{"id":73990,"date":"2017-10-19T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T12:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=73990"},"modified":"2017-10-19T14:41:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T12:41:04","slug":"video-thief-trapped-car-back-street-steals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/10\/19\/video-thief-trapped-car-back-street-steals\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO &#8211; \u2018Thief\u2019 trapped in car, back on street, steals again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bystanders took a video of the man, trapped in a car after the alarm system activated whilst he was inside looking for valuables.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73996\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/dief2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses who work in the CBD\u00a0reported seeing the man, who they recall as a familiar face, back on the street later that same day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Ee7drGmOLwQ' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Less than 24 hours later, a business owner told <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.mobserver.co.za<\/strong><\/a> that the same man stole again. The business owner says that the thief is part of a gang of four who operate in the CBD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read previous story: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/73922\/hilarious-video-thief-locks-victims-car\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hilarious video &#8211; Thief locks himself in car<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They came running around the corner and past his business carrying two Fanta Orange 2 liter six-packs. The business owner managed to scare him and he let go of the cold drink. His accomplice kept on running with another six pack.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73997\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/dief3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Middelburg Police have yet to reply to media enquiries. They were asked how a man who committed a crime, of which there is a video as proof, could be let go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/64189\/video-beware-criminals-cbd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video &#8211; Failed robbery attempt in CBD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73998\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/dief1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"79\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hours after Middelburg police\u00a0arrested a thief, trapped in a car he tried to steal out of, he was back on the street.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":73993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2885,2],"tags":[2975,8319,8363,1478,8362],"class_list":["post-73990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-cbd","tag-crime-in-middelburg","tag-hilarious-videos","tag-middelburg-police","tag-middelburgs-dumbest-thief"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["CBD","crime in Middelburg","hilarious videos","Middelburg Police","middelburg's dumbest thief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}