The defendant in this case had a fairly decent criminal plan. Not novel or anything, but it works. Take out a gun, approach a guy in a car, take the money in his wallet, tell him to drive you to an ATM and withdraw cash, and there you go: "easy" money.
There was a slight twist here, though. It was 10:30 p.m. when the defendant met up with the victim, and the victim subsequently withdrew his daily limit of $500 from the ATM. But defendant thought that since it was nearly midnight, they could just wait a little bit and it'd then be "the next day" and the victim could withdraw another $500. So they parked on a side street and waited for a little bit until midnight.
Which might have been a workable plan. But defendant added a slight twist that made the whole thing fall apart.
While they were waiting for midnight, defendant decided to take a nap.
Yeah. Generally not a good idea. Particularly during a kidnapping.
The victim texted his friends, the police set up a roadblock, defendant was captured, and was sentenced to a long time in prison.
Maybe rest up before the kidnapping next time. Or just take the original $500 and wallet. Either way works better.
Or maybe not even commit the crime at all.
