World's Dumbest Criminals

Monday, February 8, 2010

On the charge of being heaps stupid, we find this crew guilty.

Cold snap
When Joyce Lebrom fainted in a supermarket in Berne, Switzerland in 1991, staff thought she'd had a heart attack. But when paramedics arrived they found a frozen chicken in her bra – the cold had caused her to pass out. After recovering, she was charged with theft. Should have gone for the chicken fillets instead.

Arresting on laurels
Showing his gratitude for their efforts, New York bloke Robert E Dendy gave his local police a Christmas laurel wreath in 2008. Knowing about his criminal past, officers made some calls and arrested Robert, after discovering he'd stolen the wreath from a nearby store. Guess it's not the thought that counts.

Guilty look
Sometimes identifying crooks is tough. But it was a piece of piss for the Florida residents who had their home robbed by Sean "Crazy Cracker" Roberts in July 2009. They easily picked him out of a photos, since he's one of very few people with a map of Florida inked on his face. Weirdly, he still pled not guilty.

Pinch me
In December, 1994, gourmet thief Winston Treadway took two live lobsters from a Boston supermarket and stuffed them down his trousers. Bad move. The lobsters grabbed his wang and had to be removed at hospital, where doctors told him he might never have kids. Probably best he doesn't reproduce anyway.

Who else do you think should be included in the world's dumbest criminals list? Leave your comment below.

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User comments

In the 1960s in a country town, a bank teller did not arrive back from lunch. The manager opened his drawers to find them empty. He had scarpered or had he. He did not own a car so the police checked the car yards. No dice. Then they checked the railway station and there he was with his packed bags, and the money, waiting for the afternoon train which left at 4.05pm.

In December 2009 a van delivering cold chickens for Pauls poultry was stolen from the Victoria markets after the delivery driver left keys in the ignition when he went inside. The theif stole the vehicle and drove it up the road into Carlton where he removed $60 from the drivers wallet, locked the van and left on foot. 3 days later a woman discovered a strong rotting smell coming from inside the van parked in a side road. Fearing the worst police investigators were surprised to find near 800 chickens rotting after the refrigeration unit switched off. The thief either unaware or too ignorant, neglected the possibility of selling the chickens out the back of the truck. Even at $1. each he would have made 10 times what he stole from the drivers wallet. The estimated retail value for the chickens was in excess of $11,000.

2 thieves in canary yellow ford pull into 3 ways service station qld alongside greyhound bus with 50 passengers on board.break into parked car and steal a breafcase full of opals.there is only 3ways the thieves can go,nth,south or east with no side streets for many many miles.police didnt chase them,just waited for them to turn up at next town.

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