Man gives crooks taste of their own medicine - News Report

BELLEVUE, Wash. (KOMO) -- It's a choice not many people would have made. Patrick Rosario saw the chance to stop a pair of criminals and took it.

Rosario was home alone, walking in the basement when he heard a strange noise he couldn't ignore.

"I heard a bang, and I've never heard anything like that in my house. You could slam the door and it wouldn't be as loud as that bang was," he sa More..id.

He then heard footsteps, and he could tell they didn't belong to his wife.

"I wasn't really worried until I heard running," he said.

With his heart pounding, Rosario ran up the basement steps and peeked under the door. Disbelief then sunk in.

"'I'm getting robbed' -- that's literally going through my head," he said.

Rosario saw burglars ransacking the house, dragging his flat-screen TV, electronics and his wife's jewelry box to the front door.

Rosario quietly ran out the back door. Then he spotted the crooks' getaway car. It was sitting empty with the engine still running.

That's when he decided to make a move.

Rosario jumped in the crooks' car and drove off. Then he called 911.

Operator: 911, what are you reporting?

Rosario: Somebody's broken into my house.

Operator: I'm sorry?

Rosario: Somebody's broken into my house!...I just drove their car away. They've got nothing.

Operator: Their car?

Rosario: Yeah, I know. I stole their car.

Operator: OK, you can now be charged for that, so stop.

Rosario never got to see the look on the burglars' faces when they realized their plan was foiled. He was long gone.

Operator: They'll be a little confused when they come outside.

Rosario: I hope so. That was kind of the point.

The men fled, leaving behind all the loot.

"They didn't get anything. We've got fingerprints. They lost their van," Rosario said.

And Rosario got the satisfaction of knowing that for once, it was the burglars who got bungled big time.

"It was a good feeling, I've gotta say," he said.

Rosario was greeted with high-fives from responding deputies, but he admits taking the getaway car wasn't the safest move.

Rosario has since invested in a new alarm system. The burglars remain on the loose. A description was not available.

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[BriDirt]

bullshit, "you can be charged with that" He had every right to take the van because that was actually the safest way to protect the valuebles in his house. Without their van they couldnt take his shit and plus he is out of harms way. What else could he do, stay and fight and possibly die? Or maybe just sit there, call the cops, and let the detectives figure out who took it. Hmm.

[Ashurakira]

He could of just taken the keys out and fled back around and called the cops then.

But his method was a lot more funnier, the laugh during his call to the cops was funny :)

[bblazeff1]

He can be charged with stealing the getaway car so the robbers can't make their getaway? Stupid bitch!

[PFCrimax]

Kick ass job hahah

[MainPassion]

@sandiabill1 I think you misread. Based on the video, after all the things that the criminals tried to steal, and the getaway car that was apprehended, I was just flabbergasted at the fact that the criminals have not been caught. I'm not the dumbass, you fucking twat. Next time have a valid reason. Surprisingly I have enough time in my life to give cunts like you any relevance. You should be grateful I replied.

[sandiabill1]

@MainPassion Simple remedy, don't call them. You sound like one of those perfect people who has it all figured out. Would save them a lot of time not having to deal with your dumb ass

[rgs4x]

Stupid dispatcher.......

[QVSL]

@BriDirt

Yeah, it really is a load of dipshittery for her to say that.

[MainPassion]

you have to be fucking kidding me... the burglars haven't been caught? i guess i watch too much CSI because I thought the information on the tag or the fingerprints, cops are so fucking useless... count on them to be there to give you a meaningless ticket though... useless cops, useless laws...

[MainPassion]

@BriDirt yeah, i nearly got pissed when i heard the operator say that as well. he's a good man and had every right...

personally... they should have been killed, perfectly good way to keep that shit from happening again... permanently

[Timberextra]

looked under the stairs? fuck that I'd be jumping out a window away from there. he's funny with the 911 operator and her tude by talking to himself laughing and his jokes. Bwahahaha. sucks they haven't caught the fuckers.