With the development of technology, the techniques of committing crimes are proliferating, which is a huge frustration for the authorities. However, “no offense” and avoiding getting caught is always a big challenge, even for the most seasoned criminals. However, some criminals seem to try to make the police's job easier through distraction or negligence. Without a detailed implementation plan, or due to a lack of thought, they get stuck like amateurs. Nevertheless, they give us these few cases that caught our attention in 2023.
Found in 21 minutes
An incorrigible bank robber had prepared his attack so poorly that during his most recent heist, he was caught like an amateur in 21 minutes. Mounir Abou Daye, 37, has already been convicted of participating in eight bank robberies.
His first mistake was renting a car using his own name. Later, during the robbery, he was given cash containing GPS trackers. He decides to hide under a gallery while escaping. But Tyco, a police dog, is smarter than him and quickly finds him. Last November, Mounir was sentenced to five years in prison for the crime committed in the summer of 2021.
All that for six coronas
On the evening of February 16, a thirty-year-old man from Laurentians found himself in a tragic situation after provoking a police chase. Minutes after he was stolen, police stopped him in his vehicle. But once they caught up with him stealing beer, the 30-year-old suspect repeated the offenses before hitting the accelerator and crashing for a dozen minutes. The pursuit ironically ended a few meters from Couche-Tard where he committed his crime.
Taken from Simon Laliberte's Facebook
Troubled by his Pokemon madness
A 20-year-old from Sherbrooke, a fan of the popular Pokemon trading cards, learned the hard way that a criminal returning to the scene of his crimes can be dangerous. In early January, local media reported that Marie-Christelle Michaud used a nail bar in an attempt to break the window of a board game store.
Marie-Crystel Michaud, 20 years old.
Taken from Marie-Chrystelle Michaud's Facebook
Then, the next day, she dared to go back and steal a pack of Pokemon cards worth about $30. However, it was enough for the staff to recognize her on the surveillance camera. She was arrested after leaving the store. Then, a few days later, Michaud had a man come over to his house to sell him $700 worth of Pokémon cards. After taking them to check, she simply demanded that he leave without paying. She did the same thing again at another seller for about $200. Michaud is expected to serve his sentence in 2024.
“Not strongly,” said the judge
On June 1, a 62-year-old man pleaded guilty to impersonating Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown and attempting to defraud his victims. The Daveluyville resident encouraged people to invest with him, guaranteeing exorbitant returns. He asked for an investment of $600, which he would return $850,000. “You did everything to get caught. It takes innocent people to get caught. Sir, it is not strong, your case,” Judge Michel Boudreult told Daniel Dubois, reports Le Soleil. DuBois received 24 months of probation, must pay restitution to the victims and perform 100 hours of community service.
The weapon was loaded into a bag
A 35-year-old Montreal man hid a loaded gun in a bag inside the establishment's bathroom closet, thinking he had fooled police on a routine raid at a bar.
A .45-caliber handgun was found in Leo Garmin Marabella's bag, hidden in the cabinet of a Montreal bar.
Photo courtesy of Court
Except it didn't take long for agents to find the hideout, and after years of procedures, Leo Garmin received a two-year prison sentence earlier in the month after Marabella's DNA was taken from a caliber weapon. He was also caught on surveillance cameras.
Leo Karmin Marabella, convicted.
Photo courtesy of Court
A little hello to the camera
What was Mirnel Omarovic thinking on September 23 when he took the time to “greet the camera directly at the business” before fleeing the robbery, as the service told local media Sherbrooke police? That evening, around 7:45 p.m., a 41-year-old man known to officers reportedly walked into the 7 Jours convenience store on King Boulevard East. He would have committed armed robbery without mask. The police easily identified him and arrested him at his workplace the next morning. He now faces charges of theft and theft under $5,000.
He vents his anger on a golf club
On April 19, the driver of the vehicle behind him on surveillance and on his dashboard camera, a road rager should not have suspected that he was about to vent his anger. Or he didn't care. That day, a man wearing a jacket, white shirt and sunglasses got out of his white Nissan 370Z on Highway 440 and smashed the windshield with a golf club. Both filed complaints against each other and both were arrested by the Sûreté du Québec for dangerous driving. The golfer was also accused of foul play.
Betrayed by his rod
The 22-year-old's clumsiness allowed police to find a large haul of drugs, weapons and cash during a routine intercept on April 13. Despite himself, Aymric Pie accidentally knocked the telescopic baton out of his truck when officers approached him. He was immediately handcuffed. When police searched the vehicle, they found weapons and a large amount of drugs. Aymric Pie will now have to face justice.
Disguise yourself to approach small monsters
Sorelois, 33, certainly didn't learn his lesson in 2020 when he was accused of abusing a nine-year-old girl. Around this time, Mathieu Parenteau-Vallée had the outrageous idea of dressing up on Halloween night to approach children collecting chocolates at La Prairie in Monterrey.
Mathieu Parenteau-Vallée, accused.
Photo provided by the Sûreté du Québec
However, police officials, suspecting that he did not honor his conditions, cut short his evening. This is not the first time he has violated his terms. The man is being held pending an investigation into his release. He faces charges of drug violation and contact with a person under 16. He received 23 months of pretrial detention and two years of probation for his 2020 conviction. His name will remain on the sex offenders' register until 2040.
Soft leather thief
A Morrissey user assistant who wants to have beautiful, smooth and hydrated skin risks finding herself with two criminal records. Raymonde Desaulniers, 56, was arrested Oct. 31 and faces charges of theft and receiving stolen property.
Photo from Raymonde DeSaulniers Facebook
When she was handcuffed, there was already a warrant out for her arrest. In another case of theft from senior citizens, the accused did not appear in court. He allegedly sold some of the jewels to pawnbrokers. As for the creams, she kept them for her own use.
A prisoner shoots himself in the foot…literally
Guns are increasingly in the hands of young and inexperienced criminals in Montreal. This is what Reda Gebisat explained when she took part in a shootout against a rival gang in the city centre.
Reda KHEBICHAT
Filed as evidence in court
The slightly clumsy young man shot himself in the foot. He is accused of discharging a firearm and is being held pending trial after a failed attempt to be freed last July.
Evidence filed in court
He runs into the moose himself
An entrepreneur from Sept-Îles had a brilliant idea He filmed himself chasing moose on the side of the road with his truck and posted the video on social media. In the pictures, Michael Montigny, 32, was chasing two young moose on a road in the Moisei sector. It seems to crush one of the two under its wheels.
Archive the screenshot
He was finally charged with animal cruelty last summer. He already has several criminal records.
Michael Montigny alleged.
Taken from Michael Keeler's Facebook
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