Thursday, April 20, 2006

...From the "Why Didn't I Think of That?!?" Department

The following article originated from Reuters. The colored comments are mine...

A 76-year-old man claiming to be a doctor went door-to-door in a Florida neighborhood offering free breast exams, and was charged with sexually assaulting two women who accepted the offer, police said on Thursday.
W
hy didn't I think of this? Er, I mean, how stupid do you have to be to accept this offer?!?

One woman became suspicious after the man asked her to remove all her clothes and began conducting a purported genital exam without donning rubber gloves, investigators said.
Yeah, I could see both of these as red flags.
"Mr. Dr.?"
"Yes, my pretty... um, I mean ma'am?"
"Why do I have to take off all of my clothes if you're just looking at my breasts?"
"Ummm.... ummmmm.... ummmm..."
"Does it help you determine how healthy they are by firmness related to my age?"
"Ummmmm.... Yeah! What you said. Now please remove your clothes."
"Mr. Dr.?"
"Yes, my little nymphette... er, I mean ma'am?"
"Don't you want to put on some gloves?"
"Now THAT's just silly!!"
"Okay. You're the doctor. Wait! That's not my breast!"
"I'vegottogo.Yourbreastsarehealthy.Goodbye!"

The woman then phoned the Broward County Sheriff's Office and the suspect fled. He was arrested at another woman's apartment in the same Lauderdale Lakes neighborhood on Wednesday, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Now THAT took balls! That's like getting thwarted trying to rob one liquor store, so you just go on to the next one!

The white-haired suspect, Philip Winikoff, carried a black bag and claimed to be visiting on behalf of a local hospital.

"He told the woman that he was in the neighborhood offering free breast exams," sheriff's spokesman Hugh Graf said in a statement.

At least two women, both in their 30s, let him into their homes and he fondled and sexually assaulted them, the investigators said.

Winikoff was not a doctor, Graf said. He worked as a shuttle driver for an auto dealership.
You'd think that the "ABC Auto Courtesy Van" at the end of the driveway would be a clue too, wouldn't you?
"They're letting me use their van while I have my Cadillac fixed."

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