We thought Chicago had cornered the market on sad-sack restaurant criminals, what with their grilled-cheese avenger, pizzeria predators, and the thug who threw a Molotov cocktail at a Burger King. But no! Boston has its own enterprising criminal in the person of flabby Frandy Jean. Per the Herald, the husky burglar tried to break into La Belle Capoise restaurant in Mattapan—but trapped himself between the freezer and the floorboards. According to Emmanuel Beliard, whose family owns the place, Jean (“a big kid”) then began whimpering for help. Beliard summoned police to rescue him. In late February, the portly pilferer pulled a similar stunt at a check-cashing store, where he was found wedged between the walls, “screaming and crying.” [Herald]
