Most burglaries usually strike people and businesses with a lot of money, and these burglars apparently thought they were doing that with a jewelry store … probably until they smelled fried chicken.
Somebody took a wrong turn at Albuquerque, er, the deep fryer. Crooks in Australia found themselves in an unusual spot when they attempted to tunnel into a jewelry store but ended up in a KFC restaurant on New Year’s Eve .
Fortunately nobody was hurt. When they saw where they were, Peter Welsh and Dwayne Doolan held up the customers. They looted about $2,700, but they didn’t escape for long. Welsh and Doolan were arrested shortly after.
I’m guessing Welsh and Doolan tried to tunnel back out? I jest.
According to Yahoo News , the pair “smashed their way through a wall in a communal toilet block tunnel, hoping to enter Wrights Jewellers.” Instead, they found themselves surfacing in a land of herbs and spices .
This was not their first attempt to break into the jewelry store. Before the KFC fiasco, the pair broke into an Animal Welfare League Opportunity Shop, where they stole about $50 from a charity plate.
I wish I was making this up.
Earlier that evening, Welsh and Doolan had flung spark plugs at the jewelry store window, thinking they could break the glass, says News.com . It didn’t work.
When police confronted Welsh, he made a “full and frank” confession. He is charged with armed robbery, stealing, burglary and attempted burglary. Doolan, his partner in crime, was charted with robbery and stealing.
Somehow I don’t think the police who heard the confession could keep a straight face.
Both men will return to court on March 5.
