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Morons of the Day: Gas Heist Goes Awry When Bad Guys Forget About Fumes

By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, robbery
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 9:00 am
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​It as a rather ingenious crime -- and incredibly stupid at the same time. Phoenix police say Robert Jeter, Jarad Desanti and George Brabakos had rigged a Chevy van with a 450-gallon fuel tank, siphoning equipment, and a false floor...

They would then go to gas stations, accompanied by a ruse Nissan Altima. The driver of the Altima would pretend to have car problems. The driver of the van wold pretend to help. That left someone inside the van to stick a siphoning hose into the gas station's underground fuel tanks, sucking away gallons of liquid gold.

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It would have been a brilliant crime... if Robert Jeter had remembered that gas has fumes of the poisonous variety
​As far as crimes go, give these boys an A for a little more preparation than simply showing up at a convenience store with a shot gun, which is sooo unoriginal. But it seems gas station owners were catching on.

Around midnight, an alarm went off inside a Circle K, warning the clerk that a tank was losing a large amount of fuel. 

Then the clerk remembered a flier going around, warning stations of a white van that may be involved in fuel thefts. So the clerk called the cops. Here's where the moron part comes in.

When police arrived, they nabbed Jarad Desanti and George Brabakos (pictured above) pretending to fix the car. But when they opened the van doors, they found Jeter passed out. It seems our geniuses forgot that gasoline has fumes -- that kind that can kill your ass if too much is inhaled. He was taken to a hospital where he finally regained consciousness.

All three were booked for burglary.

Tags: Arizona, Moron of the Day, The Savvy Criminal

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