Many criminals are simply not-so-bright people on what is likely to become the most embarrassing day of their life. Here's a daily look at some of the world's least competent crooks for September, October and November of 2008.
For the latest, here's the current Dumb Crime Du Jour.
San Francisco police are investigating at least eight incidents in which jars of spahetti sauce are being thrown at cars and homes, causing an estimate $4,600 in damages.
Pittsburgh Police Dept.Just a day after the story of her beating became a national sensation, a 30-year-old McCain campaign supporter now admits she made up the story of a large black man carving a "B" into her face to show his support for Barack Obama.
Talk about happy hour: Illinois police arrested 24-year-old Jamie E. Day for allegedly tending bar in the nude. Day reportedly had been performing for customers and had donned a shirt by the time police arrived.
If you're bored with your job, try something else, and that goes for burglary, too. Authorities in Plainfield, Ill., arrested Brett Sherry, 31, after he allegedly broke into a residence through the back door and was found sleeping in a chair. He told police he thought he was entering his own house, which is two miles away.
Tony Van, a 37-year-old hair stylist who was on trial for auto theft was arrested at the courthouse for allegedly driving a stolen car to the courthouse.
When a 32-year-old Florida man was spotted with a strange bulge in his pants at Tampa's Sweebay supermarket, detectives were called, and they say they removed an inordinate amount of frozen seafood.
British police found a 22 year old man with no clothes -- and no excuses -- trapped in a Pemberton supermarket. Firefighters were called in to free him (and cover him up).
A Malaysian man has been charged with trying to hurt his neighbor with a dangerous weapon -- centipedes.
The "Man of Steel" became a "Man of Steal." Three in costume -- one dressed as the all-American superhero -- rang a doorbell in New York posing as trick or treaters, assaulted a homeowner, and robbed his home.
A 34-year-old man from St. Paul was charged with robbing eight piggy banks from a Minnesota home, netting about $2,700 in change. He was allegedly spotted after the robbery at a coin-counting machine, converting his loot into paper money.
