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.
Connecticut police are wondering who stuffed a raw roasting chicken with a pipe bomb and left it on a Simsbury roadside. Nobody was injured.
Italian police say a depressed 31-year-old man tried to commit suicide by laying on the rail track of an 100 mph express train headed to Genoa. Trouble was, he was waiting on the wrong track, and watched the train speed past him.
A gunman with a black mask and shoulder-length blond wig tried to rob a Pensacola convenience store, only to be turned away when the manager pelted him with candy and cigarette lighters from a counter-top display.
Police say they've arrested two of the men who donned women's underwear during a convenience store robbery. A surveillance video allegedly shows 19-year-old Joaquin Rico and 24-year-old Joseph Espinoza pulling thongs over their heads to disguise themselves.
A nude man who claimed he was "Jesus Christ" and "George Bush" was arrested after being spotted by a motorist on a road in Birmingham, Ala. Police say he appeared to be intoxicated.
A Dutch cycling group plans to hold classes in how to steal bikes to raise awareness and thereby cut down on thefts.
Harry Kopenis says he was walking out of an ATM in Kingston, Pa., when a woman knocked him down and stole the $100 he had withdrawn. Luckily, his friend, Kevin Lamb, who's confined to an electric wheelchair, was nearby. They chased the 21-year-old suspect, put her in a headlock, and she's now in police custody.
Drug smugglers mixed plaster and cocaine to craft two religious statues, one of Jesus, to try to sneak $30,000 of cocaine by custom officials.
A New Zealand man was fined for throwing a hedgehog at a 15-year-old boy, smacking the teen in the leg, causing puncture marks and a big welt. It's unclear whether the hedgehog was alive at the time of the attack.
What's up, doc? A California man allegedly used cartoon names to set up 58,000 fake brokerage accounts, netting an estimated $50,000.
