American Tourists Who Stole Large Wooden Elephant Arrested

[churchill]

Three American tourists have been arrested this afternoon on Koh Phangan after a short hunt for the trio who stole a wooden elephant from outside a Koh Samui restaurant.

Drew Davidson, John Johnson and Andrew Corso were stopped by police in a rented pickup with the stolen goods stashed in the back.

The three were taken into custody and will be sent to Koh Samui where they committed the crime to be charged with theft.

 

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[PoorSucker]

Theft after dark, minimum 1.5 year in Samui provincial jail.

[Jingthing]

Why?

[JHolmesJr]

They'll never forget this, just like the elephant.

[churchill]

Perhaps they thought it was an antique and worth a fortune  

[impulse]

Looks like a thousand college pranks I've witnessed in my lifetime as they swipe each other's mascots, revered statues (and occasionally, their panties).

 

I think they're about to learn a lesson in time and place.  They picked the wrong ones for a stunt like that.

 

[Jingthing]

3 minutes ago, impulse said:

Looks like a thousand college pranks I've witnessed in my lifetime as they swipe each other's mascots, revered statues (and occasionally, their panties).

 

I think they're about to learn a lesson in time and place.  They picked the wrong ones for a stunt like that.

 

Yeah it does kind of look like a drunken prank kind of thing.

No respect for being abroad and being fooled into thinking Thailand is a laid back place that is only about partying. 

[impulse]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

Yeah it does kind of look like a drunken prank kind of thing.

No respect for being abroad and being fooled into thinking Thailand is a laid back place that is only about partying. 

 

Some people take what they see in the travel brochures too much to heart.

 

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, impulse said:

 

Some people take what they see in the travel brochures too much to heart.

 

Yes, now I'm feeling a little sorry for them. They should be punished for sure but I'm afraid what's going to happen to them now is not going to be very nice. 

[impulse]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yes, now I'm feeling a little sorry for them. They should be punished for sure but I'm afraid what's going to happen to them now is not going to be very nice. 

 

Mixed feelings here.  From photos in the link, it looks like they're jocks, and accustomed to getting away with a lot back home.  

 

But a couple of bowls of steamy fish heads would be enough for my twisted sense of justice for all the times their predecessors got away with abusing us nerds.

 

[Jingthing]

Yeah. I said a little. 

[transam]

Do these daft blokes know their flight extra baggage charges for their prize......

[impulse]

10 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yeah. I said a little. 

 

We're really not that far apart.

 

The kid in the grey wife beater looks just like my nephew (the football star at his high school, BTW, so my judgment of jocks has mellowed a bit).

 

[Stocky]

54 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Seriously. Why? To sell it? Were they planning on starting their own Thai restaurant here? Surely they didn't mean to ship it to the USA!?!

Alcohol induced moronicity.

[Bluespunk]

2 hours ago, churchill said:

Three American tourists have been arrested this afternoon on Koh Phangan after a short hunt for the trio who stole a wooden elephant from outside a Koh Samui restaurant.

Idiots.

[impulse]

4 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Idiots.

 

I did stupider at that age.  But they didn't have CCTV.  Thank God.

 

Edit:  To be clear, I'm not claiming I no longer do stupid stuff, even into my '60s.  Just a different grade of stupid.

 

[Bluespunk]

6 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

I did stupider at that age.  But they didn't have CCTV.  Thank God.

 

Edit:  To be clear, I'm not claiming I no longer do stupid stuff, even into my '60s.  Just a different grade of stupid.

 

I did stupid things that more or less endangered myself.

 

I didn't steal though.

[richard_smith237]

I think this was just high sprits.. young lads pratting about... 

 

... I think the BiB will do little more than make a minor example of them - I doubt much will come of this after they have been publicly shamed Waiing and apologizing to the owners from whom they stole....

 

I do wonder though - this sort of act of daftness is usually associated with being drunk - so who was driving ?

[YetAnother]

51 minutes ago, impulse said:

I think they're about to learn a lesson in time and place.  They picked the wrong ones for a stunt like that.

in a different country ?! i should say !

[metisdead]

Troll posts about US politics have been removed as well as the replies. 

[impulse]

28 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

I did stupid things that more or less endangered myself.

 

I didn't steal though.

 

Neither did I.  (Steal anything, I mean)

 

But I did put lots of innocent people at risk getting behind the wheel with a snootful.  And not just once.

 

Given the choice of losing my elephant to some pranksters, or losing my family to a drunk driver, I'd gladly give up the elephant.

 

So I won't be casting the first stone at these kids, even if their crime wasn't the same as mine.  Their judgment was no worse than mine, and the reason for the poor judgment was probably the same.

 

I'd still like to see the fear of God and a couple of bowls of fish heads instilled into them...

 

[Bluespunk]

5 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Neither did I.  (Steal anything, I mean)

 

But I did put lots of innocent people at risk getting behind the wheel with a snootful.  And not just once.

 

Given the choice of losing my elephant to some pranksters, or losing my family to a drunk driver, I'd gladly give up the elephant.

 

So I won't be casting the first stone at these kids, even if their crime wasn't the same as mine.  Their judgment was no worse than mine, and the reason for the poor judgment was probably the same.

 

I'd still like to see the fear of God and a couple of bowls of fish heads instilled into them...

 

All the same, I'm afraid I still rate them as idiots...

[impulse]

14 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

All the same, I'm afraid I still rate them as idiots...

 

Yeah, bottom line...

[PoorSucker]

Yeah it does kind of look like a drunken prank kind of thing.
No respect for being abroad and being fooled into thinking Thailand is a laid back place that is only about partying. 

You missed the part they transported it in a rented pick up from Koh Samui to Koh phanhgan, they could not even close the tailgate because of the size.
They spent one more day on Samui with various photos on Facebook, then took ferry to Koh phanhgan where they got arrested.
I went to collage in Minnesota, this goes beyond drunk college prank.
Well, 1,5 years in Thai prison, something on your resume..

[samuijimmy]

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