Dumb Criminals

Not Your Typical Alarm Clock

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 • Filed under Cars, Drunks, Robberies2 Comments

Advanced, rigorous studies have shown that the number one leading cause for exhaustion is…not enough sleep! Apparently, it has also been linked to childhood obesity, failing grades, poor diet, suicide, global warming, gas prices, drug abuse, communism, and anything else that goes wrong in the world. Well, maybe not communism.


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Driving While Inane

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 • Filed under Cars, Drunks12 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, Drunks21 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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Totally Trucked

Thursday, October 29th, 2009 • Filed under Cars, Drunks10 Comments

The key to avoiding trouble is identifying problems. If the first thought you have after getting wasted is “How am I going to get home?”, congrats. You’ve identified a problem.

A man driving drunk plowed his car into a fire truck, according to WBBM.com.

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Fast Moving Violations

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 • Filed under Cars2 Comments

How do you rack up 15 moving violations in 11 minutes? Forgetting to wear a seat belt is a good start.

One driver did just that in Switzerland, according to the AP.

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Man and Car on Fire

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 • Filed under Cars, Drunks5 Comments

Drinking and driving is never a good idea. Drinking and driving a car that’s on fire should never even cross your mind. If it does, drinking won’t help make it go away.

Police arrested the driving of a flaming car with driving while intoxicated, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

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Key Lame Pie

Monday, October 12th, 2009 • Filed under Cars, Drugs16 Comments

This case isn’t really a textbook definition of dumb, but it’s in the ballpark. If anything, it makes staying awake in high school chemistry a necessity.

A man caught with more than 1,700 pounds of pot on his person tried to hide the scent of his stash with limes, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times.

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The Dumb People’s Court

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 • Filed under Cars, Drugs, Drunks4 Comments

It’s never a good idea to piss off a court judge, especially by doing it before you’ve even entered their courtroom.

One man learned that lesson when he got busted for selling drugs while he was on his way to court on his pending drug charges, according to The Oregonian.

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