Stupid Criminals are always looking for a way to work the system. Read about the thieves who fell asleep on the job, the "World's Greatest Dad" and Elizabeth Ann Kommes, the woman so determined to get out of a DUI that she... well, read...
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Stupid Criminals are always looking for a way to work the system. Read about the thieves who fell asleep on the job, the "World's Greatest Dad" and Elizabeth Ann Kommes, the woman so determined to get out of a DUI that she... well, read it for yourself.
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If you think you can't catch a break, consider Stephanie Martinez. The young Denton, Texas woman has it bad enough working as a clerk for Pizza Patron. But things just got worse the night of Friday, July 11 when a man in a wig and sunglasses walked in and demanded money. Things turned from bad to OMFG WTF when a fellow clerk foiled the would-be robber by punching his lights out, thus knocking off his wig and sunglasses and revealing Martinez' father . Stephanie wasn't in on it. She didn't... Read Full Story
If only Miss Louisiana Teen USA Lindsey Evans would have paid her $46.07 dinner tab she would still have her crown. But, proving that beauty queens are a little lacking in the brain department, Evans not only skipped out on her tab, but left her purse full of pot at the restaurant. Rule #1 of the dine-and-dash: You should definitely remember to take your purse or wallet with you. When Evans returned to the restaurant to grab her purse she was arrested on theft and charges of marijuana... Read Full Story
Peter Abramczyk poses for his mug shot at a Concord, N.H. police department. (Image Source The Smoking Gun) Apparently 39-year-old Peter Abramczyk of Connecticut wasn't aware that putting adds that solicit sex on Craigslist is not OK with the police. Abramczyk was caught after an ad he placed on Craigslist for the availability of a "passable crossdresser" was found by police, who answered the ad, using an undercover police officer. He agreed to meet the officer to exchange in a sex act for... Read Full Story
Talk about being stuck between a dumpster and a hard place. Gibson Cook, 56, found himself in a precarious situation when he went scavenging for scrap metal in a DIllon County, S.C. landfill. And the local Sheriff's deputies were kind enough to take embarrassing pictures. You know what happens when you stick your hand too far in the Pringles can? That's kind of how it went down with Gibson. He crawled and he reached and crawled and reached and when he finally grabbed that mess of copper... Read Full Story
I've been to Subway enough times to know that if I want an edible sandwich, I have to make it VERY clear that I only want the tiniest bit of mayonaisse on my Cold Cut Trio. Nothing is worse than biting into a footlong and feeling it coat your chin and shirt in that slimy discount mayo they smother all over a perfectly good sammich. I've complained. Once I even got a coupon for a free sandwich. But it never occurred to me that there might be a higher authority to whom I could voice my... Read Full Story
Thanks to the Internet, 20-year-old Spencer Taylor will have to live with this mug shot for the rest of his life. It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. Go see "The Dark Knight" dressed like the Joker and rip off all the Batman goodies you can get your hands on. And he would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling ticket takers. Taylor was physically restrained by employees until police could arrive. That's right boys and girls. In real life the Joker can't... Read Full Story
Christian Phillips was totally telling the truth when he said he was innocent of delivering pot-filled cookies to police officers. Tests revealed the truth. Score one for the kid! ------ Here's my original post (for which I'm now eating crow). I get it. You're young, you're out to have a good time, and hey, what's the harm in a little prank? Well, maybe if you're going to deliver pot-filled cookies in little baskets to police officers, do it BEFORE you turn 18! Christian Phillips is our... Read Full Story
David Tuason: America's Most Wanted Pen Pal Let's face it. Nobody writes letters any more. And that's just sad. We'd like to bring letter-writing back, so we present our DOTW this week in epistolary fashion: Dear David, You like writing letters? Us, too! Let's be friends. pen pals 4eva, DISGRASIAN Dear David, You also hate Clarence Thomas and Derek Jeter ?! So do we!!! Clarence Thomas, because of Anita Hill and his wack-ass politics. Derek Jeter, cuz he's a Yankee. We have so much in common... Read Full Story
When 33-year-old Wendy Brown showed up for high school cheerleader practice, a couple of the girls noticed she looked a little old for 15, but no one said anything. "She did look a little insignificantly older, but you didn't want to question it," student Spencer Corpus told CBS News. "You just go aw, alright, whatever." It turns out Brown, who has a criminal background involving identity theft, was posing as her daughter to pass herself off as a student at Ashwaubenon High near Greenbay... Read Full Story
Seems like a no-brainer: Don't deal from the pulpit. But it wasn't so clear for Reverend Christopher Layden, who was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008 for dealing cocaine from St. John's Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois. I'd like to know which came first: Layden's work as a drug dealer or his life as a priest. Did they happen at the same time? Was he sincere in both? Chalk that up to things that make you go hmmmm. Layden was charged with intent to deliver 1 to 15 grams of... Read Full Story
