25 Stupid Criminals Who Got Caught For Ridiculous Reasons

Criminals are often very dangerous individuals, but what about stupid criminals? There are plenty of genius criminals, possessing IQs high enough to commit perfect crimes. Then there are those criminals whose stupidity leaves you wondering, "How in the world have they survived this long"? Dumb criminals are just as dangerous, if not more so, because they might end up hurting themselves or someone else. However, thanks to their stupidity, they get caught by the police and thrown in jail. Here are 25 stupid criminals who got caught for ridiculous reasons.
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[@LOAblue]

My parents own a business, and had a new employee try to rob them. He gave some reason, why he had to leave early- then comes back to commit the robbery. What was really stupid: He had enough sense to cover his face, but came back wearing the same clothes he'd worked in all day- so they had no problem identifying him.

[@christelheadington1136]

Back in the 80's, a suburban Cleveland home was burglarized.A man's jewelry box,containing rings,a watch,and season box seats for the Browns was taken.The following Sunday,the thief was arrested,at Browns Stadium.He was in the box seat wearing the stolen ring watch.....

[@she_evel]

OMG! What a dip shit!! An ex boyfriend's ex burglarized my house while we were out of town. The stupid ass woe my watch and jewelry that was on the list of stolen property! STUPID B@$!H!

[@Inconsistent-Dogwash]

Christel Headington there were two guys that tried to rob somewhere and instead of masks they used permanent marker on their faces, I think thats the stupidest one ive heard of.

[@g0i2023]

Proof that if you are ignorant AND arrogant, you're gonna have a bad time.

[@Dillybip]

Shoulda been arrested just for going to the game anyway

[@Azphreal]

You missed on in the UK. A coupe of teenagers broke into a van expecting it to be full of tools but ended up with a surprise. It actually contained members of the SAS who were on surveillance training and they ran. The SAS members gave chase and after the criminals repeatedly 'Fell down' during the chase they were handed to the police.

[@michaelbujaki2462]

Talk about bad luck.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

@@michaelbujaki2462 oh, I don't know, the SAS and police had a _very_ lucky day! For those who don't know, the SAS is one of the world's most elite special forces. That's not jingoism on my part, they are widely known to be the last people you want coming after you. You might not hear about any of their actions, but that's because the majority of their work is kept absolutely secret. However, look up the storming of the Iranian embassy in London, 1979(? - close enough). It was the first (and maybe last) time that I know of where they were in action on TV. It was a resounding success, despite one of the embassy's guards, IIRC (it was a long time ago!), sadly losing his life. Had the SAS _not_ intervened, there's no doubt that the hostages would all have died. It didn't take them long, either, again IIRC.

[@KahlestEnoch]

Had a guy rob a pharmacy next door to me. Problem is he got his methadone prescriptions from the same pharmacy so they just gave him what he asked for called the cops and gave them his name and address, he was arrested at his home and was shocked that they found him so quickly.

[@timg375]

While in college we had a guy pull into a 7-11 to get gas. Decided to rob the place instead and peeled out...about a block later ran out of gas and car died out front of the courthouse which had the city jail attached. It was a fun read in our college paper.

[@stacyneuman8619]

Tim G Now that is funny😅

[@ravensshadow2179]

A Police officer I use to work with was chasing someone he ran in to the back of a building, a officer coming the other way grabbed him and threw him in In a jail cell. The building was the police station.

[@Ragnar009]

A guy robbing a bank gave the teller a threatening note. He got the money and left. Problem is, he wrote that note on the back of one of his personal checks.

[@BreadApologist]

That could have been brilliant if he had stolen the check book from someone with out them knowing and then used it for the note

[@ollie7070]

Liono liony For blackmail? noice.

[@angeladoolan8063]

Awesome! Grand theft and check fraud.

[@hydrolito]

Must be related to the ones that wrote it on back of resume, or envelope with his address.

[@briancampbell1645]

In Augusta Ga a few years ago, a man broke into a convenience store which had closed for the night. There being no cash in the register after hours, he grabbed a bag of cheese puffs. The police followed a trail of cheese puffs and cheesy hand prints to his apartment building, floor, and door. He answered the door with the bag of puffs in his hand. Another man robbed a store with a knife, ran out the door and proceeded to stab the US Marine collecting for Toys for Tots. His buddies there for the same collection, took him in custody for the police. The newspaper account said that the crook sustained multiple bruises and broken bones "falling off a curb." I've been to that store. The curb varies from about two inches to level with the road.

[@lisaa7011]

I remember the Toys for Tots incident. Love when a little rough justice is served.

[@grandcatsmama3421]

You don't mess with the Marines, as Gibbs on NCIS says "there's no such thing as a former Marine". There's also a saying I haven't heard for a long time "Send in the Marines".

[@bambibishop2294]

What about the guy that went to rob a bank, but the manager wasn't in and they were the only one to open the vault. So the guy gives the clerk his phone number to call him back when the manager arrived. And the clerk called him when the police had arrived :)

[@surmatise]

Reminds me of a dumbass that tried to steal the ATM from a gas station down the road from me but the ATM machine was bolted down. The guy told the clerk he would be back with a wrench. The idiot really came back but the cops were already there waiting for him so instead of leaving with the ATM, He left in handcuffs.

[@she_evel]

OMG...WHAT A DUMB ASS!! Hahaha! 😂😂😂 but did it work? J/K! What if it REALLY DID WORK THOUGH?!! My faith in humanity would be TOTALLY SHATTERED!!

[@99mrpogi]

How about two guys who attempted to mug chuck norris

[@digitalguru97]

if you want stupid. it happened in Brazil, a guy robbed a drug store, he got in and out without incident, but the idiot left his car running and unlocked, when he got out of the store his car was stolen, the guy then patting the air where his car was, (apparently he bought his car from a romulan,) then wile he was running around like an idiot someone ran by and snatched his loot, here is the best part the car thief and the snatcher were aware of the camera in front of the store and hid there faces so the original criminal is the only one going to jail.

[@nobodyspecial3123]

I've got one to add to this. I know of a woman that was caught red handed stealing a 50 dollar bill out of a teachers purse at her kids elementary school. Not because there were camera's or anything. Oh no, the reason why is far dumber. In order to go through the teachers purse which was under her desk she had to put down a stack of paperwork and envelopes. (She was registering her youngest for Pre-K) When she grabbed the money she was either so excited or nervous about her ill gotten gains she turned on her heel and ran...leaving all of her paperwork on the desk...with her and her kids social security cards....a photocopy of her ID, proof of address...you name it; it was in that stack. She might as well have left a business card in it's place with a note on the back saying "My name is.....I stole 50 bucks from you at 3PM when I came to get my daughter." She was arrested and actually banned from the school...as a result she had to send her kids to a different district.

[@nobodyspecial3123]

Also I would really love to be able to say this woman had children in her teens I can't. She was easily in her mid to late 30's. I think about it and end up seriously embarrassed for her. Because any school district she moves to with her kids will be notified that she has stolen from teachers so she will never ever live that down.

[@JWLake]

A guy posing as a cop tried to pull over a couple of undercover cops a few months ago where I live. Of course he was immediately arrested.

[@1Cichfishy]

Ya want stupid, here's stupid. Hired this guy the day before to work for our construction crew. The following day we stopped at a small restaurant to grab some lunch, we entered through the left side door of a set of glass double doors that had a large red sign on the right door that said,"door broken, please use other door" on the inside and out. On the way to our table I saw a large pickle jar being used for a tip jar for a family charity that was quite full and very heavy, I had to mess with it after I tossed in some change. After we had all sat down the new guy(who most of us known for years) kept eyeing that jar, he asked, "how much you reckon is in that jar?" We we're just throwing around some numbers but figured there was probably around $500-600 in there. I guess as seeing that we weren't far from his home, he turns to my dad and says, "I guess I'll be taking the rest of the day off", then that dumb-ass jumps up grabs the tip jar, tries AND succeeds in going through the locked glass door, shatters the door, shatters the tip jar, scatters money all over the parking lot, knocks himself out on the door's push bar that's on the outside of the door, and all of this right as an EMT unit and a NCHP unit pulled in. Karma baby, Karma.

[@evaannavonbehne8605]

Wow! That's funny!

[@jerichohill487]

Hell, sounds like guys from my hometown

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

1Cichfishy Did he get the day off?

[@1Cichfishy]

@@XtreeM_FaiL He got 30 days off. Then went to work in Virginia with some of his kin. Later he stole a mortar mixer off of a job site in VA, took it to NC to sell it, and ended up trying to sell it to the same person that he stole it from. XD Bad luck is some peoples only luck.

[@LilithsOwn303]

@@1Cichfishy His Karma sure followed him around! Man!... You couldn't make it up! :D

[@tashinathemomma]

My uncle had a neighbor in Washington that called the cops because someone broke in and stole his crack. True story.

[@lolarodriquez560]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣👏🤭

[@janetmiller2160]

Tashina The Green I heard of a call to report his marijuana stolen, when I lived in Washington state.

[@cheekybastard1018]

Tashina The Green How could anyone be THAT STUPID! LMFAO 😂

[@JustinEvitable80]

A cop was in foot pursuit of someone escaping a scene. He followed him into some building and randomly said, "Marco...". The criminal responded "Polo" and sure enough was located. Another once robbed a jewelry store but forgot to pick up a folder he left which was a job application. He actually returned later to retrieve it and went inside to get it from the back room the clerks put in it. When he went inside, the clerks locked him in.

[@muddpatterson3119]

When my younger brother was in jr high, had a friend spend the night. Sometime during the night they climbed out his bedroom window to vandalize our neighbors house who was gone working nightshift as a deputy sheriff. It didnt take but 2 minutes of following the footprints in the fresh snow right to our doorsteps to locate the suspects.

[@sbennett1142]

I bet you had a long list that you had to narrow down to only 25. Will we be getting a part 2?

[@richardbidinger2577]

A friend of mine who is a state trooper in upstate NY got a call from his wife one day, saying that someone had stolen her car from work. As he's sitting in his patrol car talking to his wife, the idiot that stole her car blows by him doing about 90. He pulls the car over and the kid tries to say it was his aunt's car and she let him borrow it. He asks for the aunts name, which the kid reads off the registration. He let the kid go on for a while as other patrol cars were pulling up. He finally asks the kid to tell him the aunts name again, then asks him if the last name is spelled the same way as the last name on his name tag. He said the kid just about shit himself right there. Worst thing for the kid, he was already on probation at the time for an earlier car theft. Don't think he saw the outside of a jail cell for a while after that.

[@kellymcvey4494]

richard bidinger lol

[@jackwatson3944]

Not stupid just unlucky.

[@davidhenderson3400]

Some years back I was at a Kmart when this young man stole a car radio and ran out with it. A cop who just by chance happened to be in the store took out after him. The young man was fast and would have gotten away if he had not turned around to see how close the cop was. He ran right into a pine tree at full speed. He was knocked out cold. Well the EMT came and carried him off with a bloody face. Everyone was looking at the pine tree so I too went over to look. The pine tree had bark missing he had hit it so hard.

[@ollie7070]

You sure he was alive?

[@davidhenderson3400]

@@ollie7070 I never really though about it that way. As hard as he hit the tree that is a good question.

[@robertclark2253]

In the UK a man broke into a house to find the cops already there why ? Because they were investigating another break in he'd committed only 3 hours before on the SAME property !

[@isettech]

My favorite is the guy that burglarized a security company. The act was recorded on about 2 dozen cameras, including several that he walked up to and stole from the display. Unfortunately he didn't bother to get the hard disk recorder from the utility closet.

[@jaspr1999]

The guys that used permanent markers to cover their faces come to mind. I know I'm a terrible criminal! I parked myself in my wheelchair in a handicapped spot without a parking permit or hangtag on it! I even did this in front of a cop that I asked to take my picture... And he did... Once he stopped laughing enough to do so. I even stole a kiss from a really pretty girl! Granted, she's my wife... But still! I AM the nemesis of all arches!!!

[@Ayce1955]

Back in the early 80's, I had a 1970 Buick Skylark. I had installed a custom mount in the dash for a cheap Citizen EQ along with the stereo. One morning as I was doing my morning ritual, I happened to look out the bathroom window to see speaker wires hanging out the back door of the car. I called the Police, and they asked me to see if anything was missing. I threw on some clothes and went to take a look, expecting to find the stereo gone. I took one look in the car, and ran right back up to call the Police back. The stereo was still there, but the EQ was 1/2 ripped out, and the thief was passed out in the back seat. The cops got there in about 5 minutes and arrested him. Stupider still was when I went to court to testify, the guy (acting as his own defense) asked me if I could prove it was my stereo and if I had the receipt. SMFH

[@sudiousmine]

One time, I broke into a car and gave them a better car stereo. I came back in the morning and asked if they wanted me to install that stereo for 50 bucks.

[@sparkplug1018]

Was starting to think there wasn't going to be even one "Florida man" on this list. Good job.

[@couragekarnga8735]

Now, crime shouldn't be committed at all, but if you're going to be a criminal, at least be a good one.

[@janetmiller2160]

Courage Karnga no, be stupid so maybe you can be taken off the streets.

[@robertclark2253]

I have heard the Christian Bala story before . A video game called CSI : Hard evidence had a similar case where a college Professor on criminology murdered a police officer got away with it because it was still an unsolved case wrote a book about it and became the authority on said case 20 years later he kills another officer but with advanced crime detecting techniques he is caught and brought to justice .

[@robertscott501]

A local hit and run suspect was caught up to by the police. Naturally, he denied involvement, but he had a lot of difficulty explaining how the *license plate* from the other car became embedded in his bumper, lol.

[@Pebbles9785]

I love this videos and channel. Happy holidays from Puerto Rico

[@earlenewallace8445]

Merry Christmas Koraima from Los Angeles California🎅

[@padraig5335]

Merry Christmas from Kansas City

[@Pebbles9785]

Merry Christmas 🎊🎉🎄🎆

[@christelheadington1136]

I'd tell you felice Navida,if I was sure how to spell it.

[@Pebbles9785]

@@christelheadington1136 ¡Feliz Navidad!

[@rosalindmatteson3697]

I once heard a cop describing the dumbest criminal he ever arrested. The guy broke into a store through a skylight. He bagged his loot, but then couldn't reach the skylight to get out. So, he called 911. When asked why he was in the building, he explained that he was a burglar. When the police arrived, he was standing in front of a plate glass window. There were heavy objects in the store, but it never occurred to him to break the window. After the police got him in the back of the police car, they asked what he did for a living. He said, he was a burglar by profession. The cop told him to find a new profession. THAT is the dumbest criminal!

[@micheller6804]

I remember hearing about a guy that broke into someone's basement, and was attacked by the family dog. To escape, he wound up ripping off his jacket, which had his parole papers in his pocket.

[@williamthome3942]

I work at a prison and read this description of a crime in the files. Two guys ordered a pizza and when the delivery driver arrived they decided to rob him. Shortly after he left the police showed up.

[@aprilmiller6767]

Near Atlanta, a man went in to rob a convenience store. There were customers so to pass the time, he filled out an employment application with his name and address. My father had a good one too: he worked at a construction site. One Saturday when they were closed, an employee wanted to use the front-end loader. He hit the propane tank sitting next to the office and the whole thing blew up. He jumped down and ran. Thinking he was dead, they held a funeral. Two weeks later, he called the office wanting to know if he could pick up his last check.

[@robj7481]

I remember hearing about an IDIOT who “robbed” a convenience store. Why is “robbed” in quotes? Because he walked in, laid a $20 bill on the counter and asked to break it. When the clerk opened the cash register, the “robber” held him up, taking the money in the cash register and leaving the $20 on the counter.. the total money in the cash register was $15, so the store clerk made a $5 profit.

[@alicia27ish]

Augusta, GA n da house! 🙌🙌 I love List 25!!

[@JoeWillz82]

This list could have over 100+ entries..Dumb criminals are a dime a dozen.

[@babybookworm003]

Watching this from a hospital bed thanks for posting

[@couchbear6108]

Get well soon . here are some flowers 🌸🌸🌸

[@babybookworm003]

Eric Thomason severe uti the kind you don’t realize you have till it lands u in the hospital

[@alexiswelsh5821]

Get better soon 🌸🌼🌻🌹🌺🌷💐🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@richardbidinger2577]

Get better soon, the holidays are just around the corner.🎅🎄

[@zorakj]

Eric Thomason Best wishes!

[@brendancrawford3985]

Daughters school was once broken in to and the thieves stole all the computers, the school bell, and anything else of value. In return they left their electricity bill. When police visited them all the loot was in a trailer in the back yard.

[@AmWestColl]

I don't consider myself highly intelligent.....however I believe my IQ exceeds all the presented examples......

[@TheOnceAndFutureKing]

What about the guy who wanted to rob a gun store and was mulled down by a barrage of bullets?

[@dianaabbett5532]

My former next door neighbor caught someone in the act of stealing his pickup. Instead of unleaded gasoline, he chose an alternative fuel. That specific tank was in the bed of his pickup, leaving the gas gage on empty at all times, regardless of how full it is. So when my neighbor called 9-1-1 about his stolen vehicle, he was able to tell the police where to find the thief. At the nearest filling station.

[@drrocketman7794]

Snowy night in a small town in Utah...a kid decided to break into the fire station and siphon gas out of the town fire truck...an antique. He couldn't see how much gas was in the gas tank, so he took out a lighter so he could see into the fuel tank...started a fire, couldn't put it out, panicked and ran straight home, climbing into his bedroom window and shutting it behind him. Police showed up, saw the only set of footprints in the snow, and followed them...went to the front door and knocked. His very displeased father brought him to the sheriff and he was arrested for arson.

[@txgunguy2766]

I've heard about a man who walked into a diner one morning and demanded money from the register. Before the clerk could hand it over, the robber noticed two uniformed police officers drinking coffee at the counter 10 feet away. He turned and ran out the door. The police officers calmly finished their coffee and then walked outside to followed the robber's tracks in the snow. Also, a drug dealer drove a stolen car to the police station to report his friend for stealing his drugs.

[@chrisnemec5644]

Reminds me of a story I heard about a group of hippies in the late 1960's in the hill country of Texas. They were driving a VW van erratically. There were two state policemen, one was a rookie being on-the-job trained and his veteran mentor. They spot the van and decide to pull it over. After getting everyone out of the van, the veteran policeman is talking to the driver of the van. The rookie is standing nearby when one of these hippies, stoned out of his mind, goes up to the rookie cop and hands him a small package of cocaine saying "Hey man, can you get rid of this for me?" Needless to say, he was hauled to jail.

[@elliotttroy7127]

InstaBlaster

[@IGIVEINPS3]

old work colleague decided to get revenge on a car sales garage, all which was fully covered by cctv.... class A genius....

[@michaelbujaki2462]

A man in Cornwall Ontario robbed a Scotiabank. When the police arrived they picked up the ransom note to dust it for prints. No need, he had written the ransom note on the back of one of his personal cheques, with his name and account number on it. In Ottawa Ontario a few years ago, a young offender attacked one of my friends at gunpoint. My friend, who we will call Mack for privacy reasons, is well versed in firearms and so noticed that they barrel was plugged and that the safety was on. Mack then pulled the gun out of the kid's hand, pulled the clip, pinned him on the wall, and called the police. After calling the police he turned to the kid and said "Next time, bring bullets." The officer thanked Mack for stopping the kid, but warned that civilians should not try to apprehend armed robbers. At this point mack let the officer know that he was a lieutenant commander in the Royal Canadian Navy. Toronto Ontario, guy tries to rob a Tim Horton's, which is a popular Canadain doughnut shop. It is very popular with Police because on duty police officers get free coffee there. So when the guy pulled his gun out, 50 other officers pulled their guns out. Toronto Police, Ontario Provincial Police, RCMP, and a native detachment were all present. After a tense moment one of the officers asked "Who has jurisdiction?" OPP made the arrest. Kentucky USA, a would be load thief was following a truck for two hours. The trucker called for police because load theft is a big threat for truck drivers. When the police arrived on scene, the man took off down the shoulder, not suspicious in the slightest.

[@jameslittlemore313]

Some guy broke into my car about a year ago. It had some expensive stuff in it, including the radio, but all they took was some CDs we never used and some old sweets (yes, they actually took an old bag of sweets)

[@620john620]

I remember reading of a man who stole a newly loaded semi and trailer from a meat packing plant. His vision of selling pricey cuts of meat to any and all were dashed when he finally opened the trailer and found it loaded with nothing but cattle assholes destined for a dog food manufacturer. He was caught because they found his fingerprints in the cab, and was sent to prison. “Hey new guy! Whatcha in for?”

[@joshsimpson6856]

A guy in my town stole the rims and tires off of a car on a used car lot, and left it on jack stands. The problem was that the jack stands were obviously brand new, and had been purchased that morning at the only store in my town that was open (a walmart) by credit card. They also had the fact that he was on surveillance purchasing the jack stands that morning. He had the rims and tires for a total of a few hours before they caught him.

[@terrymofmich]

I have two at the same place - my Dad's auto repair business 1) A young guy broke in and stole a cash register that had a "For Sale" sign on it. The police responding to the alarm were able to follow his foot prints in the snow and arrest him as he was hiding in some bushes trying to try open the (empty and for sale) cash register 2) Another guy had broken into the shop, disabled the alarm, and loaded a lot of the mechanic's tools into his car (where his girlfriend was passed out). His car wouldn't start so for some reason he sat down at the desk in the customer reception area and passed out too. He was still sitting there when my brother, Mike, showed up to open the shop. Being stoned, drunk, or both he begged my brother for a jump start before the guys got into work. Mike kicked his ass before calling the cops. Luckily we were on friendly terms with the police and they excepted the explanation that the guy fell down a few times because he's drunk.

[@kimstevens5156]

Hi, Mike. There was a bank robbery in Portsmouth, VA in the 1970's. The masked robber was caught because he forgot to remove his mask when he crossed the parking lot to buy his girlfriend a Valentine's Day card and gift.

[@coolnerd8730]

The dumbest thief I've ever heard of was a tie between the guy who decided to bring his dog to the robbery with him. The police caught him by telling the dog to go home and followed him. The other guy wrote a stickup note on his own paycheck stub. Right below where his name and address were printed.

[@ericbenitez4207]

There was the criminal who robbed a convenience store and this was in the early 90s so he had La lights so they caught him in the woods because his shoes were lighting up

[@voiceofraisin241]

Back in the 70’’s my Neighbor cop told me a story where a guy called police and said he had been robbed. The police show and he is handcuffed around a flag pole. I wonder how he made the call?

[@terrymofmich]

TWO Stupid criminal robbery stories: One was in Clovis, New Mexico in the early 80's. An airman from the nearby Cannon, Air Force Base applied for a loan at a finance company in town while dressed in his uniform. About an hour later he came in wearing a mask and still in uniform (with his last name on his left breast per AF regulations) and robbed the office at gunpoint. He was arrested at the bases' front gate. The next one I heard about on a dumb criminal TV show: A man handed a robbery note written on a deposit slip to the teller. The teller somehow deducing the man wasn't very bright told him she couldn't accept the note because the deposit slip was from the band across the street and he'd have to go over there and rob that bank. He left and police were called. (I LOVE that one).

[@brhodes598]

A guy I knew in high school robbed a pizza delivery guy with a bb gun. Cops followed his and his friends foot steps in the fresh snow directly to one of their houses. He brought the newspaper clipping to school to brag about his name being in the paper.

[@tdgrogan]

I worked with a stupid criminal who stole a customer's credit card, went to another location of the big box store we worked at and used the credit card. How did they catch him? He used his employee discount card on his purchase with the stolen card!

[@manbehindthemask2010]

Timothy Grogan- Let me guess,Walmart?

[@thedukeofskull1383]

I worked in a lumber yard and they have stores all over the country. Loss prevention sent out a notice about a shoplifters in one store, he tryed to sneak out of the store with 20 pipe wrenches.....IN HIS SWEAT PANTS ! 😁

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

#21 the pic of the car has a diplomatic plate. Even if the user of that car had broken the law, there's no guarantee he'd be able to be arrested 😄

[@jamesoconnor8044]

My dad was a Special Agent for the FBI. Once, a thief stole the hub caps off his official, unmarked car. The thief was caught and sentenced to seven years in a Federal Prison for stealing Federal property !

[@SuperMissblueeyes]

My cousin's partner is a police officer here in the UK. Just around the corner from our house, he pulled over a driver for driving dangerously. Turns out he'd been pulled over twice before for exactly the same thing & had 6-9 points on his license already! The guy has lost his license. Here in the UK, if you get 12 points on your license, you lose your license. Depending on the offences you incurred the points for, you have to take your driving test again to get your license back at the end of the suspension. This guy will have to take his test again when his suspension is over.

[@LordOwenLongstrider]

I once worked on a tour boat; several years before the boat was broken into, some of the gauges in the engine room were smashed, the ketchup and mustard from the concession stand/bar was squirted all over the first deck, windows were broken, etc.; the perps would have gotten away had they not also gone to one of the local hotels and trashed their room, where they were caught and police found several of the tour boat's seigneur t-shirts that had also been stolen. :D

[@julescar74]

Wow, some people just make you wonder why they attempted crime in the first place.

[@thegameshowguy123]

What if you've got no Friends Mike? Hey, make a list25 about Australia, you will get thousands of likes dude, Thanks for the uploads, i told my phone friend in Miami Florida about your channel & he likes you, Cheers 😎

[@vanapirarayne738]

A guy goes to rob a muffler shop and asks for the money the problem is that all the money was in a safe that only the manager had the combination to so he hands them his phone number and tells them to call when the manager comes in. They call the police who call the man pretending to be the manager and he gets arrested.

[@Scrapyard24c]

One of my former co-workers once told me about a group of thieves who decided to steal a bunch of fireworks from a warehouse around the 4th of July in order to resell them. Thing is these geniuses had the grand idea to use a blowtorch to break into the place. They are now known as the "Hole in the Ground Gang" by local law enforcement.

[@laurapollard112]

I once seen a guy try to break into his own car dealership. He drove off in his own 77 trans am . When he got pulled over he was busted for being under the influence of dumbass

[@laurapollard112]

I'm not joking

[@laurapollard112]

For real tho I'm not playing

[@laurapollard112]

Ok I'm playing...im bored

[@justinmills8084]

Around 1990 a young man was still gas from the town's fire truck in the fire station and lit a match to see how full the gas can was and burned down the fire station.

[@robertclark2253]

While under arrest for armed robbery of a bank a suspect was asked why he had a bag full of money and a gun just a few hundred yards away . The suspect said it was impossible that he robbed the bank , when asked why he said he was busy , when asked doing what he said robbing the post office down the street .

[@billymasoner3735]

My little brother, actually. He burglarized an Autozone in a small town in Western Nebraska one night. Didn’t leave any finger prints, but he left lots of foot prints. In the snow. In both directions, starting at his apartment building two blocks down, and down the center of the street both coming and going. He was arrested within 20 minutes of making it back to his apartment. 🙄

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

I remember hearing about some guy trying to rob a gas station or convenience store with a palm tree as his weapon. Don't remember much more than that though.

[@badbrad025]

# 11 thinking with the wrong head lol

[@r.awilliams9815]

A man decided to rob a shop, walked past a police car into the shop, and said 'stick 'em up!' to the clerk. Well, it was a gun store and the clerk, the LEO, and two customers all opened fire. Mr. Genius left in a body bag. Happened near Seattle a decade or two back.

[@robertclark2253]

How about this for an alibi that I heard " It couldn't have been me robbing the bank " said suspect " How's that ?" said officer " I was busy robbing the post office down the street " said suspect .

[@janicetrent9694]

Once on the news there was a report where a mechanic went across the street from where he worked and robbed the bank. He got caught because he had his work shirt on which had his name on it. Crazy.

[@hammer-fn7gm]

A man robbed a gas station. When he turned to get away the name Mike was proudly displayed on the back of his football jersey. The woman behind the cash register had recognized him because they had both graduated from the same high school just a couple of months earlier.

[@kenwalz7231]

Without an actual video to see these are just a bunch of bedtime stories.

[@rembob6447]

I am actually listening to this as a bedtime story right now. They're perfect for it.

[@nico118118]

I know someone who robbed a garage three times. On the third time leaving his Jobseeker’s Allowance papers there 😂

[@thebigbadwolf3172]

A friend of mine I won't mention his name, is a County Sheriff pulled a guy over in a Santa suit over for drunk driving. Within 250 feet at the light, there was an accident, so he went to investigate. The drunk guy dot in the patrol car and drove home thinking he got away. He was obviously so drunk he didn't realize set the lights were still flashing on top of the patrol car, and needless to say he got a ride in that same car back to the sheriff's barracks. When asked about the flashing lights the drunk guy said "I thought they were Christmas lights" since it was Christmas eve after all.

[@spaceball123456]

I don't know the guys name, but I saw this on Primetime TV. The guy actually went into a Police Station, walked up the the receptionist counter and said to the receptionist (A police officer working there), "Hands in the air. This is a stick up."

[@kennethhepner2287]

I was at a truck stop in Bakersfield CA. I saw a man park his car carefully out of sight, walked in, and acted like he was going to buy something. He handed the clerk a 20.00 bill, and when the clerk opened the till, he punched her and took all the cash from the till, then ran out and drove away. The sherriff asked if she had been robbed. She said she wasn't sure, the guy dropped a 20 and she had just done a cash advance for a driver, leaving her with 12.00 in the till ... he only got 10.00 because he missed taking the pair of one dollar bills. He was arrested for assault, but not theft, since he left more than he took.

[@wynettebain3592]

To the 25 most... I had a moped and it needed work. Someone stole my moped then took it to the shop to get fixed. Turns out that the shop they took it to to get fixed just happened to be the same shop I bought it from. The shop called me to tell me they had my moped. LOL

[@reneedorr2732]

In Ypsilanti, MI. I drove by a bank that had recently been robbed, I found a a bit later the robber had been caught... his escape, the local bus. He was seen getting on just outside of the bank. All the police had to do was check what bus was there, the route and he was arrested on the bus a little while later.

[@adrianwilkey5367]

I once had a guy try to rob our convenience store, after getting his ass beat and escaped he was spotted walking through the parking lot by detectives working the case 2 DAYS LATER in marked vehicles

[@amaiyagrace]

That ATM thing was inspired by the opening scene in Barbershop 1

[@MG-mo7mk]

We had a similar bathtub break in in 1997. Guy came in, sat in the tub, and turned on the shower on cold. He was so high.

[@cosmicspooky]

the dumbest criminals i know are some guys i knew when i was younger, they broke into a house to steal shit, but instead got high and fell asleep on the couch

[@keithdawson5830]

Around 2000 or 2001, in Modesto, CA a guy named Steven King went into a downtown bank and used his index finger and thumb to simulate a gun in his jacket pocket. The teller handed over the money and this criminal Mastermind pulled his hand out of his pocket to grab the cash. That went the security guard took him into custody

[@thegameshowguy123]

I'm a cereal killer, I stab all the corn flakes boxes every time I go to the supermarket 😈

[@castlewhore2007]

Lol 😂

[@niteloon4852]

What about the guy who had a wife that kept running off with truckers.(They owned a resteraunt). When she got tired of them she would come back home. He always took her back, they had 2 kids that needed a mom and he loved her. He finally got tired of this and killed her. Told everyone she had left but would be back. She never retuned and he ended raising the kids alone. 10 - 12 years later he walked into the local police station and confessed to killing her. Turns out he had ground up her body and added it to the hamburger that was used in the resteraunt. He had totaly gotten away with murder. He had NEVER been a suspect in her disappearance. Everyone figured she had found true love with the guy she ran away with. Another Reader's Digest story.

[@OmegaMTG]

Had a guy in Ocala FL rob a bank and wrote the hold up note on the back of his deposit slip.

[@LoriMcDonald]

As my teacher always said, "We don't catch the smart ones."

[@garycarpenter2980]

I live in NC and hour away from Hickory and never heard of this

[@diefenbaker7853]

Wow a video with 25! Hurray!

[@xananymous431]

The most stupid criminal I’ve ever heard was a guy tried to break into someone house while climbing a pipe and turns out that the owner of the house was a military veteran who beat the shit out of the criminal until the criminal arm legs and neck were broken

[@michellegreen6023]

"Here's Your Sign"😂🤣😅

[@rachelmckitterick]

If i was a Criminal, is definitely be a stupid one 🤣

[@Destroya7961]

My dad once new a guy that robbed a house but on his way out he dropped his library card lol

[@timjozwiak2293]

I live in Wisconsin. A 13:42 woman called the police to report a drunk driver. Herself. Omg...

[@imtired222333]

make another one of these!