Tag: Stupid Criminals: Page 5

Patrol

Calif. Suspects Butt-Dial 911 During Robbery

Accidentally butt dialing someone is embarrassing or inconsequential to most, but for two Fresno, Calif., men, their cell phone mishap landed them in jail. The call, which went to 911, started like any other call to the police dispatcher, with the operator asking, "What is your emergency?"

May 19, 2013

Patrol

Manual Transmission Thwarts L.A. Car Thief

LAPD officers took a car thief into custody early Sunday, when the suspect struggled to operate the manual transmission on the stolen vehicle.

May 5, 2013

Patrol

Police: Pa. Woman Asked Cop for Heroin

A Shamokin, Pa., woman flagged down a city police officer Saturday to ask him for help getting a "fix" of heroin. Patrolman Raymond Siko II told Arlina Alves, 49, that he was a police officer.

March 25, 2013

Patrol

Conn. Police Arrest Naked Man with Baby

Bridgeport (Conn.) Police officers arrested a naked man who ran through the streets with his girlfriend's baby while high on PCP.

March 12, 2013

Patrol

Okla. Police Find Revolver In Woman's Vagina

Police in Ada, Okla., arrested 28-year-old Christie Dawn Harris after a search of her car yielded meth, drug paraphernalia, a pistol, and ammunition.

March 6, 2013

Patrol

Half-Naked Ark. Woman Tried to Flee DUI Scene On Toy Truck

Jamie Jeanette Craft, 29, tried to drive a child's battery-powered truck, after slamming her 2001 Pontiac Grand Am into a mobile home in Jonesboro, Ark.

March 5, 2013

Editor's Notes

Police Links: Exploding Oven Bullets

February is a short month, but there was no shortage of offenders and weird happenings during this time. For one, a woman was injured by an exploding bullet caused by a Glock magazine being kept in an oven.

February 27, 2013

Editor's Notes

Police Links: Letters of Love and Crime

Every January, people hope for new beginnings and do their best to turn over a new leaf – if only for a short while. Maybe the thief who returned stolen items 15 years later was inspired by the spirit of New Year's resolutions. Too bad more crooks weren't.

January 30, 2013

Patrol

Pregnant Pa. Driver Leads High-Speed Pursuit

A pregnant 21-year-old Reading woman was arrested after she led police on a high-speed chase, driving through stop signs, running red lights and nearly crashing into several police cars—all because she had unpaid parking tickets.

January 23, 2013

Training

Off-Duty Tactics for Street and Home

As law enforcement officers we find it hard to think of ourselves as "victims." We tend to think that robberies, burglaries, and home invasions happen to other people, not to us. After all, we're the cops. Unfortunately, crime can affect anyone, even us.

January 22, 2013

Patrol

Video: S.C. Police Pursue Cell-Phone Thieves

Surfside Beach (S.C.) Police released a dash camera video recorded of a chase in which police said a man and woman were charged in connection with a stolen cellphone.

December 11, 2012

Patrol

N.Y. Man Killed Attempting To Rob Undercover Cops

A career criminal was fatally shot when he attempted to rob a drug dealer and two undercover New York City police officers with an air pistol that closely resembled a handgun.

December 9, 2012