Thread: Bag snatcher runs into shop window

A ROBBER fleeing from the scene of his crime ran into a shop window, injuring himself, before escaping the clutches of a bystander who apprehended him.


The thief had stolen a 50-year-old woman’s handbag at a newsagency in the Perth suburb of Ballajura about 10am on Easter Sunday and was running from the centre when he mistook a pane of glass for a door.

He ran through the plate of glass, was cut and fell to the ground.

The dramatic event was captured on The Market Place Shopping Centre's CCTV and shows bystanders going to his aid, unaware of the stealing incident. Another man then appears from the car park, threatens the bystanders to leave the man alone and tries to drag the injured man away.

A heavily-built shopper then appears and puts the offender in a headlock, before he broke free.

Both men took off in a stolen green Lexus (registration number 1BNP328), which had been taken from a home in Mirrabooka.


The offenders are described as dark-skinned, about 15 to 25 years of age, between 170cm to 180cm tall, slim build with dark coloured wavy hair.

That just cracks me up every time I watch it - what a doofus! You'd think the pot plant and the writing on the window would indicate 'not this way'.
I love how the door immediately thinks "I need to fill that gap" and promptly does so.

Someones going to have a bad concussion for a few days.

The entire security vision shows he was running FAST before he hits the door and he is out cold when he hits the pavement

Originally Posted by Hypanor

That just cracks me up every time I watch it - what a doofus! You'd think the pot plant and the writing on the window would indicate 'not this way'.
I love how the door immediately thinks "I need to fill that gap" and promptly does so.

Someones going to have a bad concussion for a few days.

'Bout as sharp as a billiard ball, isn't he...?

He didn't break free, as reported in some news articles. The guy straddling him let him go after dumbasses mate threatened that he had a gun (not a big thing in the US, but guns are not common in urban Australia). As per the interview with some shop owners in this clip:

Numbnuts got caught - Window smashing bag snatch accused charged

He's been sentenced to life without a brain. The courts however will probably just give him a slap on the hand and told not to be so naughty.