CRIME AND (NON)PUNISHMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO:

Hoping to document such a [smash & grab] robbery, “Inside Edition,” a television program, placed GPS trackers inside items in a car parked in an area well known for theft. The items were a $250 speaker and a purse. “Inside edition” also placed video cameras throughout the car to be able to record the expected smash and grab.

Sure enough, as Fox News reports, two people soon robbed the vehicle. A man smashed open the car’s back window, pulled out the purse, and threw it to his female accomplice. He then removed the speaker.

The “Inside Edition” crew used its tracker to find the thieves. They confronted the duo as they entered a train station.

The show’s reporter told the man that “five million people” will view his theft. The man responded that he was going to call his mother.

Eventually, the man abandoned the speaker. “Inside Edition” then tracked the stolen purse to a garbage can.

But while all of this was going on, thieves broke into the crew’s car and stole the camera equipment. As a result, five million people won’t see either theft, and “Inside Edition” is out thousands of dollars worth of equipment.

Heh.