Police: woman hid in coffin to escape custody

June 18th, 2010 Zan Posted in Dumb Criminal Offbeat News, Offbeat News No Comments »

Authorities say a Philadelphia woman hid in a coffin at a central Pennsylvania funeral home to escape custody....Source
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Beer Used As Weapon In Gas Station Heist

June 17th, 2010 Zan Posted in Dumb Criminal Offbeat News, Offbeat News No Comments »

Bud Light may not be advertising these two as "Real Men of Genius." Two men in Pueblo are accused of using an 18-pack case of Bud Light as a weapon while stealing beer at a local Loaf 'N Jug convenience store in Colorado....Source
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‘Toilet Paper Bandit’ Nabbed In Nebraska

June 11th, 2010 Zan Posted in Dumb Criminal Offbeat News, Offbeat News No Comments »

Police said they suspect they've captured the "toilet paper bandit." A man who concealed his face by wrapping his head with toilet paper robbed a Lincoln convenience store last month. Police said the man was armed with a knife, but no one was hurt in the robbery....Source
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Bungling thief had to be rescued from river

June 3rd, 2010 Zan Posted in Dumb Criminal Offbeat News, Offbeat News No Comments »

A BUNGLING thief who attacked and robbed a 91-year-old sheriff in his own home had to be rescued by emergency services after trying to escape via a river, a court heard today....Source
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Calif. Thieves Take ATM To Go Via Dolly

May 31st, 2010 Zan Posted in Dumb Criminal Offbeat News, Offbeat News No Comments »

It was a brazen theft at a Garden Grove hotel caught on tape. Two bandits walked into the lobby and walked out with an ATM machine loaded with cash. They got away with $15,000 in cash and didn't even need a weapon – just a dolly....Source
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Would-Be Bank Robbers Phone Ahead, Get Busted

April 24th, 2010 Zan Posted in Dumb Criminal Offbeat News, Offbeat News No Comments »

Police in Connecticut say they had ample warning of a bank robbery because the two suspects called the bank ahead of time and told an employee to get a bag of money ready....Source
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Phone Call To Mom Brings Drug Trafficking Charge For Inmate

April 21st, 2010 Zan Posted in Dumb Criminal Offbeat News, Offbeat News No Comments »

A Florida man faces more charges against him after making a jailhouse phone call to his mother telling her where he hid his drugs....Source
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Drunk Man Fined For Exposing Himself To Female Officer

April 20th, 2010 Zan Posted in Dumb Criminal Offbeat News, Offbeat News No Comments »

A British man has been fined $900.00 after he drunkenly swung his genitals at a female British police officer....Source
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Gang Leader Pulls Off Crappy Escape

March 27th, 2010 Zan Posted in Dumb Criminal Offbeat News, Offbeat News No Comments »

A known Florida gang leader's plan to escape a maximum-security facility went down the toilet last week, and so did he, as he succeeded in breaking out of his Osceola County Jail cell. The suspect is still on the loose, and his father and grandmother have been arrested and held without bond for allegedly helping him flee the state....Source
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Bandits rob delivery man of chicken wings

March 24th, 2010 Zan Posted in Dumb Criminal Offbeat News, Offbeat News No Comments »

Police in Georgia are searching for a pair of hungry bandits who stole an order of chicken wings from a pizza delivery driver....Source
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