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-Lurid Crime Tales-
No joke: Robbers walk into bar full of off-duty cops
2017-09-01
[NYPOST] This duo picked the wrong pub to knock off.

Joseph McInnis III, 21, and 22-year-old Tyree McCoy robbed a Maryland bar filled with dozens of off-duty officers there for a cop retirement party, WBAL-TV reported.
Ooh! I seen dis movie!
The armed crooks entered the take-out portion of Monaghan’s Pub in Woodlawn on Tuesday night and held up an employee at gunpoint before running off with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said, according to the news outlet.

"At that time, the person who had been behind the counter knew that there was a retirement party for a police officer happening, so they went into the other portion and alerted the officers to the fact that they had just been involved in an armed robbery," Baltimore County Police Officer Jennifer Peach said.

Off-duty officers at the shindig quickly ran out and took the men into custody.

They were charged with armed robbery and possession of a handgun and were being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center, according to the report.

"I’m sure that they weren’t planning on there being a large room filled with coppers," Peach said.

Posted by:Fred

#7  Amazed Hollywood hasn't done this long ago. Closest I can remember are the Dirty Harry coffee shop scenes.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-09-01 20:20  

#6  
Posted by: Speck Darling of the Lichtensteiners1972   2017-09-01 18:59  

#5  Prolly needed the money to pay for grad school.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-09-01 17:45  

#4  They was turning their lives around
Posted by: Frank G   2017-09-01 13:53  

#3  shouldn't show they picture. Racist! /sarc
Posted by: Hupons the Weasel7690   2017-09-01 12:42  

#2  Judging by the photographs, they must've gotten into a fight before trying to rob the bar.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-09-01 12:20  

#1  Long ago, I remember reading about a couple of would-be burglars diligently breaking into the backdoor of an all-night donut, coffee and sandwich shop. When they finally made their way in, there were a bunch of cops sitting there. Nearly all criminals are not criminal geniuses.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-09-01 10:08  

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