Surveillance footage of failed burglary attempts—video where a perpetrator intends malice, but his attempts backfire spectacularly in his face—can be addictively riotous. How can you not laugh when someone gets what they deserve?
One Seattle radio station took the concept to a whole new level, though, when they saw surveillance footage of someone trying to break into an employee’s vehicle in the station parking lot. Specifically, they noticed this perp failing hard and paying the price for it.
So, KIRO decided to have radio personality John Curley deliver play-by-play announcing. Curley counts as the man attempts to bang a mop handle against the pickup truck window to great comedic effect.
“If you’re counting at home, that’s 14 blows against the window with the mop,” Curley announces. “Raining blows down upon the window! 1! 2! 3!”
Last night we captured surveillance footage of a vandal trying to break in to one of our employee's vehicles in our parking lot. While the suspect is still at large, we took the liberty to have John Curley give his play-by-play of the incident.
Take a listen 🔊 pic.twitter.com/FYQTiJsTDt
— KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM🎙 (@KIRONewsradio) February 1, 2018
The man, who is visibly intoxicated in the black-and-white footage, then decides to climb a small rooftop. Stumbling his way across the roof, the man eventually falls, crumpling to the floor, and Curley elates, “somebody get some salami and cream cheese and rub it all over his face!”
For those wondering what happened to the man, KIRO did clarify that the man got up of his own will 17 minutes later and left the scene of the crime. This mop bandit remains at large.
He stayed on the ground for 17 minutes. Then just got up and ran away. We didn't know about it until our engineer reviewed the footage this morning.
— KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM🎙 (@KIRONewsradio) February 1, 2018
