The headlines practically writes itself in this stupid criminal story:

BOSTON – An alleged bank robber in Boston should have been more aware of who was behind him in line. Police said Adam Grennan, 39, of Hull, passed a note to a teller at Mt. Washington Bank in Dorchester on Monday, demanding large bills and no “funny money.”

He didn’t notice that officer Kamau Pritchard was in uniform right behind him.

Pritchand, who was working a security detail, pulled out his gun and placed Grennan under arrest.

Pritchard told The Boston Globe he was in a back room watching surveillance cameras when Grennan walked in. He said the suspect was wearing large white gloves, an oversized hooded parka and a scarf that covered his face.

A friend of mine has a friend who’s a retired DC cop. The ex-cop had Christmas dinner at my friends house, where he told a great old story:

Patrolling the streets one day, a man flagged him down, waving his arms enthusiastically…

Told him, “That guy over there stole my boom box, and that’s the box on his shoulder”.

Cop, “OK, let’s go check it out…”

Cop to Suspect: “First man says this is his boom box.”

Suspect: “No man, this box is mine!”

First man: “Look, I can prove it.”

Cop: “How?”

First man: “My pot stash is in the handle.”

Cop: “OK, only you would know that. Let’s see it.”

Stash is in fact in handle

Cop to first man: “You’re right. And you’re under arrest for possession.”

Cop to second man: “You’re under arrest for theft.”