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Life imitates Police Academy 5

A retired police chief says he was robbed by “probably the dumbest criminal in Pennsylvania.”

It happened last week at a police officers’ convention near the state’s town of Harrisburg, where 300 narcotics officers were gathered.

John Comparetto says as he came out of a stall in the men’s room, a man pointed a gun in his face and demanded money. Comparetto gave up his money and cell phone. But when the man fled, Comparetto and some colleagues chased him. They arrested 19-year-old Jerome Marquis Blanchett as he was trying to leave in a taxi.

When a reporter asked Blanchett for comment as he was led out of court, he said: “I’m smooth.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .