Dumb criminals - a twofer
First one is from Augusta, Georgia. From the
Savannah Morning News:
3 arrested as printer is returned; fake money found inside
Police say three people wanted some easy money, but instead they gave authorities an easy catch. Police arrested the three Wednesday evening after a Harlem man reportedly tried to return a printer to Target with fake printed money inside the machine.
A clerk told police she was checking the package returned by Michael Jerome Chatman, 35, of Harlem, when she saw a piece of paper inside the printer. On it were copies of a $20 and $10 bill, according to a Richmond County sheriff's report.
Police say Chatman quickly grabbed the printer and ran from the store but was stopped by a Richmond County deputy outside. Police arrested Diamond Tiara Green, 30, and Kotto Yaphet Green, 24, both of the 3300 block of Jonathan Circle, and Chatman on charges of second-degree forgery, the report says. Upon frisking Chatman, police found a real $20 bill that they said matched the copy inside the printer.
Not to be outdone, this is more bad timing than stupidity but still...
From the
Everett, WA Herald:
Trash truck scoops up suspect
She tried to make a clean getaway.
Instead, the 13-year-old robbery suspect's hiding place in a trash bin got turned upside down as it was emptied into a garbage truck Friday morning.
The girl came tumbling out in front of Snohomish County sheriff's deputies, who were tracking her, and just happened to arrive as the bin was being dumped, sheriff's spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
"She was hiding inside the dumpster under some garbage," Hover said. "She was unloaded, too."
The girl wasn't hurt and police quickly put her in handcuffs, she said.
About 9 a.m. Friday, police believe the girl and a boy, 16, both from Everett, robbed the Pizza Hut in the 400 block of 128th Street SW, Hover said.
Police got the guy too.
Posted by DaveH at December 1, 2007 9:14 PM