand.... what happened with the hot chicks and the drugs???