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Eugene Dobbins and Jeffrey Ware

Police Say Dumb Drive-Through Criminals Led To Arrests

POSTED: 6:39 am EST March 29, 2006

Lawrence police are calling two Indianapolis men the dumbest crooks they have ever seen.

Eugene Dobbins, 21, and Jeffrey Ware, 19, face charges ranging from criminal recklessness and carrying a handgun without a permit to drug possession and dealing.

The men were caught during a fast food drive-through fiasco, 6News' Linda Allen reported.


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The incident occurred Monday at about 1:30 a.m. Police said the men, apparently hungry, went through the drive-through at a McDonald's on Pendleton Pike.

Police said the men thought their order was taking too long when they tried to speed things up with a gun. An employee called 911.

"Somebody's in the drive through firing guns and telling us to get back into the car," the employee told the 911 dispatcher.

Police said Dobbins and Ware, in a black Chevrolet Cavalier, fired the gun into the air.

"There's a vehicle in front of him and the subject got impatient about him and wasn't moving quick enough and he stuck the gun out of the window and fired a shot," said Lawrence police Chief Deputy Jack Bailey.

Police said the men stayed in the drive-through, still waiting for their food, after firing the gun. When they got their food, police were waiting for them.

"Criminals do some stupid things -- they really do. That's what usually gets them caught," Bailey said.

Police said they saw a .32 caliber revolver in the back seat and a further search turned up dozens of bags of marijuana and crack cocaine.

Police believe Dobbins and Ware were dealing drugs. They said the men probably would not have been caught had they not made a scene at the McDonald's drive-through.

Police said a woman was also in the car, but she wasn't charged. Officials said all three are former employees of the restaurant.

Dobbins was being held Tuesday night in the Marion County Jail on an $80,000 bond. Ware was released on bond.

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