What A Smart Dummy

In a storefront window in Warsaw stood at what first glance appeared to be a mannequin in a mustard-colored sweatshirt.

Only it was not a mannequin, but a 22-year-old man. He stood motionless with his arm outstretched holding a shopping bag, beside two real mannequins in jeans. Once the store closed, the man leaped into action, stealing jewelry, according to the Warsaw police.

In a separate incident, the police said, after the shopping center closed, he ate at one of the bars, changed into a new set of clothes and then escaped under the store’s partly open gate. Later, he returned to the bar for a second meal. ( IMO he should’ve quit while he was ahead, was the food really that good?)

It will most likely be his last meal at the shopping center for some time. The police have arrested the man and charged him with theft and burglary, they said in a statement on Wednesday. The statement did not specify when the incidents occurred.

The suspect in Warsaw faces up to 10 years in prison. He was also accused of committing thefts and burglaries at another location, the police said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/world/europe/mannequin-theft-jewelry-warsaw.html

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