Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Dummies' Attempt To Steal Chili's Giant Pepper Thwarted By Alarm





Group of Vermont morons try to swipe Chili's pepper sign

Sep 07 2009

Might not be the actual perps



A giant chili pepper on the roof of a Chili's restaurant in southern Vermont was a hot property _ police say four people have been caught trying to steal it.

Bennington police say the group ran 470 feet of extension cord across a four-lane road and through a Home Depot parking lot to power an electric drill used to detach the logo sign early Sunday.

Sgt. Camillo Grande says they also brought a hacksaw to remove the pepper sign, valued at $8,000.

An alarm went off at about 4:30 a.m., thwarting their plans to make their getaway in an SUV.

The four _ two college students, a recent graduate and one who is "between work and school" _ were cited for grand larceny.

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