Dummy Smurf
A motel clerk in Anchorage, Alaska, reported that a man tried to rob him. He locked himself in the office and the man got away with no money. His disguise: the blonde man was wearing a puffy red coat, and had his face painted blue like a “Smurf”, police said. An officer said he had dealt with Daniel Peter Clark, 19, a blonde man in a puffy red coat, at a different motel the previous day, so he went to see if he was still there. “In runs Mr. Clark, still wearing his blue face,” a police spokesman said. “It was a clue.” Clark was arrested. “Sometimes that’s what it takes, putting two and two together.” (AP) ...It’s a nice switch from the usual, when they make a suspect talk until he’s blue in the face.
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