He had a great getaway vehicle: a wheelchair. And he had an intimidating weapon: a pocketknife. It seemed like the perfect plan. But it all fell apart for this accused thief in Chiefland, Florida, thanks to rough ground:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/23/robbery-goes-awry-when-thiefs-motorized-wheelchair-gets-stuck-in-the-sand/When you go to court, dress professionally. Well, maybe not if you're a professional drug dealer: A man accused of drug trafficking showed up for court Friday in Fort Lauderdale sporting a jacket that bore a cartoon-s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/09/accused-drug-trafficker-shows-up-to-court-wearing-jacket-featuring-recipe-for-crack-cocaine/Do you remember that coworker who was always on break? He's now turned to crime: Authorities say a Tampa Bay area man ordered a beer at a bar, left to rob a nearby bank then came back to finish his beer. [...] A ba...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/23/man-orders-beer-robs-bank-returns-to-bar-to-finish-beer/A man in Vermont is accused of vandalizing his ex-girlfriend's car. He would have gotten away with carving the word "slut" into her car, except that he misspelled it as "sult". The woman identified him as the likely perp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/16/vandal-caught-due-to-consistent-misspelling/It would prove to be an unwise decision. The encounter began when the suspect informed the boxer that gentlemen of his race were not welcome in a particular bar: Kootenai County Sheriff's Department officials said at...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/12/skinhead-decides-to-attack-black-man-wearing-a-spokane-boxing-club-champion-t-shirt/The Wells Fargo Bank in Yuma, Arizona was robbed on Saturday. The alleged robber, 56-year-old Henry Elmer, "fled the scene" and went all the way across the parking lot before he stopped for a pizza and a beer. Employees...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/10/12/bank-robber-stops-for-lunch-nearby/In retrospect, it may have been a bad idea for Anthony Garcia to commemorate his first killing by having it inscribed on his chest. When a LA County homicide investigator was later looking through pictures of gang membe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/22/murderer-caught-because-he-had-the-murder-scene-tattooed-on-his-chest/Rodney Knight plead guilty to second degree burglary this past week in Washington, D.C. He was caught because he posted pictures of himself with his loot on his victim's Facebook wall: Knight broke in to the Northwes...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/27/burglar-has-brilliant-idea-post-photos-of-himself-on-victims-facebook-page/Most lawbreakers aren’t exactly geniuses, bu... ...el of stupidity, here are a few tips for aspiring criminals without any level of common sense.Don’t Mak... ...Image via jon.liu [Flickr] There are plenty of dumb criminals out there, so this is by no means the full extent...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/29/12-tips-from-the-stupidest-criminals-of-2010/I guess he was out of toilet paper: A man who received a parking ticket in Bartlett now faces criminal charges after authorities said he stained the citation with human excrement before mailing it back to the village...
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