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Wacky tale of a pair who got whacke

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Quoting the start of the story:

As reported by MSMBC: "NEW YORK - Thomas and Rosemarie Uva were not exactly criminal geniuses.

"The couple liked to rob Mafia-run social clubs in Little Italy and elsewhere around the city, which, as just about everyone knows, is a really good way to get killed.

"They even had the audacity to force mobsters to drop their pants as they swiped their cash and jewelry and cleaned out their card games.

"The holdups proved predictably hazardous: The Uvas got whacked on Christmas Eve 1992."

Apparently the pair did the holdups in their own car, because they mob tracked them down by their license number. How stupid is that?

So what have we got: Reproduction: Check - Dead.

Self-Selection: Two dead, both self-selected (no innocent victims) Not a suicide. Maturity: Check - two functional adults Veracity: Check - Reported in the media. Excellence: Awaits your vote. (But even the paper seems to think so.)

I'm surprised this isn't on the site already, but a search for the names turned up nothing.

Submitted on 05/07/2007

Submitted by: Russell
Reference: MSNBC/AP May 3, 2007

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
i searched too, Rissel, and though I swore it should have been there, it isn't...and I do believe these two are entirely deserving of an award for their brazen and utterly brainl;ess display of arrogance! I read up on these two, and it's just mind-boggling! IMO it would make an amusing TV movie or Sopranos episode! Thanks, Russell!


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Well, this has to be one of the most well documented Darwins I have come across. Give this couple the Double Darwin treatment. You forgot just one check mark: Extreme stupidity (Check). Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Russell


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