List By Location

an unlucky thief ends up robbing a small newly-opened lingerie store with no cash register yet...as he finds out the reality, he got disappointed, grabbed some womens' panties and took off.

- Welcome to By Location Section. In this section all other 3 sections' stories are organized by their location (i.e. by state name or by unknown) alphabetically. However, since there isn't any story for some locations (states), those locations that I haven't received any story yet are not clickable or linked.

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.

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.

Panty Hose
Georgia
A guy held holding up a bank and had pantyhose on his head to disguise himself. He suffocated because he didnt make any holes and had to be taken to the hospital!

Fatal Mistake
Illinois
A robber decided to break into Ann's Pizza through an air duct on the roof. He chose the wrong air duct which ran directly into the oven. When the oven did not work the next day, the manager called a repairman. The repairman discovered the criminal dead in the duct who had suffocated to death.

School
Iowa
A man was suspected of robbing a school. While in court he asked why some schools had alarms. The judge said," Why do you want to know." The suspect replied,"Because the one I robbed did!" He was charged with 5 years in prison for breaking in and entering in a school.

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.

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

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.

See for yourself
Michigan
A man on trial for drug possession said he had been searched without a warrant. The prosecutor said the officer didn't need a warrant because a "bulge" in his jacket could have been a gun. "Nonsense," said the man, who happened to be wearing the same jacket that day in court. He handed it over so the judge could see it. The judge discovered a packet of cocaine in the pocket and laughed so hard he required a five minute recess to compose himself

Impared judgement
Michigan
When two service station attendants refused to hand over the cash to an intoxicated robber, the man threatened to call the police. They still wouldn't give him the money, so the robber called the police and was arrested.

I said don't move!
Michigan
A pair of robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his partner moved the first bandit became startled and shot him in the head.

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.

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 passerby 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.

Hitchhiker
Minnesota
In Rochester a man ran out of gas and was covered in blood. He flags down a police car and when the police came he started running. The police searched his car and find a dead, bloody body. They send helicopters out and find him at 3:13 AM in the morning.

Changing
Missouri
After robbing a grocery store, a fleeing robber tried to change his shirt so that he would not match any descriptions. He forgot to put the gun down and shot himself in the leg. The criminal passed out from the pain in the back seat car where he was found and arrested.

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.

I need a ride
New York
The police reported that a man flagged down an unmarked police car and offered two detectives crack cocaine to drive him home. According to a police spokesperson, the detectives were just returning from a drug bust and were wearing blue jackets identifying them as Suffolk County Police in big white letters.

I need a ride
New York
The police reported that a man flagged down an unmarked police car and offered two detectives crack cocaine to drive him home. According to a police spokesperson, the detectives were just returning from a drug bust and were wearing blue jackets identifying them as Suffolk County Police in big white letters.

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".

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.

Need an example?
Pennsylvania
A man was arrested for kidnapping a bar owner. Police reported later that the man shot himself in the foot with his .45 caliber revolver in order to show his victim what would happen if he disobeyed.

Wrong Cut
South Carolina
An angry man walked into his local police station and threw a bag of cocaine on the counter. He told the desk sergeant that it was a substandard cut and demanded that dealer he bought it from be arrested. The man was then arrested for possession.

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.

Bad Check
Texas
A man convicted of robbery worked out a deal to pay $9600 in damages rather than serving a prison sentence. He gave the court a check which turned out to be a forged check. He was sentenced to 10 years.

Excessive Force
Virginia
A man on a bicycle approached 3 well-dressed men with what appeared to be a 9mm semiautomatic handgun. As the man demanded money, the three gentlemen, off-duty federal agents, drew their weapons and fired more than 20 shots. Along with the would-be robber, 3 cars, a truck, 2 homes, and an office building suffered bullet wounds. The injured suspect's weapon turned out to be a pellet gun.

Sickening Mistake
Washington
A man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, but he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find an ill man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesperson said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges, saying that it was the best laugh he ever had.

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.

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.

Positive ID
Unknown
A man carrying a woman's purse was picked up on the street as he matched the description of a purse snatcher reported just a few seconds earlier. The policeman told the thief that he would be taking him to the woman for positive identification. When they returned to the scene of the crime the criminal said, "Yes, that is the lady I robbed all right."

Say Cheese
Unknown
An elderly woman sat down in one of those instant photo booths at the airport to get her picture taken. Just as the camera flash, a man stuck his head behind the curtain and grabbed the woman's handbag. As soon as the picture developed, the woman took it to the police. The man was caught and arrested the next day.

Wrong Closet
Unknown
A criminal broke into an old man's house and shoved him into a closet. Unfortunately, he shoved him into the closet that held the man's gun collection. At the time this story was released, the criminal was in critical condition.