There's a reason some people take up crime

Stupid criminal news from around the country and the world:

First, a 25-year-old old man waving a gun around while looking at another driver in an apparent road rage incident accidentally shot himself in the chest on Saturday in Tempe, Ariz. Here's the ABC video.

In North New Hyde Park, N.Y., a Long Island man called police to say he had just been robbed during a drug deal gone bad. The Associated Press reported that Christopher Canonico, 23, of Seaford, called police at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday.

Police said Canonico was set up by two women who agreed to buy heroin at a gas station. While they were sitting in his car, a third person with a gun came up to the car and robbed him of $340, a cell phone and wallet.

Cops arrested Canonico for drug dealing. The others got arrested for robbery.

In Dothan, Ala., a man who went to visit his probation officer on Thursday emptied his pockets to get through the metal detector at the courthouse. D'oh!

Besides putting coins and keys on the table, he also dropped two bags of pot.

Malcom Williams, 51, tried to run, but police caught him.

And in Berlin, Germany,  a thief who stole a rare coin collection took them to the bank last week. Soon after he deposited them, a bank worker recognized the coins as the set worth some $80,000 that had been stolen from his own house.

Police tracked down the thief and arrested him.