In just a moment, we're gonna show you a true master thief.
Here's our challenge to all of you detectives out there, and
that is try to spot the con artist in the following image.
He's using a genius disguise, you ready?
Okay, here it is, watch.
Can you spot the thief?
Where is the thief?
I wonder where he could be.
Well, in case you haven't spotted him yet, you're looking at a Polish man who posed
as a mannequin right there in the bottom right in a store window, so
he could steal from the mall once it closed down.
Now, this could be a good time to mention that we were kidding about all the master
thief stuff.
He actually got arrested, and he's now facing [LAUGH] a lot of jail time,
even though his disguise kind of worked.
Here are a few details.
The unnamed suspect waited until the mall closed to steal from a jewelry stand,
according to the police.
The suspect remained motionless until he believed it was safe, then proceeded to
roam through different departments of the mall, per the statement.
So far, so good, for the criminal, that is, but he overplayed his hand.
Before too long, security personnel eventually spotted the man,
leading to his capture and arrest by Warsaw police.
He's been charged with theft and burglary and
faces a potential prison sentence of up to 10 years.
Hiding as a mannequin, I don't know, Cenk.
I mean, first of all, you mentioned on one of the calls,
maybe there's a little white privilege going on here.
Because mannequins come in all different shapes and sizes,
at least in this country.
>> Speaker 2: But in Europe, I'm pretty sure they're mainly white, [LAUGH] right?
And so he sits there.
No, I think it's the funniest.
I think it's so funny.
My opinion is, let him go, let him go!
>> [LAUGH] >> Just on creativity alone, and
the fact that it was so poorly executed, and that it worked at the beginning.
[LAUGH] Who didn't notice that that was a real dude?
I mean, look at his jeans,
he's holding a bag that he's probably preparing to steal when people leave.
How do you not notice that that's a man?
And I thought he was, like, in the middle of the store.
No, he's right in the window.
[LAUGH] World's worst thief, except for
the fact that it worked in the beginning, let him go!
Okay, it's a fun, creative idea.
What do you think, Jordan?
>> Speaker 4: I saw a tweet earlier this week in reference to the guy who faked
heart attacks repeatedly to avoid paying a bill, which you covered last night.
>> Speaker 5: Yeah.
>> And that tweet said, and I agree with it, and I think it applies here,
funny crimes should be legal.
>> Speaker 5: [LAUGH] >> That is my takeaway.
If something is like this, it's just mostly innocent.
You're not harming an innocent bystander.
You're not harming someone else, and it's funny, legal, go, go about your day.
>> Speaker 1: [LAUGH] >> I gotta tell you about a story
that I covered 25, 30 years ago in Little Rock, Arkansas, as a local news reporter.
And we got video surveillance video from the mall where a guy put essentially a bag
over his head and went into a Radio Shack to try to steal some electronics.
And he tripped, and he knocked himself out, and it set off the alarm.
And then he sort of woke up, and then he left, and he came back.
And they were able to identify him and arrest him, even though he escaped.
Because he had giant holes in his bag, and
his bag was over his mall security uniform.
>> Speaker 1: [LAUGH] >> So they were able to figure out, what?
The guy was guarding the mall and breaking in a Radio Shack?
I mean, talk about dumb criminals, they're all over the place.
>> Speaker 4: So good.
>> Speaker 2: That also should be legal.
>> Speaker 2: Yeah. >> If you're Bart the mall cop, or
whatever that guy was.
Paul Blart, what was his name?
I don't remember.
Anyway, and [LAUGH] you just put the bag over there, but you leave the uniform,
including the badge.
Come on, come on, let him go!
[LAUGH] By the way,
this mannequin trick, apparently, it's been done a bunch of times.
It's like a European specialty, I think they did it in Rome,
they did it a couple of other places.
Is that a thing in Europe?
Come to think of it, they got mimes and fake mannequins.
I see a pattern here.
Europeans, we got our eyes on you, you don't come around here going and
steal our crap.
>> On that point, Cenk, I've got this note here.
In 2016, two thieves blended in with store mannequins and waited until after
the store closed before stealing designer clothing worth 10,000 pounds.
Or around $12,000 at today's exchange rate, in West Sussex, England,
the Sun reported.
And in 2012, Rome police arrested a trio of men who attempted to pass themselves
off as mannequins in a designer clothing store after the break-in was heard and
reported by a neighbor.
>> Speaker 2: I'm telling you, man, and it's my theory about white privilege.
Most mannequins are white, so the Europeans are like,
we got this, [LAUGH] all right.
Nevertheless, okay, you know why the other reason to let him go?
It's because if you're, let's say, not bright, right?
Don't worry, they're not a criminal mastermind.
[LAUGH] They're gonna pull off something that's gonna be like,
wow, my God, that hurt us, dog.
Everything's gonna be fine.
Besides which, if they put him in the jail, how would anybody know?
He'll just be like, and then people won't notice, and he'll just walk out.
>> [LAUGH] >> Always thinking.