PS2 burgled, held ransom for gas money

While stealing gaming consoles from cancer patients is just wrong, you can't blame someone for holding stuff ransom when owed a bunch of cash. Des Moines, Iowa resident James Kloppenburg awoke Monday morning to find a glass panel removed from the front storm door, and more disturbingly, his PS2 nowhere in sight. He reported the theft, stating he already knew the equipment would be returned if he payed the disgruntled burglar an undisclosed amount of owed gas money. However, it was written in the police report that "James changed his mind and told me he didn't want charges filed against (the suspect.)" The offender was obviously close to the victim, aware that Kloppenburg's despair would not stem from the missing console, but more so from a memory card full of hundreds of hours of gameplay, and very likely, a neglected social life. So let this be a lesson to all you deadbeat ride-mooching gamers: you better pay up if you wanna play up.

[Via Joystiq]

[Brennan @ Mar 2nd 2007 12:58AM]

lawl?

o shit, now i need to get my own personal security system for my Wii that i got on launch day.

n dont any of u try to do that Mission: Impossible stunt to get my Wii either!

[Brennan @ Mar 2nd 2007 1:01AM]

oh man.......that kid looks almost scary, just need to photoshop his eye brows by tilting them to the right n down then the pic will be scary.

[blogger @ Mar 2nd 2007 3:59AM]

stealing itself is wrong not just stealing from cancer victims

[Mrmean @ Mar 2nd 2007 7:46AM]

payed?

[Grant @ Mar 2nd 2007 12:19PM]

Stolen PS2?
lol
what is this 2001?

[danjo1 @ Mar 2nd 2007 2:33PM]

You guys got the moral of the story wrong: the lesson to be learned here is back up your memory cards.

[jimkelly @ Mar 3rd 2007 4:10AM]

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[jimkelly @ Mar 3rd 2007 4:10AM]

i like playing pc game too!!!