(9 December 2007, Indiana) Russell, 19, had a grudge against a semi truck abandoned on a rural property. And Russell was not the silent, brooding type. He was a man of action. He built a gunpowder and propane tank bomb, attached a timer, planted it in the moldering truck, and retreated to a distant vantage point to wait for the fireworks.
And waited.
And waited, until he could wait no more. No boom? This was not right. Why was nothing happening? Russell approached the stubborn truck--just in time for an up-close-and-personal look at a cloud of rapidly expanding incandescent gas.
Detectives found bomb-making materials at Russell's mobile home, and believe he was also responsible for two explosions the night before his death, one at the mobile home park and another at a hobby shop. Although Russell will be missed, we are all a bit safer now.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Stupid Criminal of the Day
Going to the grocery ain’t exactly a bowl of fabric softener either. Just take this woman who committed credit card fraud and got snagged because she used her grocery discount card at the same time, according to the News & Advance. That’s pretty damn cheap, using a stolen card to buy groceries and then demanding a discount. I’ll bet she’s the kind of person who using his own telephone and instinctively reaches for the coin slot.
The police detective said she probably just “absentmindedly” used her own card. That implies that she had a mind in the first place.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Today's Darwin Award Goes To...
(18 December 2005, South Africa) Two muggers were working a crowd. The had just taken a cellphone and purse from a couple at knifepoint, when the woman screamed. The muggers sprinted away. But working a crowd and working out are entirely different things, and one of the muggers was out of shape.
As he watched his compatriot recede into the distance, he felt the stitch in his side, and knew he could run no farther. Perhaps he was thinking he should have spent some of his ill-gotten gains on a trip to the gym. But then he spotted a high fence, and that, at least, he could manage.
He put on a burst of speed, and leapt the fence. Sure enough, no one followed. Escape! But he had failed to take into consideration a very important fact. He was at the Bloemfontein Zoo. Just as he was congratulating himself on his foolproof escape, he realized that the other side of the fence was a 10 meter drop into a cage of bored Bengal tigers!
Speaking of foolproof, the tigers wasted no time in treating the nearest fool as their own little kitty toy. The mauled body of the mugger was not noticed until noon. A zoo spokesperson said that the tigers had been fed the previous afternoon, else they would have left no evidence behind.
Police said a post mortem would be carried out to determine the exact cause of his death--as if that wasn't obvious.
Article from www.darwinawards.com
As he watched his compatriot recede into the distance, he felt the stitch in his side, and knew he could run no farther. Perhaps he was thinking he should have spent some of his ill-gotten gains on a trip to the gym. But then he spotted a high fence, and that, at least, he could manage.
He put on a burst of speed, and leapt the fence. Sure enough, no one followed. Escape! But he had failed to take into consideration a very important fact. He was at the Bloemfontein Zoo. Just as he was congratulating himself on his foolproof escape, he realized that the other side of the fence was a 10 meter drop into a cage of bored Bengal tigers!
Speaking of foolproof, the tigers wasted no time in treating the nearest fool as their own little kitty toy. The mauled body of the mugger was not noticed until noon. A zoo spokesperson said that the tigers had been fed the previous afternoon, else they would have left no evidence behind.
Police said a post mortem would be carried out to determine the exact cause of his death--as if that wasn't obvious.
Article from www.darwinawards.com
Stupid Criminal Of The Day
Need to find a dumbass criminal who stole your iPhone? There’s an app for that.
Cops tracked the suspects of a stolen iPhone through a GPS app on the stolen phone, according to WTAE in Pittsburgh.The phone owner was held up at gunpoint when his friend reminded him of the phone’s GPS app. That’s what friends are for, that and for picking up bar tabs in your fake name.
Police tracked the robbers to the phone’s location and arrested them. AT&T then hit the iPhone’s owner with $22,000 in roaming charges.
(Article from www.dumbcriminals.com)
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Today's Darwin Award Goes To...
(August 2006, Libreville, Gabon) During an impassioned sermon, a congregation was surprised to hear their 35-year old pastor insist that one could literally walk on water, if one had enough faith. His words were big and bold. He extolled the heavenly power possessed by a faithful man with such force that he may well have convinced himself.
Whether or not he believed in his heart, his speech only left room for shame should he leave his own faith untested. Thus, the fiery pastor set out to walk across a major estuary, along the path of a 20-minute ferry ride. Even though he could not swim.
Lacking the miraculous powers of David Copperfield, let alone Jesus Christ, this ill-fated cleric found only a damp Darwin Award at the end of his chosen path.
(Article from www.darwinawards.com)
Whether or not he believed in his heart, his speech only left room for shame should he leave his own faith untested. Thus, the fiery pastor set out to walk across a major estuary, along the path of a 20-minute ferry ride. Even though he could not swim.
Lacking the miraculous powers of David Copperfield, let alone Jesus Christ, this ill-fated cleric found only a damp Darwin Award at the end of his chosen path.
(Article from www.darwinawards.com)
Stupid Criminal of the Day
For some weird reason, moving cars, bare buttocks and the police just don’t get along. Sad, isn’t it?
Police arrested a man suspected of drunk driving after he mooned another passing motorist, according to the Patriot Ledger.Another driver saw the vehicle swerving in the roadway and decided to call police. Her suspicions were confirmed when the driver stopped his car at a stop light, got out and dropped anchor.
Police caught up to the driver where they saw him swerving between the lanes. It turns out its easier to pull your pants up BEFORE you get back behind the wheel of your car.
(article from www.dumbcriminals.com)
(article from www.dumbcriminals.com)
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