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Teen Charged After Trying To Rob Police Officer Inside Police Station

May 10, 2012 at 11:28 am by Morbid

Wolmer, TX – An 18-year-old in Texas has ensured a spot on one of those dumb criminal shows after he allegedly tried to rob a police officer while inside a police department.

Police say that on Saturday, Keithan Manuel walked into the lobby of the Wilmer Police Department and approached the dispatch window with a white towel covering his hands.

He pointed his towel-covered hands at the Communications Officer and demanded she give him all of her money. He then acted as if he was joking and said he was there to check on a warrant.

After giving the officer a fake name, he then switched back into dumbass mode and informed the officer that he really did have a gun. Tired of playing games, the officer called for backup who arrived and were able to take Manuel down at gunpoint.

Manuel, who did not have a weapon, was arrested and hit with several charges, including robbery. He is in the Dallas County Jail with a $200,000 bond, telling anyone who will listen that it was all a big misunderstanding and that people just don’t get his brand of humor.

“Man I play like that all the time, I didn’t think she would take it seriously,” Manuel said while disputing he ever told her he had a gun. “I didn’t say nothing like that, I swear to God I didn’t say nothing like that; that’s why they didn’t find no guns on me.”

Tags: Crime, Keithan Manuel, Robbery, stupid, Texas

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Zazen

I hear there’s some new games he’ll be playing in prison.
Sam

Idiot. He must have heard about all those ‘undercover cop hit men’ and just completely bollocksed it up.
OutOfBubbleGum

“people just don’t get his brand of humor”

people just don’t get his Brain Tumor

Kid genius. Cops are the riches people on Earth to rob.

We could reduce his bail by $50 dollars which is the amount of money saved from cops not having to
drive to arrest him.

Are cops’ bonuses paid by the number of arrests because this arrest is unfair the other shift officers.
EveryVillainIsLemons

What a fucking moron.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Angela-Tucker-Schrage/1137445665 Angela Tucker Schrage

I agree…what else can be said? LMAO!!!
sugarpie

Sounds like a dare with nice payoff. Or he’s just freakin stupid.
tkaz

I read such stupid crimes like this & I think that maybe there’s a reason. I’m truly starting to beleive that someone/country/agency/terrorist/fill-in-the-blank tainted our water supply during a certain time period & THIS is what we got out of the population.
Americans who are stupid, can’t think for themselves & have zero impulse control.

I’m really not a conspiracy theorist but…come on, those qualities are GREAT in a person (or nation) when you want to control over them!
CT

Does it involve hiding and salamis?
CT

Jesus, this kid’s parents must be banging their heads against a wall right now wondering where they went wrong.
Zazen

You’re good at these guessing games.
http://oddlyunfocused.blogspot.com/ Eccentric_Lady

Jeez, doesn’t this genius ever watch the World’s Dumbest Videos from TruTV? He’d learn that shit doesn’t go down in a cop’s backyard….hmmm, wonder what episode he’ll make it in now.
http://truecrimereport.com iLLusionS

Yeah I saw his jailhouse interview this morning on HLN…it almost needed subtitles.
curiousalways

boy, if I decide to embark on a life of crime, I know who I”m getting to tutor me…..
Snickering_Hydra

Wow, did the cops not have any street cred or what?

“Maaaan, these cops are so stupid I bet I could just go in there and rob their asses before they can do shit”
“Naaawww, you crazy!”
“Watch me!”

Apparently, he had to quit after trying to rob one cop. Guess they weren’t the pansy-ass, donut eating wimps they seemed like. This guy deserves a Darwin honorable mention for something this dumb.
JohnQknowitall

What a card! His kinda fun will be appreciated in the big house.
http://www.facebook.com/david.burgess.984 David Burgess

Due to all the ignorant comments prior, it’s clear that the general population-along with the Wilmer police-don’t understand what schizophrenia is or what kind of mental state this kid is in. He has spent most of his life outside of reality and is quite possibly at the intelligence level of a 10 yr old due to his learning disability. He is mentally ill and should not be treated as a criminal, but as a person suffering from mental illness.
Califboy

if obama had a son, would he look like this young man???
Califboy

bath salts???????
LeaveMeBe

This guy has such a great sense of humor! LOL! I wish the officer had pulled out a taser and launched it right in his balls! Haha! That would have made all this even funnier! Bah-hahahaha!
rensuchan

This is the exact kind of dumbass I needed to cheer me up after the last story. Thanks dumbass!
DangerousKindOfSnark

Please, give it a rest already.
sugarpie

Maybe, but he didn’t get nekkid.
JGo555

I assume we’ll be talking about THIS ONE tonight in the podcast…

Now the question here is:

@admin:disqus did the cops take him down with a white towel wrapped gun or did he actually SEE the gun, made him a knock knock joke & then got all serious & told his hands to drop the weapon & get on his hands & knees?
JGo555

They called & said they figured it out:

“When mom let daddy put the tip in”.
JGo555

If it’s sarcasm, reply to me & I will “like” the comment. If you’re being serious: I doubt it.
JGo555

Surely he MUST BE RETARDED.

I mean even the dumbest criminal KNOWS you don’t jack A COP IN THE SHOP!

If he is NOT retarded, someone get the DNA of the whole family to compare, research & analyze where exactly is the dumbfuck gene that made this kid’s “humor” be so “underapreciated”.
CT

OHHH, makes sense. LMAO
EveryVillainIsLemons

If this young man’s situation is like that and you KNEW about it, why in the hell didn’t you get him some help before this happened?
Wildheart

It was the aliens…..
Heather_Habilatory

I can’t wait to see him on World’s Dumbest. New episode on tonight!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1162066437 Danny Escareno

the boy suffers from mental illness. i feel for him and his family. in the interview, you can clearly see that he’s mentally ill and really doesn’t understand why he’s in jail. to make matters worse, it’s in Texas. a state that has been slashing funding for MHMR for some time now. clearly doesn’t help the people who need it but it sure does help the private contractors running our detention facilities!
Heather_Habilatory

Oh, we understand schizo pretty damn good here.

However, there are a few things that make suspicious of any mental illness claims:

He gave the cops a fake name.

He didn’t have a real gun.
wyrosjr

I just don’t care if he is ill or not. I’m sick of excuses.
Nemesis

This is a good argument for forced sterilization. Please god don’t let this idiot infect the gene pool.
sherrdbw

Wouldn’t it be nice if all criminals just walked themselves into jail? Think of all the time and taxpayer money that could be saved. And as for his brand of humor, he will be able to regale all of his fellow inmates with what a fucking idiot he is.
onlyme356

Hopefully, the lesson he learned is to grow the hell up.
http://www.facebook.com/iesha.bradley.7 Iesha Bradley

dum ass nigga