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World's Most Cold-Hearted Thief Steals $6 From a Nun

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:40:46 +0000

A thief in Boston is going to have to do some serious explaining the next time he goes to confession. Sister Alice Kenneally, an 85-year-old nun, was robbed of $6 last week while she was getting set to pay for tickets to a Lenten fish dinner. Sister Alice says she was reaching for her money [...]

10 Costumed Mugshots for Halloween

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:30:09 +0000

When we get older, Halloween becomes less about accumulating candy and more about letting off some steam and having a good time.

However, the mixture of alcohol and costumes are too much for some adult Halloween revelers to handle and their celebrations run them afoul of the law.

Is This the Greatest Mugshot Ever?

Chris Illuminati — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:26:23 +0000

No, it’s not Louis CK, but it might be the greatest mugshot we’ve ever seen. The photo above is 35-year-old Sean Payne who was arrested by police in Humble, TX. They grabbed Mr. Payne outside a bar early one morning and he might have had one, or ten, too many delicious alcoholic beverages. Such an [...]

Dumb Criminal Of The Day Arrested After Not Being Able To Drive A Stick

Ken Hayes — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:26:24 +0000

f you are going to make a career out of stealing vehicles, you probably would want to brush up on your driving skills. Or at least know some of the basic things about a vehicle you might be stealing. This idiot didn't quite understand that there is a possibility of Porsche having a manual transmission.

Woman Arrested For Trying To Throw Drug-Filled Footballs Into Prison

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:40:44 +0000

It’s September, which means the nation is starting to go football crazy. Ohio woman Janine Fulton recently took football insanity to a new level when she filled a couple official size Wilson balls with pills, marijuana, cigarettes, cell phones, and cell phone chargers and tried to toss them into the Richland Correctional Institution in Mansfield, OH.

TSA Reveals List of Weird and Scary Items Confiscated This Year

Shauna Wright — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:32:28 +0000

We all gripe about having to take our shoes off when we go through airport security, but according to a list of items confiscated this year by the TSA, footwear may be the least of its concerns. Of the 375 million passengers that have gone through TSA checkpoints, some accidentally leave things in their purses [...]

Man Arrested For DUI — On a Bulldozer

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:45:04 +0000

When you see a man driving around on a bulldozer at 2 AM, chances are he’s up to no good. Cody Ray Gibbs was allegedly drunk as a skunk when he was caught by police operating the heavy machinery around a construction site in Powder Springs, GA. And by “operating” we mean intentionally destroying concrete [...]

Guy Arrested for Stealing a Half-Full Can of PBR

Shauna Wright — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:54:46 +0000

Look, we know it’s hot outside, and we know there’s nothing better on a scorching day than a nice cold beer. But wielding a weapon and stealing the one someone else is already drinking?

Drunk Man Arrested For Assault With a Burrito

Jay Perrone — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:40:32 +0000

Picture this scenario: you are in grade school, having lunch in the cafeteria, and all of a sudden someone yells out “food fight!” Before you know it, you are hurling freshly-scooped mashed potatoes at anything that moves in slow-motion, high-fiving friends and laughing at the absurdity of the situation. Oh, to be young! Ok, realistically [...]

Mom Busted for Overdue 'Twilight' Book

Danny Gallagher — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:49:24 +0000

The ‘Twilight’ vampire romance novels have earned a very captive audience with their best-selling books and big box office films. The book has also turned one woman into a captive inmate. Lori Teel of Portales, New Mexico was placed in handcuffs and a jail cell for failing to return several overdue library materials that included [...]

WI Stupid Criminal Films Himself With Stolen Camera, "Cops Won't Figure This Out" [VIDEO]

Ken Hayes — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:39:52 +0000

Meet Mr. Houaka Yang, a La Crosse WI man, and the reigning champion of being a stupid criminal. He stole this camera out of Wisconsin State Senate Candidate Bill Feehan. The camera was actually one of his aide’s, Chris Rochester. Home surveillance camera caught Yang and his girlfriend stealing the camera along with other items. [...]

Man Faces Felony Theft Charges After Posing as Brantley Gilbert

Megan Pacella — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:00:30 +0000

There’s only one Brantley Gilbert, but that hasn’t stopped an Indiana man from trying to pose as the ‘You Don’t Know Her Like I Do’ singer. After sending emails and text messages acting as if he were the country star, 25-year-old Thomas Michael Barth has been charged with two counts of felony theft, according to a statement made by the Warsaw Police Department.

Real-Life Hamburglar Steals from McDonald's Drive-Thru

Don Deane — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:49:33 +0000

On Sunday, a young man seemingly drew inspiration from the mischievous McDonaldLand character Hamburglar and stole a $20 bag of food from a McDonald’s drive-thru in Maine. It’s unclear whether he shouted “Robble robble!” while escaping. According to police, the man ran between a car and the takeout window and snatched food as it was [...]

Guy Calls Cops 'Cuz Drunk Wife Won't Let Him Facebook

Tanya Sapula — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:06:31 +0000

Everyone knows calling 911 is for emergencies only – however, not everyone may see eye to eye when it comes to what constitutes an emergency. Such is the case of a central Florida man who used the digits to report his wife for not letting check his Facebook in peace, even after feeding her beers.

Dumb Criminal Pulls 'Dine and Dash' In Restaurant Full of Cop Waiters

Shauna Wright — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:05:36 +0000

It’s never a good idea to run up a restaurant tab and then skip out on the bill — and it’s an even worse idea when said eatery is lousy with cops. After Alan Golden, 22, of New Mexico, ate dinner with a group of friends at a local Applebee’s, they thought they’d pull a [...]

Dumb Criminal Busted for Using Fake ID with Jack Nicholson's Photo

Shauna Wright — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:14:33 +0000

The first rule of Fake ID Club may very well be that you don’t talk about Fake ID Club. But we have to think the second rule surely has to be “don’t use an internationally-famous movie star’s photo.” Seems a Brazilian conman didn’t get the memo, though. Ricardo Sergio Freire de Barros, 41, was arrested [...]

Minnesota Man Steals $25,000 Worth of Tide Detergent

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:45:30 +0000

If it’s gotta be clean, it’s gotta be Tide. If it’s gotta be stolen Tide, it’s gotta be Patrick Paul Costanzo. Costanzo systemically stole $25,000 worth of Tide liquid detergent from a St. Paul, Minnesota store over the course of a year. About a week ago, managers at the Wal-Mart in West St. Paul noticed that $25,000 [...]

Best Criminal Ever Breaks Into Apartment, Cooks, Cleans and Does Laundry

Don Deane — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:07:57 +0000

On Feb. 6th, Ashley Murray of Indiana arrived home with her son to discover a strange man in her apartment. At first, Murray thought she was being robbed. But then, she noticed that the interloper had cooked dinner, folded laundry and swept the floor. Imagine if all trespassers were this helpful!

Dumbest Criminal of 2012 Accidentally Gives Handgun to Cashier He's Robbing

Danny Gallagher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:22:30 +0000

A bank robber in London foiled his own robbery by handing the teller his own gun.

The unidentified man entered the bank last October with a pair of sunglasses and a flat cap covering his head. He demanded 700,000 p

Chihuahua Scares Away Robbers!

Ken Hayes — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:55:52 +0000

Never mess with a chihuahua. Two hooded men entered a smoke shop in LA demanding money. As the owner started putting money in their back pack, his enraged and loud chihuahua came out to the rescue! This will be sure to make it into the dumb criminal videos!