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In a storefront (mặt trước cửa hàng) window in Warsaw stood at what first glance (thoạt nhìn) appeared to be a mannequin in a mustard-colored sweatshirt.

Only it was not a mannequin, but a 22-year-old man. He stood motionless (bất động) with his arm outstretched (dang rộng) holding a shopping bag, beside two real mannequins in jeans. Once the store closed, the man leaped into action, stealing jewelry,

In a separate incident, the police said, after the shopping center closed, he ate at one of the bars, changed into a new set of clothes and then escaped (trốn thoát) under the store’s partly open gate. Later, he returned to the bar for a second meal.

It will most likely be his last meal at the shopping center for some time. The police have arrested (bắt giữ) the man and charged (buộc tội) him with theft (trộm cắp) and burglary (đột nhập), The statement did not specify (nêu rõ) when the incidents occurred.

The saga (câu chuyện dài) of the man posing as a mannequin adds to the list of creative (sáng tạo) strategies that criminals (tội phạm) have used to try to evade detection (trốn tránh sự phát hiện).

A failed bank robbery in 1995 that involved using lemon juice as a disguise inspired David Dunning, then a Cornell professor of social psychology, and Justin Kruger, a graduate student at the time, to coin the Dunning-Kruger effect. According to their theory, our incompetence masks the ability to recognize our own incompetence. The theory usually refers to the inability to spot one’s own low expertise in a subject area, but it can also apply to specific mistakes.

source: nytimes,