A 30-year-old man suspected of jacking an SUV was arrested at his home recently, and under the most ironic circumstances you could imagine. When police arrived at his home for stealing cars in real life, he was stealing cars in a videogame -- playing Grand Theft Auto III. No further evidence required, methinks.
Michael Ray Ekes of Haines City, Florida, had left the stolen vehicle outside of his home, which, of course, led police to a fairly easy arrest. The suspect was found playing GTA III as police apprehended him for real-world grand theft auto. For reasons not made clear, Ekes was asked what he thought of the game. He replied, "It's a blast."
Sheriff Grady Judd offered a slice of personal advice by telling the world that "crime is not a game." He also added that "Real-life crime has real-life consequences -- and I hope he goes to prison for a good long while, where they don't have Grand Theft Auto video games."
Ekes is currently on bail after receiving two grand theft auto charges. He was also on probation for other offenses. It's not yet clear if he'll try and claim that GTA III made him do it. The audacity would be a sight to behold, though.
Grand Theft Auto Suspect Busted Playing… Go Ahead and Guess [GamePolitics]
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10:00 AM on 01.23.2010
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If I was the cop that found their grand theft auto suspect playing grand theft auto, I would be laughing my ass off.
Eh...
Yes, he would have to murder someone in Britain first.
On topic, irony is such a great thing.
But off topic, British prisons MAKE me want to commit crimes, not videogames.
/badjoke
anyways, i'm surprised that there hasn't been that much media coverage about this. seems to me like this is a great example for the jerks that think that video games cause violence and crimes and the such. really just want to yell that correlation doesn't prove causation at them. /sigh
Alanis Morissette's Ironic there...which ironically was a tune that got the definition of irony completely wrong.
I was gonna make a smart ass comment but then I remembered I'm studying music and I play more Rock Band than any human being really should.
@Stevil
I called it before you said what the song is! Do I win?
Well, other than Vice City, the rest of those are less fun than GTA3.
She had that one acoustic album, remember? No? No one remembers but me?
Aw.
I would like to point out that you just used that word. Now are you true to your convictions? Can we expect to see a video of you punching yourself in the face in the C-blogs any time soon?
Fixed it for you.
You're so bad.
You never hear about intelligent criminals because they don't get caught...
lawl.
"alright Ekes we finally managed to catch you... now leave all your weapons and get outta here"
Dammit people, when will you ever learn? Cars are evil.