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Lakewood, WA pirate burglar becomes Internet sensation

05:41 PM PST on Wednesday, January 9, 2008

KING5.com Staff

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The "Captain Jack Sparrow" burglar is caught on surveillance video trying to break into a coffee shop, and the owner has fun narrating the crook's ineptness.

LAKEWOOD, Wash. – A would-be burglar who closely resembled a famous Disney pirate and became a sensation on YouTube turned himself in with a dislocated knee after his failed attempt to break into a coffee shop.

The man, who was wearing a long black coat, a green bandana on his head and sporting a goatee, was caught on surveillance video trying to bust into the Perk Central coffee shop at 8904 South Tacoma Way last fall.

The burglar showed his ineptness by trying several times to kick open the door, then he kept putting his hands on the windows, leaving fingerprints behind.

It was something Perk Central owner Robert Jones couldn't resist.  He even went so far as to narrate the video and named the crook "Captain Jack Sparrow," after the main character in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films.

"Look at me put my fingerprints on the window," Jones jokes in his narration.

Near the end of the video, the crook tries a running kick at the door, but collapses to the ground after apparently hurting his knee.  A slow-motion replay shows the burglar's knee bending the wrong way.

Police say the suspect turned himself in Tuesday night with a dislocated knee, apparently from that failed kick.

The YouTube video has been viewed more than 4,000 times.

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