A young man I once taught was arrested years after I apparently taught him nothing. He committed a felonious assault, and failed to plan on a smooth escape from the scene of the crime.
He was on an airplane at the time. Last I heard, he was a guest at a federal prison.
But here's a guy who was out to top that fool, up in North Wildwood, New Jersey.
He was wanted for burglary and theft last week and he thought a nice escape route would be to run into the ocean.
Yes, the Atlantic Ocean.
North Wildwood police simply ran right into the water and pulled him in, so to speak.
The man charged is Ryan Verdi. He's 38 and comes from Mullica Hill, a nice little town up the road from Wildwood where antiques and niceness abound.
Actually, Verdi was arrested twice by North Wildwood PD last week.
The first time, they spotted him with a flashlight in one hand while the other hand sifted through the contents of the vehicle he was sitting in that wasn't his.
(That might be the most awkward sentence I ever wrote, and also one of the saddest, according to R. Verdi of Mullica Hill, NJ.)
He then got out of that car and tried to open the door of another when he was arrested and charged with burglary.
Two days later, while Wildwood was dealing with a massive power outage, the police say he entered a garage that had a door stuck open, and stole the bicycle he was riding when arrested again.
As police approached him about the allegedly stolen bike, he ditched the two-wheeler, ran onto the beach, and into the ocean. Police Sgt. Brian Harkins and Officer Domonic DeMusz splashed into the surf, and arrested him for burglary, theft, and other offenses.
It's not known whether he had a valid beach tag in his possession, or if he was wearing adequate sun protection.
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