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Cartoonist Drew Burglar's Mugshot.

By Alex in Crime & Law, Pictures on Jan 18, 2006 at 7:48 pm


From the website:

After a burglar broke into caricaturist Bill "Weg" Green’s Heathmont home on Sunday, it took the 82-year-old just seconds to draw his attacker.

Fifteen minutes later, patrolling police caught a suspect — and Mr Green’s drawing proved they had the right man.

Moral of the story: if you want to burgle something, make sure the owner is not a professional cartoonist who’d be able to draw your mugshot! Link

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  1. Antonio Cabral
    Jan 19th, 2006 at 12:24 am

    It would've been nifty if he drew him in a go-cart, or playing soccer... do you like the beach? Okay, I'll draw you at the beach...

    -T

  2. Alex
    Jan 19th, 2006 at 12:46 pm

    How about in jail? That's where the burglar's going!

  3. Antonio Cabral
    Jan 19th, 2006 at 1:12 pm

    Well, next time he shouldn't rob someone so quick on the draw.

    -T

  4. Marcus
    Jan 20th, 2006 at 7:16 am

    This chap is very well known in Melbourne (Victoria, AUST). Has has been doing caricatures of sporting heros for a Melbourne newspaper for years! (AFL Grand Finals esp.)

  5. Nina
    Jan 20th, 2006 at 4:12 pm

    This should definetly be put on The worlds dumbest criminals!

  6. Needcoffee.com
    Jan 22nd, 2006 at 4:26 am

    Warning: This Home Protected by Sharpie

    Bill "Weg" Green helped to bring a burglar to justice after the maroon tore through the 82-year-old artist's backyard and used his grandson's bicycle to make a getaway. As the story relates, Green was able to draw, in seconds, a picture of the ...

  7. tud wurtherly
    Jan 23rd, 2006 at 9:12 am

    How hard did the police have to search for a hydrocephalic caveman with a buzzcut and a mouth like a moose mouth? That drawing looks like a medical illustration of someone stung by a beehive.

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