Criminals are supposed to be a cowardly, superstitious lot … but they are pretty stupid a lot of the time!
Take, for example, the case of the fugitive who spoke so loudly into the telephone in his motel room that others could hear him saying he was a wanted man. Here’s the story from WBAL’s website:
>>Shhh! Man Blacs On Phone That He’s Wanted, Is Arrested!
Richard Vermalyea Taken Into Custody
DELMAR, Md. — The Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office said a man who talked loudly in his motel room about being a fugitive was arrested after other guests turned him in.
It happened early Tuesday at the Traveler’s Motel in Delmar.
Deputies said guests there heard a man yelling during a phone conversation that there was a warrant for his arrest and called police.
Richard R. Vermalyea, 32, of Rehoboth Beach, Del., was arrested and ordered held on two open warrants in Cecil County, Md.
One was for failure to appear in a theft case, and the other was for violation of probation.<<
You just can’t make this stuff up, folks!
And here’s a video to go with that story. It’s one of a man so engrossed in his music that he can’t hear his cellphone ringing:
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