By Steven Symes 
A dealership thief ended up calling police on himself for a reason that honestly made us laugh. After seeing so many break-ins at dealer showrooms, with criminals taking whatever cars they want, it’s great to see some utterly fail at what seems to be almost an effortless crime.
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According to police in Tyler, Texas, 38-year-old Jeremiah Megallon of Mabank called dispatch to ask for help after he was injured and trapped inside Patterson Dodge’s showroom late on March 26. Like so many before him, Megallon had the brilliant idea of throwing a rock through one of the large windows in the showroom, then just waltzing inside.
However, as the man was entering the dealership, he cut himself on the broken glass, reports KLTV. Bleeding and probably panicking, the guy couldn’t figure out how to get back outside without going through the broken window which just injured him.
That’s when he decided to call police and ask for help. Can you imagine being the dispatcher who took that call?
What’s really funny about this story is there are apparently doors inside the dealership which just open from the inside when locked, so Megallon could’ve just walked through those and not called the cops for help.
While he didn’t get to steal a Hellcat or even a Dodge Journey, the man at least didn’t come away emptyhanded. Dealership employees told KLTV the guy pilfered some candy from a salesperson’s desk, we guess to keep his strength up as he was bleeding out.
Let this be a lesson for anyone wanting to break into a dealership: just don’t. You can laugh at this guy, but the moral of this story is when you go to force your way into a business and steal stuff, you risk getting seriously hurt in the process. Go work a legitimate job and contribute to society instead of just taking.
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