Wed Sep 9, 2:04 pm ET

CHICAGO (AFP) – A US robber who went back to the scene of the crime to ask his victim out on a date was arrested after the woman chatted with him while her cousin called police.

Diana Martinez was parked in front of her Columbus, Ohio, apartment when three men pointed a gun at her head and stole her purse and her friend's wallet, local media report.

Martinez screamed and hit one of the men with her car door. They fled when a nearby neighbor threatened them.

But less than an hour later, Martinez spotted one of the men leaning against a banister overlooking the parking lot.

"He asked if I had a boyfriend," Diana Martinez told 10TV News.

Then he asked her out.

"We are not exactly sure what he was thinking at the time," said Columbus police Sgt. Sean Laird.

Stephfon Bennett, 20, was charged with aggravated robbery, the station reported. The other two men remain at large.




who needs dating sites now???

OMG, that is sooo freaking stupid, they really know how to raise them up there in ohio...

at least she would know he had the money to pay for the date though

no guts. no glory.

come rob me and ask me out

can we just pretend? that sounds like it'd be more fun and less likely for someone to get hurt or convicted of felony..

just sayin'..

She should just gone to a date with him.

She knew for sure that he got money.

the government robs me all the time...and I never got a date out of it

Yellow, why does it seem your odd news stories happen in Ohio? Are you just concerned about the craziness in Ohio? Or is Ohio just really that odd?

lol I just found these articles from the "odd news" section in yahoo news. I honestly don't pay attention to where it takes place