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May 18, 2012

Canadian Man Held In Custody Until Swallowed Diamond Passes Through System

diamond criminal 300x168 Canadian Man Held In Custody Until Swallowed Diamond Passes Through SystemCanadian Richard Matthews, 52, is being held in custody by police in Windsor, Canada until the $20,000 diamond they believe he swallowed comes out the other side!

It is alleged that he took the 1.7 carat jewel from Precision Jewelers in Ontario, where he switched it with a fake and swallowed the real one in an attempt to conceal it.
This happened over a week ago, and though Matthews has been fed fibre rich foods for the duration the precious stone is still yet to make an appearance despite the fact that they guy has been in and out of the toilet all week.

Apparently he is cooperating with police over the incident. He has been charged with theft and breach of court conditions and is also wanted in connection with outstanding warrants in Toronto.
According to the BBC News report about the incident, the man is eager for the ordeal to be over…No shit Sherlock, I bet this experience will make him think twice about ingesting precious shiny things from now on, no matter how much money they are worth.

I know that there are a lot of extremes that criminals go to get their hands on the sparkly expensive items, but swallowing one? You’ve got to be kidding me?!?

I’m sorry, but this guy is definitely joining my list of dumb criminals, although he’s probably not quite as high up as the heroin stuffed teddy bear couple and the guy who left his Facebook account open at the internet café that he robbed!

The other thing that makes me wonder is who in the hell is going to want to buy that diamond if they find out that it spent more than a week floating around in the bowels of thief before exiting in his poop. It’s not really the kind of place you’d want your $20,000 diamond to have been before you forked out that much for it!

I also don’t envy the poor officer who has go rooting around through the poop to find the diamond!

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May 15, 2012

Teenage Burglar Caught After Leaving Homework At Crime Scene

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Bringing you yet another wonderful tale of criminal stupidity, today we get to laugh and point at a teenage burglar from Utah who was caught by police after leaving his homework at the scene of the crime.

Dallas Naljahih, 18, was arrested on suspicion of burglary after police investigating the incident found a USB drive in a backpack that was left behind in the garden of the property which was burgled. The USB had Naljahih’s homework on it and police used this information to track him down.

They later found him sleeping at his house, along with other evidence that connected him to the crime.

It is alleged that Naljahih broke into the home of an elderly couple who were asleep at the property during the time of the break in. The 75-year-old man was woken by a light going on in his office and got up to investigate. He saw a man rummaging around in his desk, once the burglar realized he had been rumbled, he punched the man and ran from the scene of the crime.
Officers found the USB which contained Naljahih’s homework when they were examining the property for clues.

So it seems that even burglars need to do their homework, although he probably should have made sure that he took it with him when he fled!

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May 14, 2012

Mexican Couple Arrested After Row Over Heroin Filled Teddy Bear

heroin stuffed teddy bear Mexican Couple Arrested After Row Over Heroin Filled Teddy Bear

It must have been a strange sight for Mexican police to see a couple of grown-ups having a heated row over a teddy bear. I mean, you wouldn’t think twice if it was a couple of kids fighting over a stuffed toy, but when it is a 29 year-old woman and a 39 year-old man, it is plain to see that something is not quite right with this picture.

Intrigued police in Juárez, though probably bemused by the goings on, were drawn to intervene in the row between Efraín Vera Chávez, and Edith Ortiz Sandoval because it was getting rather intense. They spoke to the couple, with Edith claiming that the teddy bear belonged to her and that her boyfriend was jealous because someone else had gifted it to her.

Mediating between the pair, police initially convinced him to return the bear to his girlfriend. However one of the officers noticed a suspicious looking hole on the stuffed toy and gave it an inspection. The real reason the couple were arguing about a teddy bear then became all too apparent, after officers discovered nearly 250 aluminum packages crammed with heroin! I think it is safe to say that these guys are not in the running to win any criminal mastermind awards!

The couple was arrested and the case has now been handed to federal prosecutors. Continue Reading

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May 10, 2012

My Name Is Tyrannosaurus Rex Joseph Gold… But My Friends Call Me T-Rex!

t rex name change My Name Is Tyrannosaurus Rex Joseph Gold… But My Friends Call Me T Rex!

Whilst Dinosaur flatulence may well have been responsible for making the climate of the Mesozoic Era 10C hotter than today, no one would deny that those giant beasts who once ruled the earth are still super cool. So cool in fact that one York resident decided to legally change his name to Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Speaking before Judge Alan Gless, at York Country District Court, Tyler Gold, 23, explained that as an entrepreneur, name recognition was a significant factor in success and his newly chosen name was instantly recognizable.

Whilst I don’t think anyone would argue about that, it might cause a few problems when potential customers are trying to Google the guy, can you imagine how many dinosaur sites you’d have to sift through before you got to the right one! Continue Reading

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March 11, 2012

Dumb and Dumber Petty Thief

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If you feel compelled to steal..try not to steal from a judge and then pose for the camera with you holding the same stolen item. Because there is a chance that your pictures might end up on some popular social networks.

21-year-old Steven Mulhall from Broward County, Florida did just that. The dumb petty thief stole Judge Michael Orlando’s nameplate from the door of the judge’s courtroom. He then posed with it for a photo, and his girlfriend later posted it on Facebook. Continue Reading

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January 31, 2012

Contender For World’s Dumbest Criminal’s – Bank Robber Shoots Himself In The Foot


A bank robbery in Brazil came unstuck as one of the trio of robbers shot himself in the foot whilst being on look-out for his partners in crime!!

CCTV footage shows three armed robbers going into the bank in northern Parana and demanding cash from the bank clerks. Things seemed to be going to plan for the three felons, as bank staff comply with their demands and begin handing over the money.

Then you can clearly see the lookout standing there holding his gun, suddenly it goes off and the bullet gets him straight in the foot. He stumbles forward in pain, and can be seen limping out behind the other two men as they leave the bank.

In The Telegraph report of the incident, it states that the bungling burglar was arrested at a hospital located near the bank the very next day and one other man has since been detained. Police are still searching for the other men involved in the heist!

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