07-25-2008, 03:42 PM
Teens plead guilty to crimes inspired by joke
LITCHFIELD, Conn. - Four Connecticut teenagers have pleaded guilty to going on a three-town crime spree that authorities say was inspired by a joke by comedian Dane Cook.
Prosecutor David Shepack says the teens smashed mail boxes at 14 homes in Norfolk, Colebrook and Winsted and threw rocks through some windows. He says the crimes escalated to two home invasions.
Officials say the defendants were enacting a joke Cook made on an HBO special about committing a "B&E," or breaking and entering.
A lawyer for one of the defendants says all four have accepted responsibility for the crimes and agreed to begin serving jail terms immediately. They are scheduled to be sentenced in November. A case against a fifth man is pending.
LITCHFIELD, Conn. - Four Connecticut teenagers have pleaded guilty to going on a three-town crime spree that authorities say was inspired by a joke by comedian Dane Cook.
Prosecutor David Shepack says the teens smashed mail boxes at 14 homes in Norfolk, Colebrook and Winsted and threw rocks through some windows. He says the crimes escalated to two home invasions.
Officials say the defendants were enacting a joke Cook made on an HBO special about committing a "B&E," or breaking and entering.
A lawyer for one of the defendants says all four have accepted responsibility for the crimes and agreed to begin serving jail terms immediately. They are scheduled to be sentenced in November. A case against a fifth man is pending.