Disorganized Crime
Incompetent crooks and the new economy By Graham Silnicki
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Criminally speaking, 2009 got off to a less-than-savoury start, with a surge of small-time crookery and a slew of bungling bandits who make Ernie and Bert look like Bonnie and Clyde. Could be the bum job market is spurring former law abiders into action, or maybe even career criminals learn to live with less during a recession. Here, a month of misconduct.
JANUARY 7, 2009
Three armed and masked men (one bearing a sawed-off, duct-taped shotgun) storm the Yorkville jewellery giant Cartier in broad daylight and escape with a collection of lower-end trinkets. Cops call the crime “unsophisticated” but fail to nab the perps.
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