Dumb Criminals

Driving While Inane

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 • Filed under Cars, Drunks5 Comments

leftDrinking and driving is never funny, but I’m willing to make an exception in this case.

A man celebrating the end of his 20 year jail sentence for driving while intoxicated get busted for driving while intoxicated, according to the Associated Press.

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Missing Something? Other Than a Brain…

Monday, June 14th, 2010 • Filed under Cars, Drugs, Drunks5 Comments

No matter how many times this happens, it still never ceases to amaze me. Even if it happens more than once in a same emergency call.

A man who called police to report a theft including his pot in the list of missing items…and then it gets weird, according to the The Oregonian.

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Window Pains

Friday, November 6th, 2009 • Filed under Guns19 Comments

Normally, there is nothing funny about a deadly drive-by shooting, even if the plot is botched. Notice that I said normally.

An attempted drive-by shooting was stopped when the shooter forgot to roll down his window, according to CityPages.

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Daddy Du’h Care

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 • Filed under Drugs12 Comments

People who have to take care of one child must be a bundle of nerves. People who have to take care of more than four must be total basket cases. People who have to look after 30 are either clinically insane or in definitive need of castration.

That still doesn’t excuse these two day care center workers who ran a meth lab in their business, according to Local15TV.com.

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The Balloon Drops

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 • Filed under Fraud3 Comments

Sure the rest of the world already knows about this, but this fell under our radar here at DCHQ because other more pressing news. And considering that we usually deal with drunks committing felonies, you can probably imagine how far down the radar this story falls.

The Associated Press reports that the parents of the infamous “Balloon Boy” will face some kind of criminal charges.

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You Can Judge a Man By the Content of His Finger

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 • Filed under Assaults, Other10 Comments

I honestly believe that the universe allows every human being the opportunity to give one person the finger consequence free. Needless to say, this isn’t one of them.

A guy facing assault charges gave his judge the finger (yes that finger), according to the Daily Herald.

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And Now…Tampons!

Monday, November 2nd, 2009 • Filed under At-Large, Burglaries, Theft5 Comments

I can’t fathom a reason why someone out there would want to steal a two ton shipment of feminine hygiene products and maybe I just really don’t want to because I like sleeping without waking up screaming.

A woman or (even weirder) possibly a man stole more than a half a million worth of different feminine products from sanitary napkins to tampons, according to The Cabin.

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They’re Not So Sharpie

Friday, October 30th, 2009 • Filed under Burglaries23 Comments

When we were kids, sniffing markers was the closest thing we had to a shot of Jack. Sounds like these two got a whole snout-full.

Two burglars tried to paint their faces with Sharpie markers instead of wearing masks, according to The Smoking Gun.

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