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Clueless Teen Burglars Accidentally Call 9-1-1 Mid-Robbery

by Amar Toor on February 25, 2010 at 10:05 AM

What's more embarrassing than a burglar accidentally dialing 9-1-1 on herself? Accidentally calling the police while she's in the middle of giving a lecture on how to escape the police.

As 19-year-old Stefanie Vargas and her 13-year-old male accomplice were in the middle of robbing cars in Daytona Beach, Fla., the cell phone in Vargas' pocket "accidentally" called 9-1-1, allowing dispatchers the rare opportunity to listen in on a crime in progress. As Orlando's WESH reports, Daytona police were able to overhear the entire lesson in car burglary that Vargas gave to her protege, including her all-too ironic tips on how to steal phones and evade the police: "You got to break the SIM card. Take that SIM card out. They can trace it." As Bonnie and Clyde debated which items had the most value ("Look in here, in the glove compartment. They have, like, GPSs or something") and outlined their escape plan ("When I beep the horn it means the cops are on their way, you hear me?"), police arrived on the scene, and caught the teenagers red-handed.

We still don't understand exactly how one goes about "accidentally" dialing 9-1-1. At first glance, it seems like just another case of supremely bad luck, mixed in with Vargas' naive oversight in neglecting to lock her phone. Then again, perhaps Vargas summed it up best when she prophetically told her partner, "Trust me, God always works in mysterious ways. If you get greedy, that's when you get caught up, alright?" [From: WESH, via: NBC Miami]



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