A couple of years ago, police officers in Florida found cocaine hidden up a man's bottom. He denied that the cocaine was his. More recently, a suspect in Spokane Valley, Washington went even further. Not only was the met...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/31/Officer-That-Meth-You-Found-Hidden-in-My-Groin-Isnt-Mine-Nor-Is-the-Groin/Especially if you're on a first-name basis with them:During one robbery the teller actually recognized her, asking Heffernan, “Do you want to make a deposit Kerri?”No, Kerri wanted to make a withdrawal. But b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/27/Pro-Tip-Dont-Rob-Banks-Where-the-Tellers-Know-You-By-Name/After departing the bank, the robber realized that the teller had not actually given him $20,000 in cash. Not one to tolerate bad customer service, he returned, presumably to lodge a complaint:As officers were responding...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/24/Bank-Robber-Angrily-Returns-to-Bank-after-Discovering-That-the-Teller-Tricked-Him/In 2009, twenty bandits in India experienced a catastrophic victim selection failure when villagers fought back and slaughtered them:About 20 robbers raided a remote village in Jharkhand state late on Wednesday, but they...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/21/Bandits-Attack-Village-Villagers-Set-Bandits-on-Fire/Not everyone is photogenic, but few people do anything about it. According to police, a woman in Barrow County, Georgia called 911 when she saw her mug shot in the local newspaper. It was not up to snuff: Calling 911...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/20/woman-calls-911-to-complain-about-the-quality-of-her-mug-shot-from-a-previous-arrest/Are you a diligent student working hard to earn good grades and succeed in life? If so, be prepared to pay the price: An 18-year-old Utah man was arrested on suspicion of burglary after police say he left his homework...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/14/teenage-burglar-arrested-after-leaving-his-homework-at-the-crime-scene/Well-appointed Internet cafes have signs that remind users to log out of any applications before leaving. Not everyone pays attention, including as two robbers at one in Colombia: It happened in the neighborhood of Ca...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/13/robbers-forget-to-log-out-of-facebook-before-robbing-internet-cafe/Are you a professional? Then look the part, no matter what your career choice. Take, for example, this man, who has been charged with burglary in Marion County, Illinois. His shirt helpfully says "What's mine is mine...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/26/dressing-for-success-burglary-edition/A criminal mastermind in Hoboken, New Jersey was caught when his forged parking permit fell prey to an unusually observant enforcer: The 24-year-old man's fake permit spelled it "parkting," a dead giveway for an eagle...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/08/illegal-parkting/The German general Helmuth von Moltke the Elder once said, "No plan of battle survives first contact with the enemy." This is often true: no matter how carefully you plan an undertaking, something will go wrong. Take, fo...
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