An Oregon man was arrested last week for trying to steal a bike that was locked up at the front door of a police station in Gladstone, about 10 miles south of Portland.
The Gladstone Police Department caught it on surveillance video. The footage shows suspect Adam Valle, 26, wearing a mask as he cuts the lock off the bike with a bolt cutter, just before Sgt. Matt Okerman walks out to confront him.
“It’s dumb, you know,” Sgt. Carl Bell of the Gladstone Police Department told ABC News. “I have not actually seen something that blatant because the officers were inside watching on video camera.”
“The camera that you see is actually in our office.”
Bell said that when asked why he would try to steal a bike in front of a police station, Valle would not answer.
Valle was arrested on Dec. 27 and charged with theft, criminal mischief and felon in possession of weapons, Bell said, adding that he had been found guilty of drug possession in 2014. He said that Valle was released the next day after setting up a later court date.
(AP)
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3 Responses
I cannot imagine he is really a genius. Dunno why people think of him as a genius.
If he was really a genius he would not do such a stupid thing.
Its outside a police station for heavens sake.
He might as well walk into the police station and hold them up. Absolutely pointless.
He is lucky he did not get shot. If I was the police officer I probably would have shot him just for being stupid.
its sarcastic when you say he is a genius every one knows hes stupid
Wow, clever guy indeed!