Lisa Shea Forums General Discussion Life, The Universe, and Everything Dumb Criminals

A couple of stories about criminals who have lost more than their fair share of brain cells. We have a never ending supply of stories like this in the US. Any good ones from your country?


CAR SUSPECTS CAUGHT GASSING UP AT CRIME SCENE

If you’re going to steal a gas station employee’s car, don’t come back an hour later to get a fill-up. Investigators say that bit of logic escaped Artemio Castillo and Ernesto Garcia, who were arrested Tuesday night near the Parade gas station. Employee Pam Pease, 49, was sweeping the parking area when she noticed a familiar car pull up to pump No. 7. It was her blue 1994 Ford Escort with a missing hubcap. She had reported it stolen less than an hour earlier. ”It just blew my mind, but there they were,” Pease said. ”I’m glad it was low on gas.” Another attendant, Vince Nguyen, recognized suspects Castillo, 49, and Garcia, 41, both without known addresses, as the men who had asked him for a ride to Mississippi as he arrived at work shortly before Pease noticed her car was missing. Nguyen asked the men in Spanish why they had returned and they replied that they needed gas, Pease said. He shut off the engine and offered the men water while other employees called 911. The suspects fled on foot and Nguyen followed them through a back alley, Pease said. Two Escambia County sheriff’s deputies and a police dog then took up the chase, catching one suspect in some brush and another across the street from the station. The suspects remained Thursday at the county jail on grand theft auto and resisting arrest charges.

MAN CHARGED WITH SMOKING POT AT COURTHOUSE

The Citizens Voice 10/05/05 (Luzerne County, PA) A Hanover Township man was accused Tuesday of smoking marijuana inside the Luzerne County Courthouse. Nicholai Cinchock, 27, Brown Street, was observed by Deputy Sheriff Ryan Maye allegedly smoking marijuana inside the men’s restroom on the third floor. Deputy sheriffs Courtney Staley and Dave Homschek of the sheriff’s Special Investigation Division arrested Cinchock. He allegedly possessed marijuana, a quantity of unknown pills and a metal pipe, the sheriff’s department said. Cinchock was at the courthouse for a hearing on unrelated theft and drug charges. Cinchock appeared before District Judge Martin Kane in Wilkes-Barre and was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a small amount of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and disorderly conduct. He was sent to the county correctional facility in lieu of $1,000 bail.

It's unbelievable what some fools will do!

Thanks for the stories. However, I should add, if you are going to quote from somewhere or someone else, you do need to give reference details of where they came from. Thanks.

They've got brains the sizes of peanuts!!

Yet another dumb stunt of the week.....this gives new meaning to the term 'drive thru restaurant'!

WAUSAU, Wis. - A man whose car ran into the front entry of a fast-food restaurant backed away, parked and went in for breakfast, officials say.

Police Patrol Inspector Bryan Hilts said 78-year-old Rouland Steppert's car struck the glass entryway of the downtown Burger King Friday.

After he backed up, parked and went inside, he was served his food, and police called to the scene found him eating at a table.

General manager Kathy Fasse declined to say what he ordered.

By lunchtime, glass and other debris had been cleared away and customers were able to use the normal entry.

Because the accident was on private property, the man was not cited, Hilt said.

No phone listing could be found for Steppert when The Associated Press tried to reach him for comment Monday night.

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Information from: Wausau Daily Herald

Here's a really dumb criminal story!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051207/ap_on_fe_st/cheesy_plot

Reminds me a bit of the Darwin Awards

http://www.darwinawards.com/

"Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it."

Not just dumb, but very frightening.

These seem to fit here--MSN is doing an overview
of peculiar stories for the year--

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9361607/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6897939/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6840335/

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