Results tagged “Stupid Criminal” from Crime & Courts

A thief caught after breaking into a German supermarket, despite being handcuffed to a railing, was arrested again after running to the police station to ask for help in removing the cuffs.

Even Keion Green, Gardena's most slippery suspect, wasn't this dumb.

"The 15-year-old said he was hungry and did it 'for the thrill.'"

This is from the Kitsap Sun, which covers the woodsy, small-town area across Puget Sound from Seattle. Just to give you an idea of what goes on in those parts, here's a sampling of other recent headlines, taken from the newspaper's Web site:

• Teen Accused of Taking Mom's Purse at Knifepoint
• Stubborn Husband Walks Home in the Rain
• UPDATE: Man Who Shot Himself With Nail Gun in Serious Condition
• Brain Injury Prevents Man From Remembering Assault
• Unsatisfying Sex Life Leads to Silverdale Woman's Meltdown
• Woman Arrested After Driving Totaled Car
• Man Accused of Assaulting Teen With Hair Iron

You've got to wonder: Was this a really crazy crime news week or are stories like this par for the course there?

An armed carjacker in Cleveland was caught after stopping to ask a news crew for directions. There's really just not much more to say about that.

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.

A New York man was, not surprisingly, arrested after trying to use a fake $50 bill to pay his traffic bail charge.

C'mon, really?

Here's one more for the Stupid Criminal File: A man who broke into a funeral home in Spain tried to "play dead" when the police arrived. Two things gave him away: breathing and his failure to dress in appropriate burial attire.

I want to know what he was planning to steal or, worse yet, do? Ick.

The Associated Press reports the story here.