Category: Caught
Nrangheta.
Italian mafia plans to smuggle cocaine in from Colombia were foiled when they were caught trying to build a submarine.
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Sticky situation.
Gumshoes finally nab the bubblegum bandit. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 30th, 2006.
The little cam that could.
British speed camera on pace to average $10,000 an hour in fines for speeding drivers it catches.
Post date: Wednesday, January 11th, 2006.
Can’t you see I’m in a hurry?
Impatient bank robber takes off his mask to yell at teller, thus blowing his cover. (via)
Post date: Friday, January 6th, 2006.
You asked for it.
Bank robber uses getaway car with vanity plates that say “FINDME“.
Post date: Thursday, January 5th, 2006.
Kleptomaniac.
Woman being charged with theft steals camera that took her mugshot photo. (via)
Post date: Saturday, December 17th, 2005.
Reach out and rob someone.
New Zealand man tries and fails to rob a bank by phone.
Post date: Friday, December 9th, 2005.
In search of sasquatch.
Maine scientist offering $1 million reward for a photo that leads to the live capture of Bigfoot. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, October 18th, 2005.
No prisoners.
Colorado man commits suicide while being questioned by police about a stolen bicycle.
Post date: Thursday, October 6th, 2005.
Payroll deduction.
British banker borrowed £7 million from his employer.
Post date: Tuesday, October 4th, 2005.
Cruise control.
Cars that will automatically issue a ticket every time the vehicle exceeds the speed limit. (via)
Post date: Friday, September 30th, 2005.
Tips from Hannibal.
Captured fugitive in Pennsylvania tries to bite off his own fingerprints to avoid being identified.
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Stuck in gear.
Wannabe car-jacker that could only drive an automatic stalls out when stolen vehicle turns out to be a stick shift.
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
First-level wizard.
Woman in Tokyo complains to police after the hitman she hired fails to get the job done. (via)
Post date: Thursday, September 15th, 2005.
The easiest arrest ever.
By taking pictures with a cell phone they stole, thieves in Argentina unknowingly published themselves on the stolen phone owner’s personal Web page.
Post date: Thursday, September 1st, 2005.
Not ready for prime time.
Man who held up a convenience store with a ‘drill bit‘ may have been influenced by TV crime shows. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, August 30th, 2005.
Chupacabra.
Man in Texas may have caught an animal of legend, a chupacabra: a mix between a hairless dog, a rat and a kangaroo.
Post date: Saturday, August 27th, 2005.
Hey Booboo.
Bear arrested and put behind bars in Russia for ‘begging’.
Post date: Thursday, August 25th, 2005.
Drunk dozin’.
You can pry my bulldozer from my dead drunk hands.
Post date: Wednesday, August 24th, 2005.
Airheads.
Be careful not to put diesel fuel in your unleaded engine when trying to steal gas.
Post date: Wednesday, August 17th, 2005.
Game over.
Man tests his video game skills and tries to outrun cops in real life. (via)
Post date: Monday, August 15th, 2005.
Poetic lysinse.
Pissed off artist reluctantly corrects her misspellings on murals she created for the Livermore public library in San Francisco. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, August 10th, 2005.
Kick your butt.
Girlfriend beats up her boyfriend with his own leg. (via)
Post date: Monday, August 8th, 2005.
Say what?
His protest banner read: ‘In Florida and EEUU No Obstruction in the Legal Process the Information Respect the Tourist‘.
Post date: Friday, August 5th, 2005.
Stolen stash.
Be careful what type of merchandise you declare was stolen from you when filing a police report.
Post date: Monday, July 25th, 2005.
Creature of habit.
Man fails for the fifth time trying to rob the same bank.
Post date: Wednesday, July 13th, 2005.
Doomed.
Online video gaming habit ultimately foils criminal-at-large.
Post date: Wednesday, July 13th, 2005.
Genius photographer.
Criminal mistakenly takes and leaves photo of himself at the crime scene.
Post date: Tuesday, July 5th, 2005.
Blue after the ball.
Man separated from new bride immediately after reception due to a minor technicality.
Post date: Wednesday, June 29th, 2005.
Happy ending.
If you can’t beat ‘em, tie off your arm and shoot up before they haul you in.
Post date: Wednesday, June 29th, 2005.
Wassup now?
Wanted man trying to blend in ironically blows his cover with vanity plates. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 28th, 2005.
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