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gwilks98
10-11-2004, 08:46 AM
Police: Man staged robbery to impress wife

EDMOND, Oklahoma (Reuters) -- An Oklahoma man desperate to save his marriage by appearing like a hero to his wife ended up in police custody on suspicion of staging a crime. He hired "burglars" and foiled their fake robbery attempt, police said on Friday.

Trent Spencer, 27, of Edmond, north of Oklahoma City, was charged this week with the misdemeanor crime of filing a false report, said police spokeswoman Glynda Chu.

According to police, Spencer, a high school teacher, paid two students $100 each to break into his house and try to make off with a stereo.

The masked students tied his wife with duct tape and her husband was in the house just in time to foil the supposed crime, police said.

Police said Spencer attacked the two in a choreographed fight, even hitting one with a board that he had cut to break in half. The plan was going well until his wife freed herself and called police, something Spencer did not anticipate, police said.

link (http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/11/ok.staged.robbery.reut/index.html)

Imagine the sh*t he'd be in if she got loose and shot one of them instead. :gle:
bachviet
10-11-2004, 08:49 AM
They should have tied his wife a little bit tighter.
Showtime
10-11-2004, 09:37 AM
And the Idiot award goes to mr. hero. I like the sawed wood part so it would look like he broke it on the "intruders." Ha ha!

-j
verve247
10-11-2004, 04:13 PM
Must have taught wood-shop.
Mike_N_Ike
10-11-2004, 04:53 PM
And the Idiot award goes to mr. hero. I like the sawed wood part so it would look like he broke it on the "intruders." Ha ha!

-j
Yeah, that was just great. Man - I wonder if he splurged on any break-away glass too for this stunt.
Bires
10-11-2004, 06:46 PM
I think I've seen this on a sitcom. :spock:
BigJon
10-11-2004, 06:52 PM
What a retard...
VNMZ
10-11-2004, 11:05 PM
Give him props for trying.
molecularfire
10-12-2004, 08:13 AM
Am I the only one who thinks that it is kinda dangerous to be letting (much less paying) some teenage boys to break into my house and tying (sp?) up my wife? This could've backfired on him much worse than this if the boys started getting ideas.
welfareloser
10-12-2004, 06:18 PM
man... i just feel sorry for the desperate guy... poor guy.
cheapchinese
10-13-2004, 04:47 AM
is he with his wife now?
or she just left him?
GracieBayb
10-13-2004, 10:26 AM
is he with his wife now?
or she just left him?

That's exactly what I was wondering... I hope for her sake that she left because next time he stages something, somebody might actually get hurt... guys are so weird :disa:
ufcrusher
10-14-2004, 01:04 AM
That's exactly what I was wondering... I hope for her sake that she left because next time he stages something, somebody might actually get hurt... guys are so weird :disa:

Yes, this guy was dumb. However, it was two of his students. They had rehersed the fighting and it was all in an effort to impress his wife. I am sure he figured that they had no weapons and that she would be too scared to do anything, especailly since he was flying in on a wing and a prayer to save the day. He obviously loves her very deeply and I severely doubt he would ever intentionally endanger her.