I’m no expert on the criminal mind, but the most hardcore of criminals must have some kind of instinct that pushes them to brag about and let people know of their dirty work. Maybe that’s why the SEC didn’t pursue Kenneth Lay so hard out of the starting gate because they were waiting for him to wander into a bar and use his crime against humanity as a line to pick up chicks.

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A man suspected of a dozen bank robberies called a northern Kentucky police detective to make sure he watched an episode of “America’s Most Wanted.”

The episode of the crime-fighting show featured a profile of the fugitive, Warren Lee Back.

“It was kind of an odd thing. I’ve never had a fugitive call me before,” said Detective Mike McGuffey with the Covington Police Department.

Back was caught by FBI agents in Indianapolis last week, less than two weeks after the call to McGuffey.

He met Back when Back lived in Covington — well before he was linked to a series of bank robberies in the Dayton and Cincinnati areas.

McGuffey was working as an off-duty security guard at a bingo parlor where Back was accused of stealing pull-tab bingo cards.

You know, this reminds me of the time when my brother and I were going to be on “Cap’n Jim and Friends” and my mom called all my relatives and told them to watch, except after they watched, I wasn’t sent to jail for committing a felony. It was just a misdemeanor.

Federal agents said Back called the detective and told him to watch it for him because Back had his TiVo for over a month and couldn’t figure how the damn thing works.

It’s not known if Beck’s call to McGuffey is what got him thrown in the clink. But it sure couldn’t have helped. Don’t believe me? Go commit a crime and then call the man who’s trying to bring you to justice. Go on, I’ll wait…..ho hum…hmmmmmm…dum dee dum dee…(singing) 867-530ni-e-nine, 867-530ni-e-nine…