Criminals can be highly entertaining...

**jbcohen** · 07-16-2009, 11:52 AM

I heard a story a few years ago about a guy who broke into a house, gathered a bag full of loot then fell asleep on the sofa in the house holding the bag of loot. Was on a radio show called Crooks Are Stupid, I wish the show was still on.

**JimmyHAD** · 07-16-2009, 01:36 PM

I don't have any dumb criminal stories in my memory bank. TBH I don't find the Palm Beach story funny as the cold blooded murder takes the humor out of it for me. The real estate broker was charged this morning. I hope they dust "old sparky" off for these people. Lethal injection would be too kind.

**Chimensch** · 07-16-2009, 02:13 PM

This actually happened to me. I went out to dinner on my birthday in downtown Chicago and when we got back to the car, it had been broken into and a bike and clarinet were stolen. I filed a report with the police, providing serial numbers, and the clarinet showed up in a pawnshop on the South Side. The detective called me and we went to pick it up. It had been pawned by two men, one of whom wrote his real name and address on the pawn ticket. The detective asked the pawnshop owner if there was anything unusual about the other guy and he said, yes, he had a hook for his right hand. So, we go over to the address on the pawn ticket and arrest the first guy and, when we're leaving, the guy with the hook is standing out in front. The policeman asked the guy who signed the pawn ticket what he was doing with a stolen clarinet. He said he didn't know it was stolen. Who's clarinet did he think it was? Right! He thought it belonged to the other guy with a hook for his right hand.

**JMS** · 07-16-2009, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I don't have any dumb criminal stories in my memory bank. TBH I don't find the Palm Beach story funny as the cold blooded murder takes the humor out of it for me. The real estate broker was charged this morning. I hope they dust "old sparky" off for these people. Lethal injection would be too kind.

I was wondering when someone was going to point out that the story wasn't funny. I used it as an example of what a stupid criminal might be because I didn't have any handy stories on the top of my head either

**scruffy** · 07-16-2009, 04:22 PM

I seem to recall a few stories of burglars getting stuck in chimneys. The police or fire department would have to come to get them out.

**mhailey** · 07-16-2009, 06:24 PM

YouTube - stupid thief

**hoglahoo** · 07-16-2009, 06:42 PM

YouTube - Raw Video: Woman Fights for Purse

**thebigspendur** · 07-16-2009, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by JMS

So where is your stupid criminal story Mr Spendur?

I lived too many to remember but one I recall was the Phoenix P.D was trying to reduce auto theft so they got this late modeled Honda Accord and really decked it out and then left it on the treet with the windows down door unlocked and keys in the ignition. two dudes got in and drove off. What they didn't realize was the car had hidden cameras and was remote controlled. They got two blocks and the car dies, windows went up doors locked and one says to the other hey man why you stop and the other says i don't know it just stopped and the other says well where are we going to go and the other says we going to jail bro as you hear the sirens close in.

**JMS** · 07-17-2009, 12:09 AM

Alright!! Thanks! This is the sort of stuff I was hoping to see Lee, Matt.

Thanks for the story Mr Spendur!

**JimmyHAD** · 07-17-2009, 12:54 AM

On a whim I googled "dumb crooks" and came up with a couple of websites here and here. Also videos here. Enjoy.

EDIT; I've not looked at these sites at any length so I cannot vouch for the content.

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