Tag: Stupid Criminals: Page 15

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Pimping Near Police Station a Bad Idea

A married couple pleaded no contest to charges they ran a brothel across the street from a police station in Concord, Calif., Contra Costa County authorities said.

February 2, 2006

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All Wrapped Up

A hapless crook sorta brought his own handcuffs—and manacles, ankle-irons, and hood, though he didn’t mean to. Officers responding to a report of a home-invasion robbery in Georgetown, Guyana, arrived looking for two scumbag suspects. But all they saw was a merry mob of neighborhood residents dancing around a utility pole.

July 31, 2005

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Mile-a-Minute Mountie

When your constables can run at 50 kilometers per hour and catch speeding cars on foot, how does a lawbreaker stand a chance? That’s what was sluggishly percolating through Robert DuPort’s mind, we suspect, when he was arrested for driving under the influence.

May 31, 2005

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Cops Caught Off Guard

We've gotta believe that 46 Brazilian police officers now own the world's record for the most embarrassing cop moment in history. Nearly 50 officers from the state of Paraiba were on a bus heading for a big athletic competition in the city of Salvador when four armed dudes blocked the road and announced a holdup. None of the cops had brought their guns.

March 31, 2005

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Bulletproof Potion Fails Test Trials...Tragedy Ensues

Not-so-bulletproof potions, illiterate crooks, and family drug squabbles.

November 30, 2004

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The Big Score

That's when I showed them one of the jugs. It was labeled in Latin "aqua distillas." That's right: Vernon and James had scored big with several brown glass jugs of distilled water.

October 31, 2004

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Too Much Technology

Ineffective security, useless gun play, and bad hair days.

September 30, 2004

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Student Issues Fake Parking Tickets, Collects 'Fines'

A college student in Madison, Wis., is accused of placing fake parking tickets on cars parked near his fraternity and taking the money for them.

September 22, 2004

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Nice Try, But Not Good Enough

Transported signs, disappearing phones, and possessed appliances.

May 31, 2004

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A Very Bad Choice

Perhaps these dummies had their eyes on one of the stolen cars we'd recovered parked in front of the precinct and figured they'd change the plates and drive off. Then again, these guys weren't deep thinkers and I'd probably be giving them too much credit for thinking that far ahead.

April 30, 2004

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Butt Identity

Cops often have their work cut out for them.

January 31, 2004

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Camel Jam

Some countries' cops have to deal with unique problems.

November 30, 2003