NationStates Jolt Archive

EDMOND, Oklahoma (Reuters) - An Oklahoma man desperate to save his marriage by appearing like a hero to his wife ended up in police custody on suspicion of staging a crime where he hired burglars and foiled their fake robbery attempt, police said on Friday.

Trent Spencer, 27, of Edmond, north of Oklahoma City, was charged this week with the misdemeanor crime of filing a false report, said police spokeswoman Glynda Chu.

According to police, Spencer, a high school teacher, paid two students $100 each to break into his house and try to make off with a stereo.

The masked students tied his wife with duct tape and her husband was in the house just in time to foil the supposed crime, police said.

Police said Spencer attacked the two in a choreographed fight, even hitting one with a board that he had cut to break in half. The plan was going well until his wife freed herself and called police, something Spencer did not anticipate, police said.

Police rushed to the scene and eventually tracked down the fake burglars.

"It was the most bizarre hoax we've ever had," Chu said. "It's sad because he was so desperate."

Source: Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=2&u=/nm/20041011/od_nm/odd_hero_dc)

Wow. If that's the quality of high school teacher's we're producing today... I'd hate to think what tomorrow is going to bring... lol.

Wow. If that's the quality of high school teacher's we're producing today... I'd hate to think what tomorrow is going to bring... lol.

Better than the college professor that faked the 'hate crime.' :p

Better than the college professor that faked the 'hate crime.' :p

I didn't hear about that one... d'you have a link or time approximation in which I could find more about it?

I didn't hear about that one... d'you have a link or time approximation in which I could find more about it?

Eugh.. yeah. She vandalized her own car and tried to claim racism.. It was somewhere in the CSU system, I think, cause I got an e-mail decrying the 'hate crime' when it happened (conspicuously, no apology when the fraud was uncovered).

http://www.discriminations.us/storage/002534.html

Edit: close.. one of the Claremont colleges.. they're basically CSU's with ridiculous prices that think they're East Coast. Funny stuff.

Wow. If that's the quality of high school teacher's we're producing today... I'd hate to think what tomorrow is going to bring... lol.

Grr. TH. :rolleyes: High school teachers are *not* universally that stupid.

Guys in danger of losing their wives, maybe. :p I feel sorry for the poor guy. I wonder if his wife will like him better for trying really, really hard.

I think thats cute. Its not like he was planning to scam insurance or police or anything. In fact, from his POV the whole thing was probably just well-planned foreplay...

Grr. TH. :rolleyes: High school teachers are *not* universally that stupid.

Erastide... I never said they were universally stupid; I was just pointing out that this one man in particular, having had this horrible media coverage for doing something stupid, is endagering the reputation of all high school teachers.

Erastide... I never said they were universally stupid; I was just pointing out that this one man in particular, having had this horrible media coverage for doing something stupid, is endagering the reputation of all high school teachers.

Well... personally, I more took it that as a guy he was stupid. And his students weren't much better. I would seriously hope that if I asked mine to do something like that they would refuse.

"yeah... come to my house and tie my husband up while I come and hit you over the head with a board" And nothing bad will come of this. right.... :D

Well... personally, I more took it that as a guy he was stupid. And his students weren't much better. I would seriously hope that if I asked mine to do something like that they would refuse.

Yeah, I understand where you come from... personally, I think just this guy is stupid and the kids are even stupider.