Bumbling BP Burglar Botches 2-Hour Burglary (With Video)

January 11, 2016

The search is on for a bumbling BP burglar who spent nearly two hours trying steal an ATM but failed.

About 2:30 Monday morning the burglar can been seen on surveillance video approaching the door of the Davisville BP Station on Highway 97 a few miles south of the state line.  He tried to break the front door with screwdriver or similar object. And a brick. And he tried to pry the door open. All of those attempts fail.

He returns nearly about an hour later with a sledgehammer and breaks through the front door glass. He reaches inside to unlock the door, but that didn’t work because a key is needed. He disappears from the camera view, returning several minutes later with a sledgehammer. This time, he manages to pull the sheet of glass out of the door.

The glass crashes into the burglar. He then pulls the sheet of glass around to the side of the store and waits another 10-15 minutes to return to the door.  He surveys the glass-less door, and then pulls on the handle. But wait….he forgot removing the glass didn’t actually unlock the door. So he ducks under the door handle and enters the business. He slides a Florida Lottery display out of the way (including perhaps a $1.3 billion playslip if only he had a couple of bucks during store hours), appears to get spooked and ducks out of the door before ducking right back inside.

Then he grabs a PenAir ATM machine, pulls on it only to discover that it’s bolted to the floor. He then fled back outside. In the end, our bumbling burglar botched his break-in but is now a wanted man for burglary, criminal mischief and perhaps other charges.

It’s believed that the burglar was parked around beside or behind the BP, perhaps not even driving off during the extended burglary attempt. He may have been scared off when a newspaper delivery person arrived, or when the alarm sounded after he entered the business.

Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.

Comments

7 Responses to “Bumbling BP Burglar Botches 2-Hour Burglary (With Video)”

  1. Kathy on January 12th, 2016 8:15 am

    It would be easier to just get a job.

  2. wet dog on January 12th, 2016 1:49 am

    this is almost as funny as Tim Conway’s “dentist” skit from the Carol Burnett Show…. with a little work, this guy “could” have a future in the comedy world…… IF he gets off drugs gets out of jail and learns how to “think”.

  3. willis on January 11th, 2016 2:27 pm

    This is your brain on drugs !!!!

  4. Billy D on January 11th, 2016 1:39 pm

    with brains that work that good maybe he should try taking on something a little easier….like stomping on jello pudding containers or something. He sure showed that glass door who’s boss though!! Hey dude, you’re an idiot……..

  5. Janet on January 11th, 2016 12:35 pm

    The crime was not only stupid but now will send him away for a few years, hopefully. But I do need to commit on how the story was written! Loved it— the personal touch of humor made me laugh! The burglary truly is dumber than a box of rocks. :) The reporting was excellent.

  6. Crystal on January 11th, 2016 12:30 pm

    Hope to see the video on Worlds Dumbest Criminals…..

  7. Mic Hall on January 11th, 2016 11:21 am

    What a dummy… But the store needs to upgrade the alarm.

    No one should be able to spend that much time breaking in without a call to the police from the alarm company. Even if they added a really loud bell or horn it would have drove off this idiot.

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