More Dumb Thuggery

[Subdeacon Joe]

http://www.joelengel.com/2013/04/wait-till-the-guys-in-prison-hear-this/

 

 

NEWARK, N.J. (AP)

– Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey man whose bid to carjack a

Porsche failed because he couldn’t drive a stick shift is now headed to

prison.

Anthony Reynolds of Newark received a 55-month sentence Monday. He had pleaded guilty last September to motor vehicle theft.

Prosecutors say the 18-year-old Reynolds and an accomplice were

traveling in a stolen BMW when they came up behind a Porsche 911 Turbo

in Newark in March 2012.

Armed with a .38 caliber revolver, Reynolds ordered the Porsche owner

out of the car. But his accomplice took off in the BMW, leaving

Reynolds to struggle with the Porsche’s manual transmission.

The Porsche’s owner flagged down police and Reynolds tried to flee on foot. But he was captured after a brief chase.

 

[Badlands Beady]

There's a film clip from World's Dumbest that shows a would-be car thief trying to steal a manual-shift bait car. The camera is mounted in the lower dash, just above the stick, so you get a real good look at the idiot, slack-jawed and eyes wide with a puzzled look moving the stick all over the place and then reving the car. I'm just guessing that he didn't know he had to push in the clutch.