Plain Dumb

For any drunk-driver, cought on squad-cam and at a gun point, isn't it wise to ignore the gun and finish up the beer before the arrest and Miranda warning?!...

- Welcome to the Plain Dumb Section. The following stories in this section are about criminals that either forget something so simple or just act like they got a really low IQ.

Walk in the Woods
Florida
Late at night a man robs a motel and then proceeds to run into the nearby woods. The clerk called the police and upon arriving they started to search the woods. Since it was pitch black that night they figured they would never catch the perpetrator until one of them noticed flashing red lights. The robber was wearing a pair of sneakers that had the flashing lights when you walk.

Lazy
Ohio
In Ohio a criminal was robbing a house. He got tired so he climbed to the top of a bunk bed and went to sleep. The child saw him there and told his mother. He was later arrested for "sleeping on the job".

He loves his TV
Unknown
A criminal who broke into a couple's house started to take the TV, but instead he turned it on and began to watch. He supposedly liked the program that was on and laid down on the bed. Since it was at night he was tired and fell asleep. When the couple came home the next day they found him and called the police.

Hanging out with the Crowd
Unknown
After robbing a bank, a thief ran out into the middle of a busy street to try to blend in to escape from the police that were chasing him. The crook ran into the middle of a group of runners which turned out to be a group of police academy recruits out for a morning run.

Not Here?
Minnesota
Two masked gunmen burst into a house wearing T-shirts marked police. They tied up a woman and 2 of her children with duct tape. They demanded to know where "Joe" was. When the woman said he did not live there, the two said "Oops we have the wrong house." In the back of the house, the woman's other child had called the police and when the men walked outside they were quickly arrested.

Forget Something?
California
During their lunch hour, several employees of a large aerospace company decide to rob a bank. The group figured the police would never look for them at the plant. Being the brilliant criminals that they were, they forgot to remove their ID badges during the robbery and were soon arrested.

Forget Something again?
Indiana
A man walked up to a cashier at a grocery store and demanded all the money in the register. When the cashier handed him the cash the man fled leaving his wallet behind on the counter.

Gas
New Jersey
A New Jersey man hosted a party and long after everyone had left he smelled what he thought to be bodily gas. Knowing it was not from him, he quickly called the police. The police discovered a man in the closet waiting to commit robbery.

Drive through
Texas
One day in 2001, a man drove through the Taco Bell drive-through on his bicycle. If this didn't raise enough attention, he demanded all of their money while holding his fake gun to the window. He then ordered a "chulupa" and waited for them to give him the meal. As he was waiting, the cashier pushed the security button which alerted police who soon arrived. When the would-be robber found out about this he attempted to flee despite the fact that one of the tires on his bike was actually flat. He was quickly caught and arrested.

Wrong Change
Kansas
Police arrested a 22-year-old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass two counterfeit $16 bills.

They forget alot don't they?
Unknown
A guy wearing pantyhose on his face tried to rob a store in a mall. When the security came, he quickly grabbed a shopping bag and pretended to be shopping, forgetting that he was still wearing the pantyhose. He was captured, and his loot was returned to the store.

Car phone
Unknown
A woman had reporting her car as stolen, and mentioned that there was a car phone in it. The policeman taking the report called the phone and told the guy that answered that he had read the ad in the newspaper and wanted to buy the car. They arranged to meet and the thief was arrested.

The machine of truth
Pennsylvania
Police interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine. They placed the message "HE'S LYING" in the copier, and pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed to the police.

Good help is hard to come by
Minnesota
A luckless thief pleaded guilty to the attempted robbery of a convenience store. The thief told a passereby he was going to rob the store, gave the man a dollar, and then asked him to go inside and buy a scarf to hide his identity with. The bystander took the dollar, went inside the store and called the police.

Robbery?
Louisiana
A man walked into a Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer was $15.