Maya's Olympic Ring Recovered in Atlanta

[dcdon]

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/basketball-stars-olympic-ring-sold-at-mall-kiosk/nTqnr/

 

[LesMis89]

The levels of sheer stupidity by this criminal are so vast that I don't even know where to start...

Glad Maya will get her ring back. Now get it stored safely somewhere!

 

[UConnChapette]

The levels of sheer stupidity by this criminal are so vast that I don't even know where to start...

Glad Maya will get her ring back. Now get it stored safely somewhere!

Many petty thieves are that because they don't have the smarts to do something else. As is evident by this fool.

 

[meyers7]

Many petty thieves are that because they don't have the smarts to do something else. As is evident by this fool.

Even the picture of him in the article screams out "huh?" (deer, meet headlights)

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. Oh, so we are posting mugshots on the Boneyard now?
2. And then, choosing to analyze the intelligence of the person based on what?

 

[MilfordHusky]

I didn't know that Maya's ring was missing. Did she give it to Geno for safe keeping in a briefcase in an unlocked parked car?

 

[LesMis89]

1. Oh, so we are posting mugshots on the Boneyard now?
2. And then, choosing to analyze the intelligence of the person based on what?

Did you read the article? Anyone trying to sell an Olympic ring at a mall kiosk and also showing their own ID while doing it isn't very bright, in my book.

 

[CamrnCrz1974]

Even the picture of him in the article screams out "huh?" (deer, meet headlights)

*waits for Southbranch, ericsandiego, Wonkster, or any other longtime Boneyard poster to make the obligatory Gail Goestenkors comparison*

 

[vtcwbuff]

1. Oh, so we are posting mugshots on the Boneyard now?
2. And then, choosing to analyze the intelligence of the person based on what?

I read the article and came to the conclusion that this guy wasn't too bright based on how dumb he was.

1. Trying to sell stolen goods to a franchise jeweler in a shopping mall - dumb
2. Claiming a woman's olympic ring as his - dumber
3. Providing his identification - dumberer

 

[maddoggy]

Did I miss the part of the article where it said this guy's fingerprints were found on the ring and a jury convicted him?

It doesn't happen every day, but there are lots of cases where someone uses an ID that does not belong to him. Sometimes the photo is a close match. Sometimes not.

As a private investigator, I recently worked for a guy whose doppelganger had stolen his ID by telling the DMV he needed to replace a lost driving license. The only way we kept our client out of jail was by locating a supervisor who swore -- and had time cards to prove -- that our guy was driving a forklift at his job in another county while the doppelganger was robbing the U-Haul store, unbeknownst to our guy.

The guy in the mugshot that someone just posted here may be the person who tried to sell Maya's ring. Maybe not. He may have stolen it -- or at least known it was stolen. Maybe not. Let's wait for the courts to figure it out.

 

[VAMike23]

Thank goodness she's getting it back - she must have been beside herself that it had gone missing. Probably the best phone call / email she's gotten since she went to China!

 

[Replicant]

Did I miss the part of the article where it said this guy's fingerprints were found on the ring and a jury convicted him?

It doesn't happen every day, but there are lots of cases where someone uses an ID that does not belong to him. Sometimes the photo is a close match. Sometimes not.

Everyone is entitled to due process. I'm guessing the police arrested Mr. Olympia based on his appearance on a 1/2 dozen CCTV cameras. Most jewelers have them, especially major jewelry store chains in malls.

 

[meyers7]

1. Oh, so we are posting mugshots on the Boneyard now?

The photo from the article.

2. And then, choosing to analyze the intelligence of the person based on what?

Read the article.

We need one of those "shakes head" emoticons.

 

[meyers7]

Everyone is entitled to due process. I'm guessing the police arrested Mr. Olympia based on his appearance on a 1/2 dozen CCTV cameras. Most jewelers have them, especially major jewelry store chains in malls.

I imagine the jeweler could probably identify him also.

 

[maddoggy]

Oh please. Anyone who has ever looked at security tapes knows how bad most of them are. And as for the jeweler identifying someone, I have know idea what race he/she was (and neither does anyone else on this forum) but there's 98 years' worth of studies on how cross-racial eyewitness ID is inherently unreliable. Indeed, in 66 of the 216 wrongful convictions that were overturned by DNA testing, cross-racial eyewitness identification was used as evidence to convict an innocent defendant. I'm not saying I think this guy is innocent or that he didn't know where the ring came from. But no one deserves to be convicted by a mob, even on the Boneyard.

No, make that ESPECIALLY on the Boneyard, which I love for its civilized, if lively, debates.