Tourist arrested for stealing Bt1,400 from Chiang Mai temple

An American tourist has been arrested for stealing Bt1,420 from a donation box at a temple in Chiang Mai.
A man named by police as Michael William Dewey, 48, was arrested late on Friday night in front of a guesthouse in Tambon Chang.

His arrest followed a complaint by the abbot of Wat Nong Mor Khamtuan in Tambon Sriphum that a western man broke a donation box and stole money on Friday morning.

The abbot, Phra Khru Praphat Sudkij, said the man was seen stealing on footage from a security camera. The abbot alleged that the man rode his bicycle to the temple to steal from it twice.

Police said the tourist initially denied the charge but when he was confronted with the footage, he admitted it.
https://www.samuitimes.com/tourist-arre ... ai-temple/

he is just lucky he didnt steal in shaolin temple

They have CCTVs in temples now ?

What a twat . He makes begpackers look good.

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:23 pm They have CCTVs in temples now ?

What a twat . He makes begpackers look good.

modem, cable tv, washing machine, only thing they do not hv is hair dryer

Anchor Moy wrote:They have CCTVs in temples now ?

What a twat . He makes begpackers look good.

It's a thing. This one inside one of the temples at Phnom Han​ Chey​ ​in Kampong​ Cham​

Haha, with razor wire around it, since it's possibly one of the stickier things in the place.

we was taking the monks drug money

Dewey was deported from Cambodia in 2016 after he was caught burglarizing a place in Kampot:

newsworthy/michael-william-dewey-deport ... 11850.html

http://www.koonkhmer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2694

I was just about to search his name because it sounded familiar...then I saw Gavin Macs post, on the case again.

He's listed on dangerdating.com as being a bad guy to date because he has an arrest record for DUI and violating probation. It's unclear what the prior conviction was for that led to him being put on probation.