The Dumbest Armed Robber

(Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) If one is to plan a robbery, don't do what this character did.

Jerome Blanchett took a loaded handgun into the Holiday Inn-Harrisburg East on Friday, passing dozens of unmarked police cars in the parking lot and a sign at the hotel's entrance welcoming 300 officers to the Pennsylvania Narcotic Officers' Association conference, police said.

Nevertheless, the 19-year-old Harrisburg man went into the men's room and waited to rob the next person who walked through the door, police said.

Unfortunately for Blanchett, that person was John Comparetto, a retired New York City Police Department lieutenant.

Just think. He only had to worry about the other 299 armed law enforcement officers. Naturall, he was arrested for making terroristic threats, reckless endangerment, simple assault, carrying a firearm without a license and illegally possessing a firearm. Plus, he faces four previous robbery charges.

Sadly, at a mere 19 years of age, Blanchett has the resume of a career criminal.