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10 Stupidest Thieves Of All Time by Nobody: 7:12am On Sep 05, 2015 |
Sometimes the best planned crimes can go
horribly wrong. Either by accident or stupidity. This
is a list of the 10 most stupid thieves.
1. Showing off your booty
Charles Taylor of Wichita, Kansas, was arrested for
robbing a shoe store at knifepoint and stealing a
$69 pair of size 10 1/2 tan hiking boots on
December 18, 1996. At his trial, three months later,
Taylor arrogantly rested his feet on the defence
table. He was wearing a pair of size 10 1/2 tan
hiking boots. The judge, James Fleetwood, was
incredulous. ‘I leaned over and stared,’ he later
said. ‘Surely nobody would be so stupid as to wear
the boots he stole to his trial.’ But it turned out one
person was that stupid. Taylor was convicted of
aggravated robbery and sent back to jail in his
stockinged feet.
2. Wrong Place, Wrong Time
On November 29, 1978, David Goodhall and two
female accomplices entered a home supplies shop
in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, intending to engage
in a bit of shoplifting. After stuffing a pair of
curtains into a plastic carrier bag, the party
attempted to leave by separate exits. However,
they were apprehended immediately by several
store detectives. Goodhall and his cohorts had
failed to notice that the shop, at that very moment,
was hosting a convention of store detectives.
3. Checking Out
Eighteen year old Charles A. Meriweather broke
into a home in Northwest Baltimore on the night of
November 22-23, 1978, raped the woman who lived
there, and then ransacked the house. When he
discovered that she only had $11.50 in cash, he
asked her “How do you pay your bills?”
She Replied, “By cheque” and he ordered her to
write out a cheque for $30. He then changed his
mind and upped it to $50.
“Who shall I make it out to?” asked the woman, a
34 year old government employee.
“Charles A. Meriweather,” said Charles A.
Meriweather, adding, “It better not bounce or I’ll be
back.”
Meriweather was arrested several hours later.
4. Keep the Change
In 1977, a thief in Southampton, England, came up
with a clever method of robbing the cash register
at a local supermarket. After collecting a basketful
of groceries, he approached the checkout area and
placed a £10 note on the counter. The grocery clerk
took the bill and opened the cash register, at which
point the thief snatched the contents and ran off. It
turned out to be a bad deal for the thief, since the
till contained only £4.37 and the thief ended up
losing £5.63.
5. The Weld-planned Robbery
On the night of August 23-24, 1980, a well-
organized gang of thieves began their raid on the
safe of the leisure-center office in Chichester,
Sussex, by stealing a speedboat. Using water skis
to paddle across the lake, they picked up their
equipment and paddled on to the office. However,
what they thought were cutting tools turned out to
be welding gear, and they soon managed to seal
the safe completely shut. The next morning it took
the office staff an hour to hammer and chisel the
safe open again.
6. Who Was that Masked Man?
Clive Bunyan ran into a store in Cayton, near
Scarborough, England, and forced the shop
assistant to give him £157 from the till. Then he
made his getaway on his motorbike. To hide his
identity, Bunyan had worn his full face helmet as a
mask. It was a smooth successful heist, except for
one detail: he had forgotten that across his helmet,
in inch-high letters, were the words, “Clive Bunyan
– Driver”. Bunyan was arrested and ordered to pay
for his crime by doing 200 hours of community
service.
7. The Worst Lawyer
Twenty-five year old Marhshall George Cummings,
Jr, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was charged with
attempted robbery in connection with a pure-
snatching at a shopping center on October 14,
1976. During the trial the following January,
Cummings chose to act as his own attorney. While
cross-examining the victim, Cummings asked, “Did
you get a good look at my face when I took your
purse?” Cummings later decided to turn over his
defence to a public defender, but it was too late. He
was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
8. Big Mouth
Dennis Newton was on trial in 1985 for armed
robbery in Oklahoma City. Assistant District
Attorney Larry Jones asked one of the witnesses,
the supervisor of the store that had been robbed,
to identify the robber. When she pointed to the
defendant, Newton jumped to his feet, accused the
witness of lying, and said, “I should have blown
your —ing head off!” After a moment of stunned
silence, he added, “If I’d been the one that was
there.” The jury sentenced Newton to 30 years in
prison.
9. Wrong Fence
Stephen Le and two juvenile companions tried to
break in to a parked pickup truck in Larkspur,
California, on the night of September 27, 1989. But
the owner caught them in the act, chased them,
and hailed a police car. Le and one of his friends
climbed a fence and ran. It soon became apparent
that they had chosen the wrong fence – this one
surrounded the property of San Quentin prison.
The suspects were booked for investigation of auto
burglary and trespassing on state property,
although charges were never filed. “Nothing like
this has ever happened here before,” said
Lieutenant Cal White. “People just don’t break in to
prison every day.”
10. Shooting Himself in the Foot
In February 2004, Carlos Henrique Auad of
Petropolis, Brazil, broke into a bar near his home
and stole a television set. A few nights later, Auad
tried to break in to the same bar through the roof.
This time, carrying a gun, he slipped and fell and
shot himself in the right foot. Auad went straight
home, but failed to notice that he left a trail of
blood that led right to his door. He was arrested by
police who found the television set. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Stupidest Thieves Of All Time by Dinirojones(m): 7:27am On Sep 05, 2015 |
Too long |
Re: 10 Stupidest Thieves Of All Time by Sharon6(f): 6:29pm On Sep 05, 2015 |
Nice compilation. Op, please paragraph your write up, it'll be easier to read that way. 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Stupidest Thieves Of All Time by arnold123: 3:00pm On Sep 07, 2015 |
Stupidest loool |
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