How Dumb Can People Be: Criminals

[TCJohnson]

I just heard this on CNN so I will have to see if I can find a link...

But a man was arrested for knocking over a bank. How was he caught? He handed a not to the bank teller during the robbery. The bank note was written on the back of his personal check.

When he was arrested he was wearing the same hat he had in the videos.

[Hybrid2]

I ve head dummer,a lot dummer.

[escapegoat]

Sadly, this has happened more than once,because I remember a simliar story from a while ago...

[Linkara]

It's really disappointing that honest, good people are smart enough to think of how to pull of a robbery but real criminals tend to be so stupid.

[Lester C.]

Only the dumb ones work on the street for high risk, long term punishment and low payout. The smart ones are into white color crime which has a much, much higher payout and far low risk of detection. And the wrose case scenario is you do a small bid in federal prison and come out to more job offers.

[NathanBethell]

Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot. Or so I've read.

[Tien Long]

Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot. Or so I've read.

They plot and scheme but they always get caught! They're evil schemes all come to naught! A SUPERSITITOUS, COWARDLY LOT!!!!

Sorry couldn't resist. This little diddy was in the Batman Beyond series from a couple of years ago.

Anyway, here's a story of some burglars getting caught in Monroe, Washington:

http://www.mercurynews.com/weirdnews/ci_9955010?nclick_check=1

[Loren]

I'm reminded of this story (http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/112499660.html?dids=112499660:112499660&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+30%2C+1993&author=Roger+Twigg+and+David+Michael+Ettlin&pub=The+Sun&desc=Paperwork+holds+up+city+bank+robbery+Wrong+de posit+slip+means+no+money&pqatl=google), where the burglars give up because they're told that they can't use another bank's deposit slip.