Most criminals are just not-so-bright people on what is likely to become the worst day of their life. Here's a rundown of your daily loser.
New Zealand police are looking fro a man who robbed a Brisbane gas station armed with a fluorescent bulb.
Here's a sign of the times: A Phoenix man has been arrested for allegedly taking down stop signs that he thought were causing him to waste gas. Police say they recovered 10 signs at this home.
A 25-year-old man allegedly broke into a Wnnsboro, Texas, home and remained chatting with the people who lived their so long, police arrived and arrested him. He was described as "pretty intoxicated."
A 43-year-old woman from Potter Valley, Calif., shot herself and a man while attempting to kill mice with a .44-calibur Magnum revolver. The Police did not say whether she succeeded in ridding her trailer of the pest.
A 39-year-old man allegedly attempted to rob the Hoosier Buddy Bar in Indiana with a cheese grater hidden under his shirt to look like a gun. His plan quickly melted, and he was soon grilled by police, as crime-weary Americas begged for the string of cheese (string cheese?) metaphors to end.
When a 30-year-old Japanese woman had no money for a knife-wielding mugger, she offered him a cup of tea at her apartment to calm him down. She managed to give him 100 yen, and then rushed outside to a pay phone to contact police.
Grigory Grabovoy, who convinced some 300 Russians that he could bring their loved ones back from the dead, stood passively inside an iron cage as he was sen
Tow Cleveland officers say a good Samaritan stopped to assist them, as they were helping a woman who was locked out of her car. But under the light of a streetlamp, they say they recognized him as a suspect in a string of burglaries. The suspect fought officers and damaged the woman's car as he was taken into custody.
"Someone got a whole lot of potassium," said a Delaware police captain, after a thief made off with two trailers carrying $40,000 worth of bananas.
David Hillman of Annapolis allegedly stole a bike, skipped out on a restaurant bill, and got picked up for an open container of beer, all within 14 hours. "Most people have enough sense to avoid police after one incident," said an officer, "at least for a little while."
